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3Q 2012 | Issue 6 | Brought to you by:

EMPOWER PROGRAMS FOR PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT

Our six modules – PURPOSE, RELATIONSHIPS, SELF-‐MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP, SITUATION, and FINANCES – are available for any person who wishes to be empowered in these

key aspects of their personal and professional lives. Mentoring-‐coaching are on one-‐to-‐one or small group basis.

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email [email protected] or call 6271 0208.

MAXIMIZE THE POWER IN YOU! I believe that when you develop your personal powers

to the fullest, you become confident. When you are confident, you are joyful. When you are joyful, you

intuitively want to share the joy. When things flow in this way, you start to build self-‐leadership, which helps

to build your team and organizational leadership as well. I believe that to develop your strong leadership is

to empower you – to enable you to develop or grow the people under your care, who will then help you

achieve set goals. Read my full article on how to maximize the POWER in YOU on page 3. Hope you

enjoy reading this belated 3Q issue!

POWER BOOK & TOOLS

Leading At A Higher Level by

Ken Blanchard

Recommended To Follow in

Twitter

“Maximize the Power in You”

In this issue

EVENTS

[Empower Series 5] FINANCES

PROGRAMS | CALENDAR

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POWER NOTES

Maximize the POWER in YOU

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POWER SESSION

Developing Powerful Thinkers and

Learners by Dr. Ron Richhart

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POWER BOOK & TOOLS

Recommended by Elaine Cercado

LEADING AT A HIGHER LEVEL by KEN BLANCHARD

The book’s back cover says, “The book wil l gu ide you, inspire you, provoke you and be

your touchtone. D iscover how to • Go beyond the short term and zero in on the r ight

target and v is ion • Deliver legendary, maniaca l customer serv ice, and

earn raving fans • Truly empower your peop le and unleash their

incredible potentia l • Ground your leadership in humil i ty and focus on the

greater good” This book has been with me for quite some time, and I

a lways go back to it to re fresh and inspire me. I t’s a book I highly recommend for leaders, whether you are an

exper ienced or a new/young one. I l ike i t that Ken wrote and dedicated the book to “al l leaders in the wor ld who

are try ing every day to lead at a h igher leve l. May you keep your energy h igh and know that what you are doing makes

a di fference.” The power of servant leadersh ip!

TWITTER POWER Who Inspires You?

Some of my personal inspirations from the twitter world include

Jesse Lyn Stoner @JesseLynStoner (https://twitter.com/JesseLynStoner)

Consultant, coach, former executive, author: Full Steam Ahead! Unleash Power of Vision| Leadership, strategy & collaboration

Maria Ressa @maria_ressa

(https://twitter.com/maria_ressa) Idealist. Cynic. Pragmatist. Journalist. Author. CEO, Rappler

Cameron @ManagersDiary

(https://twitter.com/ManagersDiary) The musings, advice and inspiration of a manager just trying to do a

great job and the right thing.

Lolly Daskal @LollyDaskal (https://twitter.com/LollyDaskal)

Dedicated to bringing Heart Based Leadership to organizations and individuals. Consultant | Trainer | Coach | Speaker | Founder of

#LeadFromWithin

Oprah Winfrey @Oprah (https://twitter.com/Oprah)

Live Your Best Life


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What is the “Power in You”? This refers to your personal powers, which may be derived from internal or external sources. Internal sources include your knowledge, talents, skills, competencies, values, potential, influence, while external sources include your position, tasks, association and information, among others. It also happens to be the basis of our company name, de’POWERinU, as it aptly describes our mission of bringing out the power in each person. This article focuses on how you could lead by developing your internal and external powers to the maximum. This is important because you cannot lead a team or an organization unless you are able to develop and lead yourself first.

What is Self-‐Leadership?

In Ken Blanchard’s book “Leading At A Higher Level,”1 he wrote “If empowerment is to be successful, organizations and leaders must develop self-‐leaders in the workforce who have the skills to take initiative…An organization filled with self-‐leaders is an organization with an empowered workforce.”

Ken then reiterated the need to train people on self-‐leadership, which is about developing individuals to pick up the ball and run with it. He said that individual learning is a key element of high-‐

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performing organization and is essential to self-‐leadership.

