Optimus Prime (a.k.a Transformational Leadership)

Attending a seminar at Newlife is one-part worship, one-part pure content, and one-part advertisement. Anyways, me and the systems department where I'm currently employed attended this seminar there called "Transformational Leadership", sponsored (prominently) by World Vision. It was a good seminar, although the speaker (Pastor Boris Joaquin) was not very engaging, but still- I'd like to share a few thoughts about it~

Ok, what striked me the most is the 5-part "Training Cycle"

1. "The Teaching"
• Develop their skills through detailed instructions 
• Stay with your "disciple" every step of the way
2. "The Demonstration"
• Show, don't tell
• Let the "disciple" try their skills out in real situations
3. "The Coaching"
• Find their flaws, make constructive criticism 
• Inspire your "disciple" to increase his/her skills
4. "The Release"
• Stay in the background, help only when necessary
• Give the "disciple" the power to decide for him/herself 
5. "The Next Generation" 
• Confirm that your visions and goals are still aligned
• Let your "disciple" spread his expertise to others through this 5-part cycle

Another topic that I liked is the transformational leadership model~ This is how I understood it..

• Start with yourself, to give yourself some perspective. If your don't walk the talk, then you'll lose followers faster than you can gain them. [Additional Reading: Mat.3:13-4:11]
• One-on-one with a few of your most trusted people. Don't try to "change the world" as soon as you can, start with those nearest and most open to you. [Mat.4:18-22]
• Start building your team. Let your 'chosen few' choose their own 'chosen few', stay in the background and guide the vision of your community. [Mat.10:5-10, Mat.28:19-20]

I guess that's that, I've got an "Open Source" seminar to prep, so expect the slides about it on my next post. Until then, Sayonara :D

Object-Oriented Seminar

Slide Notes Here: http://ow.ly/2Coay

After a few weeks, I was finally able to continue my seminar on 3P.Net~ Btw, The slides above have the same opening as the last one (first three or four slides, I think) and most of the juicy parts are on the slide notes. I have already touched on Lazy Initialization and Singletons in this blog, and I've talked about object-oriented programming stuff as well, so I don't think I should more stuff in this post :D

If you have any questions, clarifications or suggestions about any of the topics I've discussed in this blog, just message me in my Google Profile, Facebook or Twitter. Until next time, sayonara~