How to become a great leader in five basic ways

October 26, 2009 by Victorino Q. Abrugar  
Filed under Leadership

great-leaderLeadership is the process of using values and principles to govern and influence people to effect a change for improving each person and the organization as a whole to accomplish a common goal. This is my humble definition of leadership. Romans 12:8 of the Bible even describes “to lead” as “to govern diligently” which also means leadership requires hard work not only physically but more than that, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Great leadership is essential in business, political, societal, spiritual and other organizations. That’s why, a leader should see to it that he possess all the qualities and values of a great leader and never stop learning from them. The following are five basic and fundamental ways to become a great leader: Read more

The faithful and powerful businessman

July 24, 2009 by Victorino Q. Abrugar  
Filed under Business Virtues

hotel-entranceWhen Julius Caesar built the Roman Empire, he needed a powerful political army to successfully build that. When Bill Gates raised his multi-billion dollar company, he needed powerful software products to achieve it. Both Caesar and Gates needed something that is powerful to attain their great goals. But aside from power, they also possessed this thing to succeed – faith. Julius Caesar had putted his faith on his political tactics and strategies to win every military and political battle. On the other hand, Bill Gates left Harvard in his faith to find his software company.  As we can see, power follows faith. Faith precedes power. For aspiring businessmen and entrepreneurs, we need power to become triumphant in business. And to have that pure power, we need to purify our faith. Read more