Teaching Others to Teach Themselves

Two hours from now, I will talk about how to use the principles of One Minute Manager in teaching others to teach themselves. I am the guest speaker of Transco and Napocor employees in their flag ceremony this morning. Many thanks to Ana Paguio for inviting me.

I believe that my ultimate goal as a trainer/teacher/speaker is to help my audience teach themselves. Just as the leader is successful when he or she is able to develop other leaders.

The principles are not new. If you’ve read my earlier entry on I Will Multiply My Value a Hundredfold, you will see that it simply declared the first principle in One Minute Manager.

And maybe, unknown to Transco employees, they can find a book in their library entitled the 15 Second Principle which say almost the same thing. Even before I read this book, I have been sharing the principles in every toastmasters meeting, in every High Impact Presentation , in every Performance on Purpose, and every Personal Effectiveness seminars. I am not sure if I have already talked about Personal Kaizen in this blog. That one too follows the same principle of the One Minute Manager.

If you want to know more about the principles, read the article of Ken Blanchard himself, and the book review below:

The One Minute Manager
by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson

The One Minute Manager reveals three secrets to productive and efficient managing as told through a young man’s search for the perfect managing and leading skills. The One Minute Manager is focused on, not surprisingly, a one minute manager. The man is a venerable leader that is highly spoken of by his employees, his three secrets being the key to his success.

The first secret is One Minute Goals. This involves a meeting of the manager and the employee where goals are agreed on, written down in a brief statement, and occasionally reviewed to ensure that productivity is occurring. This whole process takes a “minute”, which truly means it is a quick meeting, however it is not limited to just sixty seconds. The purpose of one minute goal setting is to confirm that responsibilities of each working is understood, understanding that confusion leads to inefficiency and discouragement.

The second secret to one minute managing is one minute praisings. This involves being open with people about their performance. When you catch someone doing something right, a goal of the one minute manager, you praise them immediately, telling them specifically what they did correctly. Pause to allow them to “feel” how good you feel regarding their importance to the organization, and finish by shaking hands.

The third secret is the one minute reprimand. Being honest with those around you involves reprimanding when a wrong has occurred. The first step is to reprimand immediately and specifically. This is the same as the second secret, and it holds an important aspect of the first secret: it enables an understanding of responsibilities and how to complete them correctly. Following the reprimand, shake hands and remind the person that he or she is important and it was simply their performance that you did not like. The one minute reprimand consists of the reprimand and the reassurance, both being equally important. If you leave the latter out, you will not be liked by those around you and they will attribute mistakes to them being worth less, which is far from the truth.

The One Minute Manager is a quick read that emphasizes key points throughout. The message is clear, and implementing the ideas is straight-forward and laid out in the book. This makes it simple to utilize the knowledge and techniques that the one minute manager style offers. Due to these factors, I find The One Minute Manager an effective tool for developing leadership.

Jef Menguin facilitates people skills seminars and teambuilding and leadership workshops in Metro Manila, Philippines. Visit his website at http://jefmenguin.com to learn more about his seminars.

Dwell Not On Unmovable Conflicts

Move on. The problems you spend your time and energy on should be both important and improvable. Otherwise, you are better off moving on to things you can change.

In mythology, Sisyphus was doomed to the endless task of pushing a boulder up a hill. Just before he got it to the top he would lose his hold, and the boulder would roll back down to the bottom. Sisyphus would push the boulder up again and almost have it to the top before it fell back. There was, of course, no point. It was just a death sentence.

Some of us approach our disagreements and disappointments as if they were Sisyphus’s boulder. We push and push and push and never consider that there is no point. The beauty of real life, though, is that our boulders are of our own creation and will disappear if we just stop pushing.

Congratulations Manny Pacquiao

Pacquiao stops Diaz in 9th, wins lightweight crown

“I feel much, much stronger and more powerful at 135,” said Pacquiao, the first Asian boxer to win title belts at four weights. “This is where I plan to stay. I did real well. I was really surprised it wasn’t stopped sooner.”

Congratulations to Manny Pacquiao. He has shown how talent and hardwork make a champion. I salute him for his ability as a boxer. Though I am not really a boxing fanatic simply because I don’t consider it a sport given the damage it caused to a lot of champions. Muhammad Ali is one of them. Another boxer whom I looked up to before his decline is Roy Jones Jr. We don’t know until when Pacquiao will stay on the Ring. I just hope he will retire while still on top of the world.

I am not one of those who will say that he unites Filipinos everytime he fights. Unity does not happen in two hours (of four hours if you are watching Channel 7– it has so many commercials I suspect the viewers have decided to boycott the sponsors). People are entertained,yes. But they don’t necessarily become nationalistic at once.

This does not mean that Pacquiao cannot help unite the country. He can use his charisma to inspire the youth to reach for their goals. No, they don’t have to be boxers like him. Maybe the first thing that he must do is to avoid those politicians who has been dividing this nation to keep themselves in power. Unfortunately, Pacquiao does not seem to know this. It is not entirely his fault. I have long realized that many people have the tendency to stick with those people in power.

I have been in Malacanang twice. The first time I was there, I was seated with two ladies who during their conversation obviously despised the president. But when they were given the chance to shake her hand, their happiness was comparable to a sick woman healed by an angel. They only had praises for her. Power changes people.

