Competency Framework for

School Heads
PERSONAL
EXCELLENCE
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PEPSY C. FLORES
Doctorand
Edu 306 : The School Principalship
MARIA LILIBETH G. CASTIL PhD
Professor
 z Topic Outline
- Definition of Personal Excellence
- The 5 Simple Rules to Achieve
Excellence in Professional Life
- The School Principals’ Personal
Excellence Key Systems & Skills
- Personal Excellence on Leadership
 What is personal excellence?
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- It is about excelling holistically in your personal endeavors and

efforts.

- It is the journey of positive development beyond one’s self and is a

step by step process of improving oneself in every aspect of life.

- It is a process of becoming better of oneself, and do better and

better in all aspects of life.

- It is an ongoing process covering those mental, physical and

spiritual practices, routines and habits that contribute to maximizing
and sustaining our highest potential while achieving vitality, intrinsic
wealth and personal harmony.
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5 Simple Rules to
Achieve Excellence in
Professional Life
 1. zSUCCESS IS PREDICTABLE AND
THEREFORE PLAN FOR IT
2. WORK EVEN IF YOU DON’T WANT TO
WORK
3. TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR RESPONSES

4. MAKE RESULTS YOUR PRIORITY

5. LOOK FOR THE BENEFITS IN EVERY

SITUATION
1. zSUCCESS IS PREDICTABLE AND
THEREFORE PLAN FOR IT

Misconception: Successful life is just a

matter of luck or an accident.

Reality: Success is predictable and

you can learn a particular set of skills
to double, triple or quadruple your
success rate.
2. WORK
z EVEN IF YOU DON’T WANT TO
WORK
 What is self-discipline? It’s the ability to dedicate your hours
even when you don’t feel like working. Successful people
practice self-discipline strictly. They avoid people who are lazy,
procrastinate and are not courageous enough to reflect on what
direction their life is heading.
 According to studies, it has been found that employees work for
only three hours in their eight hour job. Most of them waste their
time in gossiping .
 Beat 80% of the people around you by working for an extra hour
or two in developing your skills rather than gossiping about
politics and movies.
3. TAKE
z CONTROL OF YOUR RESPONSES

 No profession is free from problems and challenges. The sooner

you accept the truth, the better and easier it is for you to grow
and excel your skills.

 Almost 8 out of 10 people do not have control over their

responses. When faced with a problem, they get angry and hold
everyone responsible. They handle the situation irrationally and
end up mounting more problems.

 How you respond to a particular situation determines how quickly

you are going to climb up the ladder of your professional career.
4. MAKE
z RESULTS YOUR PRIORITY

Instead of dwelling on the possibility of what

you could have done to avoid the problem, think
in terms of how you can mend the situation and
bring out the desired result. High achievers do
not play the blame game and are a part of those
few personalities who set results as their
topmost priority.
5. LOOK
z FOR THE BENEFITS IN EVERY
SITUATION

If you change your perception towards your

problems and look at them as an opportunity to
grow, then your life will immediately turn into an
adventurous venture. All you have to do is pay
attention to how you’re talking to yourself and
what kind of words you’re feeding your
subconscious mind.
THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ PERSONAL EXCELLENCE
z KEY SYSTEMS & SKILLS
 z BELIEF SYSTEM
-the purpose principle primarily to define our levels of
achievement and excellence

SELF-ESTEEM CONGRUENCE SELF- SELF-

- ability to - ability to clarify APPRECIATION CONFIDENCE
view self as important personal - ability to value - ability to
values yourself focus on
positive,
related to goals
competent, and positively and competence and
and beliefs, as
successful in well as align to be in touch feel positive
achieving behaviors and with your about your
personal goals choices in a self- strengths as a potential to
developing way person perform
effectively
 z SUPPORT SYSTEM
-the relationships principle and functions to provide
support with others

ASSERTION TEAMBUILDING EMPATHY LEADERHIP

- ability to - abilityto add - ability to - ability to
communicate synergy and accurately
your needs and
affect
contribute understand
wants to others positive
constructively the
in a direct and in cohort influence in
thoughts/feeli
honest manner activities others
ngs of others
 z GUIDANCE SYSTEM
-the personal vision principle and intelligent
self direction
PERSONAL GOAL SETTING SELF-
ORIENTATION - ability
to set CONTROL
- ability to see clear and specific - ability to
oneself as a
personal goals. exercise choice
positive person
with potential to Achievable goals and control over
continually learn provide focus for the strength of
and change personal your emotional
motivation. responses
 BALANCE SYSTEM POWER SYSTEM
-the change principle
z which functions -the commitment principle, serving to supply
to maintain balance in our direct energy for goal achievement. Internal
achievement and consistency in our motivation and focused energy leads to high
performance and lives levels of personal achievement and
excellence.
DECISION STRESS
MANAGEMENT DRIVE SELF
MAKING
- ability to STRENGTH MANAGEMENT
- ability to
positively - ability to - ability
to
make good manage stress persist and manage life and
choices while while keeping accomplish responsibilities
being yourself goals that are proactively
decisive physically and meaningful and
emotionally satisfying
healthy
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Does personal excellence make for
better leadership?
YES! Transforming oneself, leading transformation in
others, and being smart and strong enough to absorb
transformation from external sources are part of the
personal excellence narrative.

“Excellent leadership starts with self-leadership. You must

master yourself to lead others. People follow what you do,
not what you say.”

Start influencing others.

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REFERENCESz
1) https://managersandleaders.com.au/what-is-personal-excellence-and
-is-it-the-new-measure-for-leadership-effectiveness/

2)
https://atlascorps.org/personal-excellence-key-for-success-and-growt
h/

3) https://addicted2success.com/success-advice/5-simple-rules-to-achi
eve-excellence-in-your-professional-life/

4) Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2016, 4, 46-51

Published Online July 2016 in SciRes.
http://www.scirp.org/journal/jss
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jss.2016.47007
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Thank
You !