Philosophy of Leadership - Assignment

Part 1: Identifying Your Leadership Values

From the list below, pick five core values that you feel describe and guide who you
are as a leader. You may choose other values that are not on this list. Place them
into a chart and answer the questions in the matrix.

Achievement Balance Creativity Integrity

Activity Challenge Diverse perspectives Justice
Advancement Change Duty Love
Adventure Collaboration Economic security Loyalty
Affiliation Community Friendship Personal
Development Affluence Competency Health
Recognition Authority Competition Humor
Self-respect Autonomy Courage Harmon
y

Are there other values that you would like to include but are not on the list?
Exemplar of what your chart should look like:

Answers:
Identifying Your Leadership Values

VALUES Personal Definition of How do you envision

List your values here Values these values playing out
List here your definition in your leadership?
of
these values here
As a leader, there must
1. Love The character of offering always be love; love to the
oneself unconditionally thing that you are destined
and accepting the realities to do and to the people
of the people around you who are with you along the
while helping them to self- way. When there is love
transformation. the is always purity in
leadership.
To be a leader is not a sole
2. Collaboration The ability to be united process. It is always
despite the overwhelming between you as the one
diversity who lead and those who
are with you in the team.
The attitude of being true Leaders with integrity
3. Integrity to your self and to the don't only talk the talk;
thing that you oath to do. they also walk the walk.
 They own their errors
rather than covering them
up, blaming others, or
finding an excuse.
In order to integrate
4. Justice individual and group
values, goals, actions,
structures, and processes
It is characterized by
around a common
providing the necessary
knowledge of, and
thing to do for the
adherence to, clearly
unnecessary thing that
defined and universal
exists.
principles of social justice
and economic justice, one
must be a leader who is a
man of justice.
Leaders that have a strong
5. Harmony Harmony skill capitalize on
people's points of
agreement. They
concentrate on similarities
that sometimes go
unnoticed by others,
That all may be one
especially during times of
conflict. Their "Harmony"
theme enables them to pay
attention to unspoken
demands and consider
many viewpoints in a
circumstance.

Part 2: Uncovering Your Leadership Assumptions

Answer the following questions about leadership. By reflecting on these questions, you
will find what assumptions are driving your leadership thinking.

1. Describe two stories of leadership. One story should describe a positive experience
you’ve had with leadership and the second story should describe a time when you
had a negative experience with leadership.
Answers:
 2. In your own words provide a definition of leadership.
Answer:
Based from my experiences, leadership is inspiring others to move towards a common goal.
I believe that being a leader is not only about yourself being followed by your subordinates.
But, it is on how you inspired everyone to reach success with fairness, quality and love.

3. Using your definition of leadership, please elaborate how you first came to
understand (or know) your leadership definition. (why did you decide on this
definition…why is it important…what made you write it?)

Answer:
My concept of a leader was based on my experiences as a nurse. Being a nurse is not a sole-
distinct professions. I cannot be a nurse alone inside a hospital. This means that in order for
me to achieve my sole purpose as a nurse, I need others. I need to learn from their experiences
and they also need to learn something from me, and I think that is leadership, if I will be able
to make others work to attain greatness with compassion and love. As such, I believe that to
lead is to inspire.

4. Describe the individuals (leaders) or organizations that influence your leadership definition.
Answer:
One great story of leadership that I admire the most was the initiative of the Former Vice-
President and Angat-Buhay Founder Leni Robredo against the COVID-19 Pandemic. Robredo
initialized her Anti-COVID-19 plan as “Kalayaan sa COVID“ (Freedom from COVID-19) plan.

According to Rey (2021), Robredo's thorough strategy was created after consulting with
professionals from several fields. Additionally, it is based on actual field experience. A
"mahusay at matinong" (competent and wise) leader should be concentrating on the COVID-19
response plan in order to be "liberated" from the dread of being ill. She said that this would put
a stop to corruption, taking a direct shot at the purported aberrant pandemic contracts.
She intends to "repair" the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation by forming an audit
team as part of her free and accessible healthcare proposal. Additionally, she will promote the
following:

 Free COVID-19 examination

 Ensuring that there are sufficient finances to cover the cost of immunizations for Filipinos
the expansion of hospital capacity
 In each barangay, a nurse
 implementation of a telemedicine system akin to the free teleconsultation service offered by the
Office of the Vice President E-Konsulta

Part 3: Understanding Your Leadership Beliefs

For each of the questions in this section, ask yourself:

1. What were my assumptions?

Answer:
In being a leader, my assumptions were;
-a leader is responsible for his/her team
-a leader is the one who manages the outcome of a goal.
-a leader is the ultimate responsible for the entirety of the group.
-a leader should be knowledgeable enough
-a leader must be willing to learn
-a leader must uphold values and virtues that are necessary for the team

2. What influenced my assumptions?

Answer:
My assumptions were based on my experiences in my workplace as a nurse. These
thinking of mine were strengthened by my colleagues in the workplace who are always
there to journey with me in realizing my potentials as a human being. Moreover, these
leadership characteristics of mine were influenced by my family, especially by my
parents, who are always there to mold me to become a better person.

