LEADERSHIP
MR. JOHN MARK G. AUSTRIA, LPT
OIC-PRINCIPAL
WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?
❑ LEADERSHIP IS THE PROCESS OF
INFLUENCING PEOPLE AND PROVIDING AN
ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM TO ACHIEVE
TEAM OR ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES.
❑ ABILITY TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE TO WORK
TOWARDS A CLEAR VISION.
❑ OUR VISION AS UNIONISTS AND HOW WE
LEAD PEOPLE IS WHAT SETS US APART FROM
TRADITIONAL LEADERS.
ASPECTS OF LEADERSHIP?
1. LEADER AS ADMINISTRATOR
2. LEADER AS EDUCATOR
3. LEADER AS ORGANIZER
4. MODEL
5. SELF-NURTURING
EVERYONE
CAN
BE A LEADER!
MADALING MAGING
LEADER, MAHIRAP
MAGPAKA-LEADER.
LEADER AS ADMINISTRATOR
➢CLARITY OF VISION AND MISSION
➢STRATEGIC AND MEDIUM-TERM PLANS
➢CLARITY OF STRUCTURE AND TASKS:
- LEADERSHIP
- MEMBERSHIP
- STAFF
➢ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS NEEDED:
- PLANNING
- MANAGEMENT
LEADER AS EDUCATOR
➢EDUCATION AS KEY TO EMPOWERMENT
➢THE KEY TO EMPOWERMENT IS CONSCIENTIZATION
- CONSCIENTIZATION IS THE REALIZATION OF
WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS (STRUCTURAL)
- LINKING DAY-TO-DAY PROBLEMS TO INEQUITABLE
SOCIAL STRUCTURES WE ARE FIGHTING
- FACILITATING UNDERSTANDING EVEN OF
COMPLEX PROBLEMS
- DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING
LEADER AS EDUCATOR
➢SKILLS NEEDED:
- LISTENING
- FACILITATING
- PUBLIC SPEAKING
- WRITING
LEADER AS ORGANIZER
➢SOCIAL INVESTIGATION
➢INTEGRATION
- FIRST NAME BASIS
- FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS
➢PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
➢EMPHASIS ON COLLECTIVE ACTION
➢ORGANIZING SKILLS NEEDED:
- PEOPLE SKILLS
LEADER AS A MODEL:
QUALITIES OF A UNION LEADER
- EFFECTIVE LEADERS STAND FOR SOMETHING
➢COMMITMENT-DRIVEN
- COMMITMENT TO THE CAUSE OF UPLIFTING THE
LIVES OF THE WORKERS
- “DIVINE ANGER”
➢SELF-DISCIPLINE
➢RESILIENCE
LEADER AS A MODEL:
QUALITIES OF A UNION LEADER
➢WINNING WITH PEOPLE
- INTEGRATION WITH THE MEMBERS
* SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE MEMBERS
* SENSITIVE TO THE LEVEL OF UNITY OF THE
MEMBERS
- PATIENCE TO DEVELOP OTHERS
- SENSE OF HUMOR
➢FLEXIBILITY
LEADER AS SELF-NURTURING
➢SELF-DEVELOPMENT
- BREAKING AWAY FROM “COMFORT ZONE”
➢THE VALUE OF REFLECTION
➢BALANCED LIVING
- TUNAY NA PAGPAPAKATAO (TPP)