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Transformational Leadership: the UPAEP signature that
must be lived
Dr. Juan Manuel López OglesbyProgram Chair,
Graduate Biomedical Engineering [email protected]
• For us to talk about UPAEP’s Transformational Leadership aspirations, we need to take a look at two important documents.
• First, the “Ideario”, a booklet that lays out the ideals and values upon with UPAEP is founded and against which all of UPAEP’s missions and activities are measured.
• Second, the “Modelo de Dirección” (Management Model) for UPAEP.
But Seriously…
• 34. La persona no debe conformarse con recibir la cultura, sino que ha de incrementarla, purificarla y proyectarla hacia nuevas realizaciones conforme a las necesidades de cada época;
• de ella permanece lo esencial, los bienes que no cambian y que son necesarios para el perfeccionamiento del ser humano, que también permanece él mismo, con su naturaleza y necesidades fundamentales a través del tiempo.
Ideario UPAEP
• 61. Sostenemos como principio y criterio básico el respeto a la libertad, fuente de la dignidad humana.
• Entendemos la libertad como la capacidad que tiene la persona de autodeterminarse y guiarse al cumplimiento de su fin y a la realización de su vocación personal.
• Por la libertad el ser humano es responsable y dueño de sus actos, y tiene en sus manos la realización de su destino.
Ideario UPAEP
• 64. La responsabilidad es la otra cara de la libertad. Asumimos la que implica enseñar basados en el espíritu de este ideario, que inspira la vida de la UPAEP, a la que han sido invitados a colaborar libremente maestros, alumnos, trabajadores y autoridades universitarias.
Ideario UPAEP
• 70. …Maestro es aquél que enseña a aceptar la verdad y a vivirla hasta sus últimas consecuencias; el auténtico maestro enseña más con su vida que con la lección académica.
Ideario UPAEP
• 76. Responsables de su función, las autoridades de la UPAEP pondrán todo su empeño en la selección, capacitación y actualización de los maestros; …
• Deberán crear y mantener un clima espiritual de colaboración, orden y respeto que permita a maestros y alumnos trabajar y convivir en auténtica amistad.
Ideario UPAEP
• 83. Queremos universitarios, líderes sociales, que tengan la dignidad y coraje de luchar por sus ideales.
• Estamos de acuerdo con la auténtica inconformidad juvenil que se rebela, en nombre de la verdad, ante la mentira y la injusticia.
• Crear corrientes de pensamiento y formar líderes que transformen a la sociedad
Ideario UPAEP
• La VERDAD, buscada, respetada y servida.• La PERSONA HUMANA, digna, libre y responsable.• La SOLIDARIDAD.• El COMPROMISO SOCIAL.• La CONGRUENCIA.• El RESPETO, a la propia persona, a los demás, al
entorno y a la trascendencia.• El AMOR.• La JUSTICIA.• La LIBERTAD.
Valores UPAEP
• En resumen, el Liderazgo UPAEP está conformado por tres convicciones cuyo fundamento se encuentra en la identidad:
• 1. Comprometidos con la promoción del Bien Común como fuente de inspiración de propuestas de responsabilidad social.
• 2. Impulsadas por un espíritu de lucha en la transformación de las realidades sociales, desde la propia vocación y sentido de vida, para la dignidad, la justicia y la paz.
• 3. Caracterizados por una alta preparación profesional, un sentido humanista y actitud de servicio como fundamento de toda autoridad.
Modelo Directivo UPAEP
• Now, when we talk about leadership styles, there are many fundamental styles of leadership.
• Today I want to discuss two contrasting forms of leadership.
• It is surprising to me how frequently one is confused for the other in our local culture, and I’d love to do my part to clear up the confusion.