3. Would others (co-workers, friends, supervisors) see the situations I

described differently?
Answer:
Every person is a unique being. Man’s uniqueness came from his
capacity to think rationally. Therefore, there is a great tendency that
what would be my perspectives as a person would be different from
others. This is always real-life case. However, as a leader, it is always
very important to be united with others despite the diversity of
opinions and clashes of ideas. As a leader, it is my right to be heard
and also my responsibility to listen to others’ opinions.

Answer the following questions about leadership beliefs. By reflecting on these

questions above, you will find what beliefs you hold about leadership.(Write at least
two paragraphs for each question)
1. Can people who have caused others harm be leaders?
Answer:
Unfortunately, leaders who damage others are nevertheless able to hold positions of power.
They were able do injure because they rose to leadership positions by force. good
management? No. Leadership? Yes. Because of his ascension to leadership status based on
his actions and views, Osama Bin Laden was able to have a significant effect on the whole
globe, garner millions of supporters, and execute hundreds of people.

2. Should leaders have certain qualities to be able to lead?

Answer:
I think everyone has a different idea of what qualifies as a leader. However, I think that in
order to be effective, leaders need to have patience, focus, confidence, and a love for what
they are doing. They also need to be held accountable for their decisions.

3. Who decides who leads?

Answer:
Unless a natural leader steps up to the challenge, the team members determine who will be
the leader. Even though it isn't the smartest move for the team, leaders might evolve along
the process. Team members aid leaders in discovering their best selves so they can muster the
guts to assume leadership roles.

4. How do leaders gain credibility?

Answer:
Leaders establish credibility through succeeding and attaining their objectives. Credible
leaders maintain consistency in both their words and deeds. They don't frequently change
their minds and go back on their decisions.

5. In general, is there something good about leadership?

Answer:
By listening to your team, communicating as effectively as you can, setting an example, being
passionate, making decisions that stick, and identifying mentors and role models, good
leadership is attainable.

6. What do you think is the purpose for leadership?

Answer:
Leadership enables one to direct others in the completion of a certain task and inspires team
members to perform at their highest level in order to achieve tasks and goals.

7. Is leadership behavior developed through personal experiences or through external forces?

Answer:
Personal experiences shape a leader's behavior. A leader is developed by the situations and
chances they put themselves in to succeed. If a person does not aspire to positions of
leadership or do not get along well with others in teams, they cannot develop into a leader.
 Part 4: Finalizing Your Leadership Philosophy

Now that you’ve identified your leadership values, uncovered your leadership
assumptions, and understand what beliefs guide your leadership thinking, you are now
ready to write statements reflecting your leadership philosophy using the responses
above. Statements about your
leadership should be written in the present moment not in the future tense. Creating
“present moment” statements helps you to internalize and visualize your philosophy as
it is happening now, not in the future or the past.

Your leadership philosophy should be a statement that consists of your responses from
the above exercise. It doesn’t have to include everything, but it should encompass the
general idea of what you’ve written. It doesn’t have to be formatted in a certain way –
just whatever makes sense to you. You can write one sentence statements or you can
write a story explaining your philosophy. Start with an initial draft of your philosophy
and write it down. Revise it as often as you need. Remember, your philosophy can
change depending on where you are at with your leadership.

Answer

My Leadership Philosophy is…

I gain leadership via my deeds and convictions.

I must maintain an open mind by maintaining patience, focus, confidence, and passion.

I assist my teammates in completing the tasks required of us.

By succeeding, fulfilling my goals, and keeping my word, I build credibility.

I choose strong decisions to lead my team in the right direction after identifying role models.

I encourage team members to bring their best self to bear on the project at hand.

I give myself chances and opportunities to succeed like I've never done before.
After you’ve finished, type out and include your personal Philosophy with this assignment.

Part 5: Presenting Your Leadership Philosophy

You will be required to deliver a 5 minute presentation to the class on a date assigned by
your professor. During the presentation you must address the following questions. You
may present this information however you choose. Be creative!

1. What shaped your leadership philosophy?

Answer:
My Leadership Philosophy was shaped by my experiences at home and in my
workplace. Through my interactions with my colleagues and most especially with my
family members, I learned to understand and to realize what kind of leader am I and
also my capacity as a human person.

2. What are your 4 most important leadership values and why they are important to you?
Answer:
The four (4) most important leadership values that are very significant to me are; Love ,
Collaboration, Integrity and Justice. These values are very important to me because,
they signify a true leadership character. A leader must have a loving heart for himself
and for his team. When he has love he learnes how to collaborate and treat everyone
with integrity and justice.

