A comprehensive guide to leaders in the 21st Century

1. Home of the Champions
DR. RAMIR B. UYTICO, CESO III
Regional Director
2012 Gawad Career Executive Service Presidential Awardee

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21st Century School Head
Leading in the 21st Century
Driving Forces and Their Implications
to Leadership
Leadership Essentials for the 21st Century

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Introduction
Without the right kind of leaders,
organizations seldom go anywhere and
the people who lead them fall short of
their true potential. Without the right
kind of leaders, organizations become
bloated bureaucracies concerned more
with policy, politics, and procedures than
with creativity and innovation.

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What is Leadership?
Leadership is relational.

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The Leadership Context
Leadership is about both the person
and the context.
VUCA
heightened by pandemic, natural calamities, and changing leadership
landscape
Volatile |Uncertain | Complex | Ambiguous

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The 21st Century Leadership Purposes
Creating a supportive environment
where diverse people can thrive,
grow, and coexist harmoniously with
one another;
Promoting harmony with
nature and sustainability for
future generations;
Creating communities of reciprocal care and
shared responsibility – one where every
person matters and each person’s welfare and
dignity is upheld, valued, and supported.

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21st Century Organization
1. builds on continuous
improvement;
2. scales and leverages learning new
skills;
3. shares information;
4. develops high performance
teams;
5. pulls toward change;
6. highly values transparency;

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21st Century Organization
7. puts premium on talents;
8. takes risks;
9. builds relationships;
10. has clear vision;
11. accepts complexity; and
12. fosters diversity, connectedness,
and collaboration

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Leadership Essentials for the 21st Century
Mission that matters
Ethical
Sensitive
Change-maker
Big thinker

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Leadership Essentials for the 21st Century
Risk-taker
Uses power wisely
Team-builder
Communicator
Decision-maker
Courageous
Committed

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Investing in Future Leaders
Why do leaders
fail to
spend
significant
⁇
Insecurity
No
relational
skills
Not
trained
Low
priority

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Inspiration
How does a 21st century leader go about inspiring people?
saying why I want to
achieve something
instead of what to
achieve;
finding my own source of
inspiration before trying
to inspire others; and
conveying passion for
what I want to achieve.

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Excellence
Leadership in today’s fast-evolving
world must inspire excellence, which
means taking people to the high
road toward what is better and more
successful – somewhere away from
their comfort zones.

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Engagement
As leaders, it is necessary that we move people beyond
compliance. How do we do this? These are some of the
basic steps toward winning commitment and engagement:
Valued, Involved, Developed, and Inspired.

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The 21st Century Leaders have:
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• the desire to change;
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• the belief that the rewards are
worth the efforts; and
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• the decision to persevere.

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When you win,
Someone will challenge you;
Someone will dare to take your spot; and
Someone will hope that you slip up.
NEVER make the poor opinions of
others your reality.

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It is not enough to just do our job well
and satisfy our clients for the true
measure of leadership success is not
the immediate results but the long-
term impact of our actions on the lives
of people and communities we lead.
-RBU-

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As a School
Head,
I promise to