Ateneo Professional Schools
Makati City
November 5, 2015
This author is very elated and happy that he has contributed albeit in a small way to the development/improvement of the Leadership course. He finished two classes all ready; is conducting a third one. By next week, he will have two other courses in the province There are various innovation that he has added into the course:
1. Employment of info tech and web site for the posting of learning materials, for the forum (comments) class participation, for the class. Student leaders become more well versed and less fearful of the information technology.
2. Call to Arms speeches. This is an essential part of Leadership development. The ability to communicate to the constituents, in a convincing, rousing, emotional, manner is a key competence that must be developed in leaders. For many, speech making is a fearful event, or sometimes an ordeal
3. The movie synopsis, life story, and JCampbell analysis is an innovation, Three parallel analysis is made so the Leader becomes fully aware that "ang buhay ay parang sine" As we become aware of our life, we become fully aware of others so that we can engage and relate to them in meaningful way. Telling stories, even movies is leadership. Leadership is not what we just tell, even more than what we do, but who we are as we reveal this to others through story telling of our life. Now we have even a greater medium: photos, movie maker, video, Daily Motion, and You tube.
Sharing their life story by uploading this in third party sites is a fearful thought though to many, but as a leader you must be thick skinned enough to reveal yourself to others. As a leader, your life becomes available for the public scrutiny. You and your life must be able to stand up to that scrutiny and visibility.
4. Adding Servant Leadership as a material.
5. Adding Filipino leaders as materials: Andres Bonifacio, Heneral Luna, Rizal, Ninoy Aquino Filipino leadership traits.
6. Adding the Chinese President Xi Jinping leadership, his rise to power, and why China being led by him acts that way. And other contemporary world leaders like Brazilian President whose country is in a big economic difficulty
7. Use of power in leadership. Power and leadership go together. How do you employ, and why is power is necessary when you are a leader of a big group? This is explored in depth, and
8 Buddhism, Socrates and self awareness.
Others:
9. Team building activities within and outside the campus. I believe that team building is essential part of Leadership training. Team building activities to sharpen communication skills, team engagement, problem solving and strategizing MUST BE PART OF LEADERSHIP TRAINING. Parang kulang, bitin pag wala.
10 Employing songs like Greatest Love of All, This Girl is on Fire to fire up motivate the leaders, and having games in the classroom related to this.
11. Making sure that the student leaders practice Leadership in Action, by having class secretary, by having groups co manage the class, by having the committees figure out/plan and implement other class activities as team building. Persons/group are assigned to manage food logistics, because the canteen closes early
12. Publishing photos of the class activities in this site and at FB pages. We encourage class participation outside the class room by having them make comments on the posts
13. Giving prizes and recognition for deeds that need recognition and reinforcement, like to winners of call to arms speeches, winners and debate with small gifts like candies, Japanese home products items.
14 Opening the class with a debate to have people thinking about leadership in a deep way.
Will there be more? You bet
These items are over over and above course requirement to deliver mostly Ignatian leadership, Chris Lowney to Student Leaders of this course.
This is spurred by magis - Heroism on my part, ie to make this course much much better under my own volition passion and drive.