People in high-‐performing organizations are regarded as “appreciating assets” who grow more valuable with knowledge and experience. They are developed by these organizations through formal training, mentoring and on-‐the-‐job support.

Ken Blanchard then defined the three critical skills of a self-‐leader as follows:

• Challenging assumed constraints. An “assumed constraint” is a belief based on past experience that limits current and future experiences. Self-‐leadership teaches the person to let go of the assumed constraints.

• Celebrating your points of power. According to Ken, there are five sources of power: position, personal, task, relationship and knowledge. The key is to know your points of power, and then expand them.

• Collaborating for success. This is the time when self-‐leaders take the initiative to get the directions and support they need to successfully achieve their goals.

How Do You Maximize the Power in You?

“Self-leadership is about developing individuals to pick up the ball and run

with it… Individual learning is a key element of high- performing organization and is essential to self-

leadership.” (K. Blanchard)

POWER NOTES

Maximize the POWER in YOU!

By Elaine Cercado


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Firstly, you have to be aware what powers you currently have and once you are aware, make a personal development/ improvement plan and execute it. I suggest knowing thyself through self-‐assessment and 360 degrees feedback. Similar to making a company SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis, make a personal SWOT analysis. There are also many personality profiling /diagnostic tools in the market such as MBTI personality test, DISC personality test and Hay group’s Managerial Style Questionnaire (MSQ) that you can use to understand yourself better. I also suggest looking into one of our EMPOWER mentoring modules, “Purpose” which is all about finding your passion, mission and vision in life. In this module, I use “The Path” process by Laurie Beth-‐Jones, which I’ve personally used to define my mission and vision statement. As for the 360 degrees feedback, this entails that you get feedback from your boss, peers, direct reports and external clients based on key criteria. You may do this through formal 360 degrees tools available in the market, or through informal surveys or interviews. Key differences between your self-‐assessment and the feedback from others can serve as a starting point for your personal development/

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improvement plan.

Secondly, consistently demonstrate the ACE values. ACE stands for authentic, courageous, and energetic. Once you are aware of your powers based on your self-‐assessment and feedback from others, you are ready to assert and demonstrate your unique strengths and powers. This requires strong convictions and consistent efforts, as there will surely be challenges along the way, whether from people you work or interact with, or from the organization’s structure, culture and politics.

Authenticity

Mindtools.com wrote, “Authenticity means you're true to your own personality, values, and spirit, regardless of the pressure that you're under to act otherwise. You're honest with yourself and with others, and you take responsibility for your mistakes. Your values, ideals, and actions align. As a result, you come across as genuine, and you're willing to accept the consequences of being true to what you consider to be right.”

How does being authentic empower you? To answer this, let me reiterate a key point from our EMPOWER seminar series 3: Find / know your anchors – your core values

POWER NOTES

Maximize the POWER in YOU! (Continued)

By Elaine Cercado

EMPOWER: PURPOSE is all about finding your passion, mission and

vision in life…

I use “The Path” process by Laurie Beth-Jones to define

mission and vision statement.


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purpose and principles – and be firm with them. Once you are firmly anchored, you are strongly empowered!

Courage

Winston Churchill said, “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” In the book Leadership Engine by Noel Tichy2, he wrote about how winning leaders never take the easy way out. They face the hard facts, make the tough calls and the difficult “yes or no” decisions. Risk and pain don’t deter them.

How does being courageous empower you? Real courage empowers you to take actions and risks, at the same time, it anchors you to your authentic self. Noel Tichy wrote about leadership edge, which means showing the courage of your convictions. Edge is not arbitrary; rather it is based on the leader’s ideas, vision and values. Edge is about being honest. Winning leaders pursue the truth and can explain it to others. Without edge, convenience wins over conviction.

Energy

Again in the book, Leadership Engine by Noel Tichy, he wrote that winning leaders are high-‐energy people. They are focused and determined, and they like challenges and enjoy their work.

Winning leaders also create energy in others. How? They motivate with their enthusiasm and actions. They aim for stretch goals that inspire ambitious effort. They turn negative energy to positive use. How does being energetic empower you? Energy sustains your continuous learning and development, which is critical for you to develop your personal powers to the fullest. Energy is critical also when you develop and empower the people under your care.

