Gawain ng Tunay na Manager: Mag book review (Herms Banico)

The book is entitled “Lead with Efficiency” by three authors namely: Didi Maranon, Moses Catan, and Dondi Catan. This book is about leading people with the best intent of putting the capabilities and resources of people to the best use and give rewards up to the best result. My experience in reading the book is sort of unusual the book concentrates on the spiritual aspect of business. Most of the authors have become spiritual leaders and have background in pastoral and other related aspects.

This experience in reading the book was eye opening and very nice. I was able to relate their experiences with HR aspects and HR practices. I related their experience by using what they did and analyzing through various HR practices. And their discussion on leadership could be related to the HR function on training and development and could also be linked in recruitment especially in finding the right people for the right job.

This book has opened my eyes in using HR concepts on different playing fields. The book tackled leadership and how to handle in leading teams. It talks about how to be a good leader, what are the skills needed and what are the credentials one must possess to be a good leader. It also helps you understand what you should do in solving a problem from a leader’s perspective. The book also mentions goal setting and accomplishing them and the characteristics of good goals. Although the book focuses more on a religious setting I was able to relate it in a HR manager or a practitioner’s point of view.

After reading the book I am more enlightened in the concepts of leadership and how we could use it in the HR side and might as well help the organization. Other people could also use this and learn from it and maybe apply a couple of its concepts and then function as a better leader. For example this book has taught me the importance of delegation, to avoid problems as much as possible you have to give the right job to the right people. This experiences and concepts that they have shared can also be used in the personal side of life especially goal setting. All in all this is a good book although a little short, the ideas are present and it can also be very insightful.