Definitions
• Transactional Leadershipo Based on objectives, as well as the use of rewards and punishments
(transactions) to ensure compliance1
o Not a good fit for places where creativity and innovative ideas are valued2
• Transformational Leadershipo Leader identifies a need for change, crafts a vision that guides the
change through inspiration, and fulfils that change with the commitment from the group members3
o Gives collaborators autonomy over specific jobs and the authority to make decisions based on their training2
o Possess courage, confidence, and willingness to sacrifice for the greater good2
Definitions
1http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/transactional-leadership.html2http://online.stu.edu/category/leadership-is-learned 3http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/transformational-leadership.html
• Transactional Leadership2
o Focuses on short-term goalso Favors structured policies and procedureso Thrives on following rules and doing things correctlyo Revels in efficiencyo Tends to be inflexibleoOpposes change
Major Traits
2http://online.stu.edu/category/leadership-is-learned
• Transactional Leadership Pros2
o Rewards those who are motivated by self-interest to follow instructions
o Provides an unambiguous structure for large organizations, systems requiring repetitive tasks and infinitely reproducible environments
o Achieves short-term goals quicklyo Clearly defines rewards and penalties for workers
Major Traits
2http://online.stu.edu/category/leadership-is-learned
• Transactional Leadership Cons2
o Rewards the worker on a practical level only, such as money or perks
o Limits creativity since the goals and objectives are already set
oDoes not reward personal initiative
Major Traits
2http://online.stu.edu/category/leadership-is-learned
• This kind of leadership can be quite useful for keeping troops in line, or educating new workers for repetitive tasks.
• However, I completely reject this kind of leadership at the higher levels of management and enterprise.
• We’ll look at transformational leadership and then draw a few initial conclusions
Transactional Leadership
• Transformational Leadership2
o Very well-organized and expect their followers to be creativeo Team-oriented and expect that followers will work together
to create the best possible resultso Respects followers and in turn is well-respectedo Acts as coach of the team. He or she provides training and
motivation to reach the desired goalso Responsible for their team, but also instills responsibility into
team memberso Engenders respect through rapport and a personal influence
Major Traits
2http://online.stu.edu/category/leadership-is-learned
• Transformational Leadership Pros2
o Excellent at communicating new ideasoGood at balancing short-term vision and long-term goalso Experience building strong coalitions and establishing
mutual trustoHave integrity and high emotional intelligence (empathy
with others)
Major Traits
2http://online.stu.edu/category/leadership-is-learned
• Transformational Leadership Cons2
o Ineffective in initial stage or ad-hoc situationso Require an existing structure to fixo Bad fit in bureaucratic structures
Major Traits
2http://online.stu.edu/category/leadership-is-learned
• Transformational Leadership Quotes2
o Edwards Deming: “A bad system will beat a good person every time.”
o Peter Drucker: “If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.”
o Ross Perot: “Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they are going to make mistakes.”
Major Traits
2http://online.stu.edu/category/leadership-is-learned
Comparison-Contrast
Transformational leadership2
o Works to change the systemo Solves challenges by finding
experiences that show that old patterns do not fit or work
o Wants to know what has to changeo Maximizes their teams’ capability
and capacityo Best suited for higher level
management structures
Transactional leadership2
o Works within the systemo Starts solving challenges by fitting
experiences to a known patterno Wants to know the step-by-step
approacho Minimizes variation of the
organizationo Useful for front-line entry-level
workers and repetitive task jobs
2http://online.stu.edu/category/leadership-is-learned
formatioTransa c t i onal
Paradox
http://dilbert.com/strip/2016-2-15
• Our love of hierarchies often leads us down a confusing path.
• Our foundational documents define transformational leadership as the core of our mission
• And yet, we often act out this mission in very transactional ways
• Let’s examine our Appointments system as one of these paradoxes (in practice rather than definition)
Paradox
• In my own opinion, UPAEP’s appointments structure is at the core of fulfilling it’s mission
• It’s a very interesting, and nearly unique style of University governance which I admire greatly
• No one is fundamentally assigned a more permanent position than “Faculty” or “Staff”
• All other major positions are 3-year appointments.• This highlights the collaborative leadership desired
Appointments
• There are many people who are amazing exemplars of this remarkable system – my own colleague Dr. Manuel González is among these.
• And yet…if we examine our experiences we may be able to admit to ourselves that not everyone has internalized this system of thought
• Our love of hierarchies can make some believe that those temporary appointments have somehow endowed the holder of said appointment with a special measure of .
Appointments
Now what?
• There is always hope• Now, for each of us that hope will be different• In my case, I want to share the hope that comes
from inspiration• And my inspiration for true transformational
leadership comes from three sources that reflect my own background and experiences.
