the action of leading a group of people or an organization.
“different styles of leadership”
What is leadership?
A simple definition is that leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act toward achieving a common goal.
This leadership definition captures the essentials of being able and prepared to inspire others. Effective leadership is based upon ideas (whether original or borrowed), but won’t happen unless those ideas can be communicated to others in a way that engages them enough to act as the leader wants them to act.
Put even more simply, the leader is the inspiration for and director of the action. They are the person in the group that possesses the combination of personality and leadership skills to make others want to follow their direction.
Every time he sees familiar faces passing by his humble home, Michael Magallanes never fails to greet with a big, bright smile. He would always want to make everyone feel welcome. However, that smile hasn’t always been there before, it took time before he could learn how to smile again. Michael was born in the […]
To start the month in commemoration of World Aids Day, which was held during December 1, and founded since 1988, to raise awareness, funds, and ending the stigma, through improving education about Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was locally celebrated at SM Bacolod Atrium. HIV is a virus that […]
Ms Jennifer Gutierrez, HAPI Executive Director and FBBN Humanist Innnovator 2015 June 26, 2016 To change one community at a time!A HAPI project we did for the Riles community in Muntinlupa. A plastic bottle collecting chamber. We had taught the community how to recycle and the importance of doing this to minimize pollution. The kids […]
Transgressing against the Church By Edgar Louis Garcia HAPI Scholar During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Catholic Church was greatly respected and feared by many. Their devotion to God was matched only by their brutality against those who would stand in their way. People who were against the Church were considered heretics and thus […]
More than a year after the illegal detention of Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala, justice has still not prevailed. Humanist Alliance Philippines, International joins in the continued call of nearly 100 other humanist organizations and free speech advocate groups from around the world to release Mubarak Bala.
How HAPI Impacted Me (#10) An essay series featuring retrospectives by HAPI members, staff, and leaders in celebration of its 8th Anniversary. “I can still remember the first time me and my friends were invited to a ‘meeting’ by Humanist Alliance Philippines, International. By the time we went out of that meeting, I was already elected […]
In this country that is mostly religious, there came a time in my life that I questioned my parenting… “Am I doing it right?” There are voices here and there… saying… “That’s not the right way…” Your kids don’t go to church and don’t believe in ‘god/s’. Your kids don’t pray… before meal…after meal…and […]