Pacquiao is more popular than the President and all of those politicians who call him Kumpare. I hope he will put to good use his popularity. I hope he will run away from cheaters and liars and leeches.

I digressed.
I simply wanted to congratulate you Pacquiao.
Kudos.

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Pacquiao is number 1 pound-for-pound in Skysports.
Manny Pacqiao’s website

Enjoy the Ordinary

You do countless things in the average day that can be labeled as chores or can be relabeled as enjoyable. Walking the dog is something that has to be done, yes, but while you walk the dog you get some pleasant exercise, some time to think, and a chance to see the neighbors and the neighborhood. Enjoy what you do every day.

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold

Og Mandino is one of my favorite authors. He paints the canvass of inspiration through his words. He helped me see colors of life in a new light.

Let me share with you one of the scrolls you can find in his book the Greatest Salesman in the World. I encourage you to buy and read the book.

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Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

A mulberry leaf touched with the genius of man becomes silk.

A field of clay touched with the genius of man becomes a castle.

A cyprus tree touched with the genius of man becomes a shrine.

A cut of sheep’s hair touched with the genius of man becomes raiment for a king.

If it is possible for leaves and clay and wood and hair to have their value multiplied a hundred, yea a thousandfold by man, cannot I do the same with the clay which bears my name?

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

I am liken to a grain of wheat which faces one of three futures. The wheat can be placed in a sack and dumped in a stall until it is fed to swine. Or it can be ground to flour and made into bread. Or it can be placed in the earth and allowed to grow until its golden head divides and produces a thousand grains from the one.

I am liken to a grain of wheat with one difference. The wheat cannot choose whether it be fed to swine, ground for bread, or planted to multiply. I have a choice and I will not let my life be fed to swine nor will I let it be ground under the rocks of failure and despair to be broken open and devoured by the will of others.

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

To grow and multiply it is necessary to plant the wheat grain in the darkness of the earth and my failures, my despairs, my ignorance, and my inabilities are the darkness in which I have been planted in order to ripen. Now, like the wheat grain which will sprout and blossom only if it is nurtured with rain and sun and warm winds, I too must nurture my body and mind to fulfill my dreams. But to grow to full stature the wheat must wait on the whims of nature. I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny.

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

And how will I accomplish this? First I will set goals for the day, the week, the month, the year, and my life. Just as the rain must fall before the wheat will crack its shell and sprout, so must I have objectives before my life will crystallize. Insetting my goals I will consider my best performance of the past and multiply it a hundredfold. This will be the standard by which I will live in the future. Never will I be of concern that my goals are too high for is it not better to aim my spear at the moon and strike only an eagle than to arm my spear at the eagle and strike only a rock?

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

The height of my goals will not hold me in awe though I may stumble often before they are reached. If I stumble I will rise and my falls will not concern me for all men must stumble often to reach the hearth. Only a worm is free from the worry of stumbling. I am not a worm. I am not an onion plant. I am not a sheep. I am a man. Let others build a cave with their clay. I will build a castle with mine.

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

And just as the sun must warm the earth to bring forth the seedling of wheat so, too, will the words on these scrolls warm my life and turn my dreams into reality. Today I will surpass every action which I performed yesterday. I will climb today’s mountain to the utmost of my ability yet tomorrow I will climb higher than today, and the next will be higher than tomorrow. To surpass the deeds of others is unimportant; to surpass my own deeds is all.

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

And just as the warm wind guides the wheat to maturity, the same winds will carry my voice to those who will listen and my words will announce my goals. Once spoken I dare not recall them lest I lose face. I will be as my own prophet and though all may laugh at my utterances they will hear my plans, they will know my dreams; and thus there will be no escape for me until my words become accomplished deeds.

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

I will commit not the terrible crime of aiming too low.

I will do the work that a failure will not do.

I will always let my reach exceed my grasp.

I will never be content with my performance in the market.

I will always raise my goals as soon as they are attained.

I will always strive to make the next hour better than this one.

I will always announce my goals to the world.

Yet, never will I proclaim my accomplishments. Let the world, instead, approach me with praise and may I have the wisdom to receive it in humility.

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

One grain of wheat when multiplied a hundredfold will produce a hundred stalks. Multiply these a hundredfold, ten times, and they will feed all the cities of the earth. Am I not more than a grain of wheat?

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

And when it is done I will do it again, and again, and there will be astonishment and wonder at my greatness as the words of these scrolls are fulfilled in me.

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Jef Menguin facilitates people skills seminars and teambuilding and leadership workshops in Metro Manila, Philippines. Visit his website at http://jefmenguin.com to learn more about his seminars.

No Complete Satisfaction

Set your sights on being generally satisfied and generally happy,not on expecting every aspect of life to be perfect. Complete satisfaction does not exist because everything can be improved upon. Those who accept this can appreciate what they have.  Those who do not accept this can never appreciate what they have even as their circumstances improve. Strive to improve. Don’t try to be perfect all the time.

Jef Menguin

Jef Menguin facilitates people skills seminars and teambuilding and leadership workshops in Metro Manila, Philippines. Visit his website at http://jefmenguin.com to learn more about his seminars.