3. What was your personal leadership philosophy? (Tell us about what you came up with)
Answer:
TO LEAD IS TO INSPIRE
The above infinitive phrase is my own personal leadership philosophy. This mentality
and attitude came to me from my work as a nurse. I realized that being a leader is
letting and inspiring others to realize their potentials as human beings.

4. How will you use this statement and Put it into practice in your work?
Answer:
Putting leadership in my workplace is not that easy because of the diversity of people
and of everyone’s culture. However, I realized that I should start by listening to others.
To listen to other’s opinions and sentiments is one of the best ways to show a true
leadership character.
 Parts 1-4: Written Component – Philosophy of
Leadership Name:
Rubric for Written Components and
Philosophy
Topic (0) (1) (2) (3) (4)
(Weight
)
Organiza Sequence of Sequence of Work is hard to Information is Information is
ti on information information is follow as there presented in a presented in a
& can’t be difficult to is very little logical logical,
Styl followed. No follow. Minimal continuity. manner, interesting
e apparent structure or which is way, which is
structure or continuity. Purpose of easily easy to follow.
continuity. work is stated, followed.
Purpose of but does not Purpose is
Purpose of work is not assist in Purpose of clearly stated
work is not clearly stated. following work is clearly and explains
stated. work. stated assists the structure of
the structure work.
of work.
Content, No grasp of Uncomfortabl At ease with Demonstration Clearly and
Knowledg information. e with content and of full completely
e& Clearly no content. able to knowledge of addresses the
Complete knowledge of elaborate and the subject with content,
n ess subject explain to explanations experiences,
matter. some degree. and elaboration. including the
Only basic context,
No questions concepts are persons
are answered. demonstrated involved, and
No and intended goals.
interpretation interpreted. Uses objective
made. statements
Self- No Reflection lacks Reflection Reflection Reflection
reflectio characteristics critical demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates a
n of self-reflection thinking. limited critical some degree of high degree of
present. Superficial thinking in critical thinking critical thinking
connections are applying, in applying, in applying,
No inferences, made with key analyzing, analyzing, analyzing, and
examples, course and/or and/or evaluating key
personal concepts and evaluating key evaluating key course concepts
insights and course course concepts course concepts and theories
challenges, materials, and theories and theories from readings,
and/or future activities, from readings, from readings, lectures, media,
implications and/or lectures, media, lectures, media, discussions
are overlooked. assignments discussions, discussions activities,
activities, activities, and/or
and/or and/or
 assignments assignments. assignments.
Minimal Connections Insightful and
connections made through relevant
made through explanations, connections
explanations, inferences, made through
inferences, and/or contextual
and/or examples. explanations,
examples inferences,
and
examples.
Forma Work is Poor writing Adequate Writing Excellent and
t& illegible, style lacking in writing style style good. polished
Writin format clarity, writing style.
g Style changes language used, Mostly Format is
throughout, and/or consistent generally Format is
e.g. font type, frequent errors format. consistent consistent
size etc. with formatting including throughout
and style. heading styles including
Document fails and captions. heading styles
to provide Needs work. and captions.
intended
format. Written
work
presented
logically
and
reinforce
the text.
Spelling Numerous Several Minor Negligible No
& spelling spelling and misspelling misspelling misspelled
Gramm and grammatical s and/or s and/or words
ar grammatic errors. grammatic grammatic and/or
al errors. al errors. al errors. grammatical
errors.
References No Attempted Inadequate list Minor Reference
referencing referencing of references or inadequacies section
system used. however did references in in references. complete and
not use proper text. comprehensive.
formatting
Inconsistent Consistent Consistent
Missing or illogical referencin and logical
informatio referencing g system. referencing
n present system. system.
Comments: Total Score: / 24
 Part 5: Presentation Rubric

Name:

PRESENCE 5 4 3 2
1 0
-body language & eye contact
-contact with the public
-poise
-physical organization

LANGUAGE SKILLS 5 4 3 2
1 0
-correct usage
-appropriate vocabulary and grammar
-understandable (rhythm, intonation, accent)
-spoken loud enough to hear easily

ORGANIZATION 5 4 3 2
1 0
-clear objectives
-logical structure
-signposting

MASTERY OF THE SUBJECT 5 4 3 2

1 0
-pertinence
-depth of commentary
-spoken, not read
-able to answer questions

VISUAL AIDS 5 4 3 2
1 0
-transparencies, slides
-handouts
-audio, video, etc.

OVERALL IMPRESSION 5 4 3 2
1 0
-very interesting / very boring
-pleasant / unpleasant to listen to
-very good / poor communication
TOTAL SCORE /
30