Hope!
• Mexico Perspective: José María Morelos y Pavóno Organized the Anáhuac Congress, the first legislative body in
Mexico’s historyo Was unafraid to speak out against the first Constitution of
1814 for being unworkableo Stood up for indigenous rights, declaring openly that they had
all the natural rights as full citizenso Suffered from tuberculosis and fought ono Was elected as Alteza Serenísima (Most serene highness), but
instead chose to use the more humble title, Servant of the nation
o Was captured in ambush as he tried saving one of his soldiers
Transformational Leaders
• Lessons Gleaned from Morelos:oUnafraid to speak truth to poweroWas followed by his men into sacrifice from following his
example of sheer force of willoUnafraid to change the cultural status quoo Chose to remain humble rather than take on imperialistic
mantles and honorso An imperfect man fighting to perfect his country
Transformational Leaders
• USA Perspective: George Washingtono His character led to his election as commander general and then
was the only unanimously elected President.o The trip to his first inauguration could easily have ended in a
coronation of a new Emperor Washingtono His vice-president John Adams wanted royal/imperial honorifics,
Washington selected the term “Mr. President”o Chose to rescind power after two terms when his own affiliates
assumed they had elected a “president for life” with confirmation elections every 4 years – thus setting the precedent for modern republics and the peaceful transition of power.
o Guided the building of a new nation with structures and systems that survive to this day
Transformational Leaders
• Lessons Gleaned from Washington:oWas followed by his men into sacrifice from following his
example of sheer force of willoUnafraid to change the cultural status quoo Chose to remain humble rather than take on imperialistic
mantles and honorso Selected the best people for the job and empowered them
to do their job independentlyo An imperfect man fighting to perfect his country
Transformational Leaders
• Faith Perspective: ChristoHis disciples were not all the crème de la crème: fishermen,
poor and illiterate men, hated tax collectors, a cowardly traitor, and a respectable physician
oHe led as a servantoHe eschewed titles and glory for humilityoHe trained his successors
Transformational Leaders
• Lessons Gleaned from Christ• Humility and Service as Leadership Cornerstones• Marcos 10:42-45 Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)
o 42 Mas Jesús, llamándolos, les dice: Sabéis que los que se ven ser príncipes entre las gentes, se enseñorean de ellas, y los que entre ellas son grandes, tienen sobre ellas potestad.
o 43 Mas no será así entre vosotros: antes cualquiera que quisiere hacerse grande entre vosotros, será vuestro servidor;
o 44 Y cualquiera de vosotros que quisiere hacerse el primero, será siervo de todos.
o 45 Porque el Hijo del hombre tampoco vino para ser servido, mas para servir, y dar su vida en rescate por muchos.
Transformational Leaders
• Lessons Gleaned from Christ• Humility and Service as Leadership Cornerstones• Juan 13:13-17 Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)
o 13 Vosotros me llamáis, Maestro, y, Señor: y decís bien; porque lo soy.
o 14 Pues si yo, el Señor y el Maestro, he lavado vuestros pies, vosotros también debéis lavar los pies los unos á los otros.
o 15 Porque ejemplo os he dado, para que como yo os he hecho, vosotros también hagáis.
o 16 De cierto, de cierto os digo: El siervo no es mayor que su señor, ni el apóstol es mayor que el que le envió.
o 17 Si sabéis estas cosas, bienaventurados seréis, si las hiciereis.
Transformational Leaders
• Lessons Gleaned from Christ• There is tremendous responsibility associated with
being in a teaching/educational role• Santiago 3:1 Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)
o 3 HERMANOS míos, no os hagáis muchos maestros, sabiendo que recibiremos mayor condenación.
