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June 23-29, 2012

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Leadership Inspiration
By: MANUEL M. FERRER Principal III Carael Elementary School, Dagupan City

Coaching isnt a great mystery. Its just hard work, determination, and inspiration at the right moment. Bob Zuppke in The Book of Football Wisdom edited by Criswell Freeman, 1996. Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow. Vince Lombbardi What makes a leader inspirational? The ability to inspire people to reach great heights of performance and success is a skill that leaders need. Passion, purpose, listening and meaning help make a leader inspirational. The ability to communicate that passion, purpose and meaning to others helps establish the inspirational culture of your organization. These points will tell you how to enable inspiration and motivation in the people you lead. How Leaders Instill Inspiration in the People They Lead * The inspirational leader feels passionately about the vision and mission of the organization. He or she is also able to share that passion in a way that enables others to feel passionate, too. The nature of the vision and mission is critical for enabling others to feel as if their work has purpose and meaning beyond the tasks they perform each day. Sometimes leaders have to help their staff connect the dots by explaining this big picture to all. Communicating the big picture regularly will help reinforce the reason your organization exists. * The inspirational leader listens to the people in her organization. Talking to people about your passion is not enough. To share meaning - my definition for communication - you must allow the ideas and thoughts of your staff to help form the vision and mission, or minimally, the goals and action plan. No one is ever one hundred percent supportive of a direction they had no

part in formulating. People need to see their ideas incorporated or understand why they were not. * To experience inspiration, people also need to feel included. Inclusion goes beyond the listening and feedback; for real inclusion, people need to feel intimately connected to the actions and process that are leading to the accomplishment of the goals or the decision. At a client company, we cancelled an annual employee event because of customer orders for product. Many people did not like the decision, but we involved the whole management group, the Activity Committee members and many other employees in the discussion about whether to cancel or re-schedule the event. The inclusion led to a compromise that, while not perfect, still enables a celebration and a positive motivation boost, yet allows the company to meet customer needs. * Important to inspiration is the integrity of the person leading. Yes, vision and passion are important, but employees must trust you to feel inspired. They must believe in you. Your person is as important as the direction you provide. Employees look up to a person who tells the truth, tries to do the right things, lives a good life and does their best. Trust me. Your actions play out on the stage of your organization. And, your staff does boo and cheer and vote with their feet and their actions. * Finally, an inspirational leader gives people what they want within his capabilities. (You cant provide a raise in pay without company profitability, as an example, but you absolutely must share the rewards if the organization is doing well.) The inspirational leader also understands that, while money is a motivator, so are praise, recognition, rewards, a thank you and noticing an individuals contribution to a successful endeavor.

eaching can be one of the most personally worthwhile professions a man or woman can undertake. Many educators bring a passion to their profession, viewing teaching as a calling. However, stress, low pay, and the bureaucracy of many educational systems (elementary, secondary, and college) can take a toll on that passion. Many elementary and secondary teachers, for example, leave the profession in less than five years. Having a passion for teaching is not enough; the passion must be maintained. Therefore a teacher should keep in mind the following vigorous lifesyle in order to maintain that passion burning on them. 1. Maintain your passion about the subject matter you teach by striving to be a lifelong learner. Stay abreast of new knowledge, theories, developments, and research in the discipline in which you teach. By continuing to learn, you remain enthusiastic about the subject. This helps

TEACHER'S PASSION
Lilibeth J. Rodriguez, T-III Mangaldan National High School

you to share your interest in the subject with your students. Teachers who have genuine passion about the disciplines in which they teach are more likely to remain passionate about teaching. 2. Display a genuine interest in your students and their learning. One way to do this is to take their viewpoints seriously. 3. Connect with your students by using varied methods of instructional delivery, emphasizing those that foster interaction. This means breaking away from the traditional classroom lecture format. While this style of instruction has its place, different methods that encourage discussion and interaction among students breathe new life into the learning process, stimulating the students' engagement and maintaining the

teacher's passion. 4. Surround yourself with like-minded colleagues who share your passion for teaching. Talk with them regularly about instructional methods and strategies, ways to motivate students, and what they do to remain passionate about teaching. Passionate teachers maintain a collegial atmosphere in which they share ideas about instructional delivery and motivating students to be their best. Be especially careful not to let these discussions deteriorate into complaint sessions about disruptive students, unsupportive administrators, negative working conditions, inflexible curricula, or bureaucratic obstacles. Furthermore, teachers were called not just to teach a certain subject but human beings. Therefore, every teacher should have that PASSION.

72 katao sangkot sa droga minamatyagan

kanilang tinutukan ang mga barangay na nasa-sakupan ng Bonuan kung saan napapaba-litang bagsakan umano ng illegal drug na galing sa Manila at sa mga karatig pook. Ayon sa napag-alaman, ang mga sindikato ay ginagamit ang mga kabataan sa pagtutulak ng illegal na droga at ang mga estudyante umano

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ay gumagawa ng kanilang mga sideline sa pagtitinda ng marijuana na galing sa Baguio. Iminungkahi ng naturang hepe ng pulisya na agad magkaroon nang pagpupulong ang lahat ng mga sangay ng gobyerno pati na ang mga nasa pribadong samahan upang malutas ang lumalalang problema. (Teody Macatbag)