Business Matters - Learning and Leadership

To :    All

Subject: Leadership and Learning

These were taken up during TOES at 3f

1.  Definition of terms

    Leadership is getting ahead of others;   It is taking a point of view and taking a forceful action.  Here courage and determination is needed

2.  Learning

    1.   Learning occurs when there is

        1.  Sunnao   -  openness to new ideas and change

        2.  Listening

    2.   What you teach yourself -  not what the book says, or what the trainor says.  

            No learning occurs when your mind is closed;

            The purpose of education is replace a closed mind with an open one.  

    3.  Learning occurs during a communication process:

               S                   ---->   R   could be two fold:    1.  Action     2.  Learning

    4.  There has to be a metric in learning process;  hence we give grades.   And we measure this via grades or achievement test, because we value

          learning,    We measure what we treasure""

   3.  Learning rewards and punishment

        Rewards are given to those who learn, and negative reinforcements to those who do not

        As in Pavlovian conditioning experiments, behaviors are interconnected with signals, and associations reenforced via rewards -  like food.  Training dogs,

        pigeons, and dolphins and shows occur because of rewards that reenforce desired behavior

        The rewards in training in corporate setting are:    compliments, promotions, and higher salary

4.  Learning and leadership

      There are certain types of leaders who need superior knowledge to advance:    philosophers, theologians, priests, academicians; sages.  

       Even political leaders need knowledge:   political savvy, knowledge of politicas, power and authority, laws in order to succeed;   warrior leaders

       need superior knowledge of combat, wars and strategy

5.   ACTION POTENTIAL PROGRAM

      1.  As what business leaders and entrepreneur, READ ONE BOOK A DAY;   as what our HR requires, read one book a month;

           A book a month keeps ignorance and poverty away.  Invest in your body and mind.   Eat good food and read good books related to your career

    2.  Engage in lifelong learning.  Your daily life is your classroom learn from it.  That is why we have university of life and lifelong learning programs/degree

         Your learning does not stop at the university.  It has just begun.  That is why they call this commencement rites (the graduation in the university)

    3.   Learn equally from experiences, especially the bad.  They are right, God gives you problems to make you stronger and skillful and navigating life

           They help you mature faster.   Stop blaming God for your problems.  Many problems are created by fellow human beings including yourself.   

   4.  Have a journal where you list down your learning.  This is one of the greatest legacy of high school days.  To maintain a journal or notebook where 

         you list down your learning.  You cant depend on your memory to remember all these things.   

    5.  Practice your memory.  Read read.  Your mind deteriorates from non use.  Hence elderly develops dementia and /or Alzheimers disease