Transformational Leaders
• Lessons Gleaned from Christ• He finds the importance in everyone, seeing their
contribution to the whole.• Efesios 4:11-16 Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)
o 11 Y él mismo dió unos, ciertamente apóstoles; y otros, profetas; y otros, evangelistas; y otros, pastores y doctores;
o 12 Para perfección de los santos, para la obra del ministerio, para edificación del cuerpo de Cristo;
o 13 Hasta que todos lleguemos á la unidad de la fe y del conocimiento del Hijo de Dios, á un varón perfecto, á la medida de la edad de la plenitud de Cristo:
Transformational Leaders
• Lessons Gleaned from Christ• He finds the importance in everyone, seeing their contribution
to the whole.• Efesios 4:11-16 Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)
o 14 Que ya no seamos niños fluctuantes, y llevados por doquiera de todo viento de doctrina, por estratagema de hombres que, para engañar, emplean con astucia los artificios del error:
o 15 Antes siguiendo la verdad en amor, crezcamos en todas cosas en aquel que es la cabeza, a saber, Cristo;
o 16 Del cual, todo el cuerpo compuesto y bien ligado entre sí por todas las junturas de su alimento, que recibe según la operación, cada miembro conforme á su medida toma aumento de cuerpo edificándose en amor.
Transformational Leaders
• Lessons Gleaned from Christ• Our thoughts begin and end with how our actions
will affect others. Our selfishness is turned againstus as our values must be internalized and lived
• Lucas 6:31Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)o 31 Y como queréis que os hagan los hombres, así hacedles
también vosotros:
Transformational Leaders
• Lessons Gleaned from Christ• Our thoughts begin and end with how our actions
will affect others. Our selfishness is turned againstus.
• Filipenses 2:3-4Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)o 3 Nada hagáis por contienda ó por vanagloria; antes bien
en humildad, estimándoos inferiores los unos á los otros:o 4 No mirando cada uno á lo suyo propio, sino cada cual
también á lo de los otros.
Transformational Leaders
• Lessons Gleaned from Christ• Love. Every lesson from Christ can be brought back to a lesson
on love. • At the end of the day, even our Leadership must be centered
around love if it is to be Christ-like.• 1 Corintios 13 Reina-Valera
o 13 Si yo hablase lenguas humanas y angélicas, y no tengo amor, vengo a ser como metal que resuena, o címbalo que retiñe.
o 2 Y si tuviese profecía, y entendiese todos los misterios y toda ciencia, y si tuviese toda la fe, de tal manera que trasladase los montes, y no tengo amor, nada soy.
o 3 Y si repartiese todos mis bienes para dar de comer a los pobres, y si entregase mi cuerpo para ser quemado, y no tengo amor, de nada me sirve.
Transformational Leaders
• Lessons Gleaned from Christ• Love. • 1 Corintios 13 Reina-Valera
o 4 El amor es sufrido, es benigno; el amor no tiene envidia, el amor no es jactancioso, no se envanece;
o 5 no hace nada indebido, no busca lo suyo, no se irrita, no guarda rencor;
o 6 no se goza de la injusticia, mas se goza de la verdad.o 7 Todo lo sufre, todo lo cree, todo lo espera, todo lo soporta.o 8 El amor nunca deja de ser; pero las profecías se acabarán, y
cesarán las lenguas, y la ciencia acabará.
Transformational Leaders
• Lessons Gleaned from Christ• Love. • 1 Corintios 13 Reina-Valera
o 13 Y ahora permanecen la fe, la esperanza y el amor, estos tres; pero el mayor de ellos es el amor
• And one of the most important aspects of love isthat love cannot be merely spoken of…
• Love must be embodied, lived, expressed.• Love is an active, conscious, daily choice
Transformational Leaders
• In summary…given our focus on Transformational leadership and faith…
• Given the imperfect example of two men in two vastly different cultures
• And then comparing those imperfect reflections of Christ-like leader to that very Ideal which is Christ…
• Which type of Leader are you willing to be?
Transformational Leaders
• Do you have the guts…the faith…the commitment to a more perfect world to transcend mere transactional leadership – the leadership of the old world, old covenant, unimaginative and uncreative positions?
• Can you commit to a truly Transformational Leadership?
Transformational Leaders
• We will not achieve perfection. But it is my hope to be able to pen, at the end of my own life, something similar to Washington’s farewell address:
“Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence; and that, after forty five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as I myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.”
Transformational Leaders
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp
• Morelos invested his life and paid the price – and Mexico was born as a country.
• Washington invested his life and died in peace watching that which he planted grow into a new thing on this earth – a modern democratic republic.
• Christ spent 3 years preaching, trained up 12 successors, and changed the world.
• Transformational Leadership - I’m in…are you?
Transformational Leaders
THANK YOU