A talk on management, leadership and strategic thinking for the Philippine College of Optometrists.

1. What I learned from
MBA school
Ruben Canlas Jr.
PCO Conference
Nov 26, 2011
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2. Agenda
• Leadership vs Management
• Self-awareness & Self-mastery
• Becoming a strategic thinker
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3. Why I took MBA
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4. Most of what we call
management consists of making
it difficult for people to get
their jobs done.
-- Peter Drucker
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5. Leadership & Management
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6. Group work
• What are the main differences between
leaders and managers?
• Roles, responsibilities, expected
behavior, mindset, etc.
• Discuss with your group and pick the top 3
answers.
• Write one answer per card.
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7. MANAGER LEADER
Administers Innovates
Maintains Develops
Focus on systems &
Focus on People
structure
-- Bennis and Townsend
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8. MANAGER LEADER
Relies on control Influence, built on trust
Short-term view Long-term view
Eye on the bottom line Eye on the horizon
-- Bennis and Townsend
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9. In short...
MANAGER LEADER
Preserve Change
status quo status quo
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10. We manage
property...
http://www.360tech.com
http://www.cs.rochester.edu
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11. We manage We lead
property... people.
http://www.360tech.com
http://www.cs.rochester.edu
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12. A story
about
innovation
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13. What kind of skills,
character traits should
a leader/manager have?
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14. Self-Awareness
& Self-Mastery
http://www.postgazette.com/healthscience/20010730antshealth2p2.asp
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15. Group Art
1. Pick one theme for your group:
• Food • Work
• Study • Vacation
• Red • Community
• Sky • Any simple
theme
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16. Important: after
choosing your theme...
• NO TALKING
• NO GIVING OF DIRECTIONS
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17. Group Art
2. Everyone take a pen, crayon or pencil.
3. Draw a group picture about your chosen
theme.
• Everyone starts at the same time.
• NO stopping.
• NO talking; NO coordinating.
• NO giving of directions.
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18. How do ants (and humans)
collaborate?
http://www.cs.uml.edu
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19. How
would you
define
good team
work?
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20. Good leadership
• The ability to lead self (self-leadership).
• Self-leading starts from self-awareness.
• Self-awareness leads to empathy.
• Empathy brings social skill: ability to
work well with others.
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21. Emotional Intelligence
• Walter Mischel, Daniel
Goleman
• Mastery of emotions is as
important as intelligence
• Importance of EI or EQ
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22. The Marshmallow Test
http://youtu.be/6EjJsPylEOY
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23. Those who grabbed...
• Suffered low
self-esteem
• Stubborn,
prone to
envy, easily
frustrated
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24. Those who waited...
• Better adjusted
• More dependable
• Scored higher on
SATs (210 pts higher)
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25. IQ is not everything
• EQ is better predictor of
success than IQ
• In a study of corporate
leadership:
• Managers with high EQ
got better ratings at
staff evaluation
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26. Being a strategic thinker
http://www.strategysolutions.nl
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27. The T-Shaped Businessperson
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28. The T-Shaped Businessperson
Macro perspective:
sensing/visioning
Detail-
oriented:
executing
Technical
skills
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29. Aravind Eye Hospital
• With innovative business sense, an eye
clinic hurdles major obstacles to set up a
successful operation.
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30. What lessons can we
learn from Aravind?
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31. Self-awareness Activity
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32. Self-awareness Activity
• You are 85 years old and people have
gathered to celebrate your life.
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33. Self-awareness Activity
• You are 85 years old and people have
gathered to celebrate your life.
• What are they saying about your life? Your
legacy and achievements?
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34. Self-awareness Activity
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35. Self-awareness Activity
• What do I like about myself?
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36. Self-awareness Activity
• What do I like about myself?
• What do people tell me are my gifts and
talents?
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37. Self-awareness Activity
• What do I like about myself?
• What do people tell me are my gifts and
talents?
• What achievements am I proud of?
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38. Self-awareness Activity
• What do I like about myself?
• What do people tell me are my gifts and
talents?
• What achievements am I proud of?
• What do I want to improve about myself?
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39. Self-awareness Activity
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40. Self-awareness Activity
• What is happening around my environment
that affects me deeply, that matters to me?
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41. Self-awareness Activity
• What is happening around my environment
that affects me deeply, that matters to me?
• Family
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42. Self-awareness Activity
• What is happening around my environment
that affects me deeply, that matters to me?
• Family
• Community
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43. Self-awareness Activity
• What is happening around my environment
that affects me deeply, that matters to me?
• Family
• Community
• Industry/Society
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44. Self-awareness Activity
• What is happening around my environment
that affects me deeply, that matters to me?
• Family
• Community
• Industry/Society
• The world
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45. Self-awareness Activity
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46. Self-awareness Activity
• Given the previous questions, create an
action plan for yourself
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47. Self-awareness Activity
• Given the previous questions, create an
action plan for yourself
• Long-term (next 10 years)
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48. Self-awareness Activity
• Given the previous questions, create an
action plan for yourself
• Long-term (next 10 years)
• Mid-term (3-5 years)
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49. Self-awareness Activity
• Given the previous questions, create an
action plan for yourself
• Long-term (next 10 years)
• Mid-term (3-5 years)
• Very short-term (starting tomorrow)
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50. Sharing
• Pair up.
• Share with your partner.
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51. Strategic thinking is ultimately about
doing the right thing and making hard
decisions based on evidence.
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52. But you won’t always have complete
and right evidence.
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53. The trick is to develop the ability to
make decisions, to act, to tolerate
failure, and to learn continuously.
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54. • twitter.com/cryptonomikon
• rcanlas@alumni.cmu.edu
• http://rubencanlas.com
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