Your self-‐understanding and set of ACE values are critical success factors to developing and maximizing the power in you. As mentioned at the start, it is important to maximize the power in you because you cannot lead a team or an organization unless you are able to develop and lead yourself first. To develop your strong leadership is to empower you – to enable you to develop or grow the people under your care, who will then help you achieve set goals.

1 Leading at a Higher Level, Ken Blanchard, 2007, pages 103-‐116

2The Leadership Engine, Noel M. Tichy, 1997

POWER NOTES

Maximize the POWER in YOU! (Continued)

By Elaine Cercado

Winning leaders also create energy in others. How? They

motivate with their enthusiasm & actions. They aim for stretch goals that inspire ambitious

effort. They turn negative energy to positive use.

(Leadership Engine book)


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POWER SESSION

with

DR. RON RICHHART

By Elaine Cercado

DEVELOPING POWERFUL

THINKERS AND LEARNERS

I had the privilege to attend Dr. Ron Richhart’s session last 11th of October at Canadian International School. I wish to share a few key take-aways

from this wonderfully refreshing session on how to build “cultures of thinking” by making thinking visible.

GROW MINDSET. How you view and handle failures /challenges /problems depend on whether you look at your intelligence and talents as

fixed/static or changing/growing. Those on the second set look at problems as opportunities to learn and grow. Dr. Ron also talked about

the research done on how our mindset is shaped by feedbacks we receive. For example, one who always receives general feedback based

on ability (“You are smart”) versus feedback based on process (“You study hard and achieve good results”) tends to base and protect his/her

identity on that ability, which then affects his/her mindset. Whereas a person who always receives feedback based on process would be more

open to change or grow, e.g. the mindset becomes “If I study harder, I can achieve better results.”

ARGUE. Allow your child, or the person you wish to develop, to argue with you – that is, to engage in a respectful debate. With your child, “arguing”

is actually one of the factors that make him/her less susceptible or more resilient to peer pressure because they can bring over the ability to

engage to their peers.

WMYST. Next time you are in a conversation with your spouse, child or co-worker, ask, ”What makes you say that?” You will be surprised at how the

thinking and the conversation will become deeper, broader and richer. It builds the culture of thinking – as thinking is valued, visible and promoted.

For more details on Dr. Ron Richhart’s Visible Thinking, visit http://www.pz.harvard.edu/VT/VisibleThinking_html_files/01_VisibleThinkingInAction/01a_VTIn

Action.html


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POWER EVENT

Guest Speaker: Ms. PAULETTE LIRIO, PMC, ACTA, CPA Guest Sharers: Ms. CONSUELO MENESES &

Ms. ELISA MONTANO


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“Everybody has a purpose bigger than themselves. If

you’re only serving yourself…small life.”

Oprah

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing

yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about

growing others.” Jack Welch

CALENDAR

October 2012 Soft launch • Revamped TCOB (Taking Care of Business)

Solutions for SMEs • Revamped EMPOWER programs for

personal empowerment Check www.depowerinu.com A MNC training event focused on leadership in collaboration with My Learning Boutique (Bangkok) Check http://www.mylearningboutique.com “Delivering Powerful Talks” – An EMPOWER seminar with SFC Singapore October-‐November 2012 ASTD-‐STADA Asia-‐Pacific Conference (MBS, Singapore) Check http://www.asapconference.com Date & venue to be confirmed soon [Empower Series 6] Purpose: Defining Your Mission & Vision Email [email protected] for Empower series details

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EMPOWER MENTORING-‐COACHING PROGRAM MODULES

• PURPOSE: finding your mission & vision

• RELATIONSHIPS: impacting people positively and valuing diversity

• SELF-‐MANAGEMENT: improving time & stress

management, balance and emotional intelligence

• LEADERSHIP: leading those from up, down,

side and out • SITUATIONS: solving problems and making

decisions • FINANCES: understanding and building your

financial plan

Program options & schedule

• One-‐to-‐one or small group mentoring • One module may take one to two sessions • Ideally, one session every week; one session

lasts about two hours

To inquire or to book a session, email [email protected], subject: EMPOWER Mentoring-‐Coaching, or call +65 6271 0208.

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