Course Code and Title: MGT1101 Leadership and Decision Making FINAL REQUIREMENT Course Requirement: (100% equivalent to Final Exam) Effectivity: 2021 - 2022 Term 1st Semester Doc Status: Approved Leadership and Decision Making: Final Requirement National Electrification Administration Rossan San Juan Rosero Lee (Deputy Administrator for Legal Services) Submitted by: CONCEPCION, JOHN NICOLE J. LLARENA, ALAN VINCENT C. LOPEZ, GABRIELLE C. LORENZO, FRANCIS MIGUEL C. SOLIS, EMERSON P. VALDEZ, JADEN NATHANIELL M. Submitted to: Mr. Leonardo Cada Jr. NOVEMBER 2021 Course Code: MGT1101 Course Title: Leadership and Decision Making AY: 2021 - 2022 Term: 1st Semester Overview/Name of the Business National Electrification Administration is an agency that serves as an instrument to the success of their Rural Electrification Program. This agency is owned by the Philippine government and is controlled by the Office of the President. Our interviewee, Ms. Rossan San Juan Rosero Lee, is working for the National Electrification Administration and her position is Deputy Administrator for Legal Services. Company Address and Contact Details The company is located at 57 NIA Rd, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila. Date of Virtual or Online Interview Our group is scheduled for an interview with Ms. Rossan on November 13, 2021 (Saturday) on Zoom Meetings. The time of the interview took place at 1:30 pm. Questionnaire Template • How do you handle disagreement with your employees/superior? Your answers/comments please: ___________________________________________________ • What aspect of the daily job of being a lawyer interests you the most? ___ passion for life. ___ recognition. Course Code: MGT1101 Course Title: Leadership and Decision Making AY: 2021 - 2022 Term: 1st Semester ___ primarily to make a living. Your comments please: ______________________ Note: You may choose 1 or you may rank the choices according to your preference. • Have you ever worked on a case that reached the Supreme Court? How did you handle the situation? Your answers/comments please: ________________ • Can you please name a Supreme Court justice that made an impact your practice of law? Your answers/comments please: _________________ Note: You may choose one answer or more than one. • Can you elaborate in a situation where you were unsuccessful and how you handled it? Your answers/comments please: __________________ • Can you tell us any legal papers that you’ve written which reach the Supreme Court or have been published in a law journal? _____ YES, I have, and these are: ______________ _____ NO, I do not have. _____ NO, for Privacy Course Code: MGT1101 Course Title: Leadership and Decision Making AY: 2021 - 2022 Term: 1st Semester • Do you have experience court case that didn’t go your way? What lessons did you learn from it? Your answers/comments please: _________________ • How do you manage your profession? Have been in a leadership position in the past and even in the present? May we know your leadership position? Your answers/comments please: ___________________________________________________ • What are your strengths as a lawyer? Your answers/comments please: ___________________________________________________ • How would you work with a difficult client or court member? Your answers/comments please: ___________________________________________________ • What do you want your clients to know about you as a leader in your profession? Your answers/comments please: ___________________________________________________ Transcript of the Interview Emerson: Good morning or good afternoon. We are the GTR Group and here are the members of the group: Mr. Llarena Alan Vincent, Ms. Lopez, Gabrielle, Mr. Lorenzo, Francis Miguel, Mr. Concepcion, John Nicole. The person we interviewed is Atty. Rossan San Juan Rosero Lee, Course Code: MGT1101 Course Title: Leadership and Decision Making AY: 2021 - 2022 Term: 1st Semester a Deputy Administrator for Legal Services in the National Electrification Administration. We will start our first question today. Emerson: How do you handle disagreements with your employees or superior? Atty. Rossan: Now that I am the Deputy Administrator for the legal services sector of the National Electrification Administration, my superior is the administrator of the agency. Now, I barely had strong disagreement with superiors but of course, considering that we carry on different opinions, there might be some misunderstanding rather than disagreements. We work out on it through discussion, collaboration, and coordination with all the different department of the agencies. So that we can all resolve, but might be a disagreement and come up with a common resolution or decision on any subject matter. Emerson: What aspect of a daily job of being a lawyer interest you the most? Here are the choices: Passion for life, Recognition, Primary to make a living. Atty. Rossan: Well, I cannot deny! That, of course, my employment is my way of making out a living but other than that reason, of course, it’s a passion for life being a lawyer and doing what I have to do as a lawyer is a great passion that drives me to work every day. Secondary, of course is that I have to make a living out of it. Emerson: Thank you for that. So, the next who’ll ask is John Nicole Concepcion. John Nicole: Have you ever worked on a case that reached the Supreme Court? How did you handle the situation? Atty. Rossan: Yes! I did. Prior to having related to the National Electrification Administration, I was a full-time Litigation Lawyer so, I handled cases that has reach the Supreme Court. How do I handle it? Considering that the supreme court, unlike the other courts, like the regional trial Course Code: MGT1101 Course Title: Leadership and Decision Making AY: 2021 - 2022 Term: 1st Semester court and municipal trial courts or what we call the first level courts, the Supreme Court like the court of appeals do not conduct a trial or a hearing. When a case reaches the court of appeals or the supreme court for that matter, which is your question. We only deal with the supreme court through the filing of what we called the pleadings. So, in order to file a very intelligible pleading on behalf of my client, it takes a lot of research so that we can prepare a very good pleading that will be submitted for the resolution and consideration of the members of the Supreme Court. John Nicole: Thank you. Next question is, can you please name a Supreme Court Justice that made an impact in your practice of law? Atty. Rossan: I very well remember the late Supreme Court justice Isagani Cruz. Although, the recent retirement, if you know the Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta, he already retired a few months ago. He happened to be my professor in the UST Faculty Civil Law. But in so far, as my practice as a lawyer’s concern, I have been greatly inspired an influence by the decision written by the late Supreme Court Justice Isagani Cruz. And up to this time, I still have the clippings of his decision which I quote from time to time when I do my pleadings and other researches related to my present work at the NEA as the Deputy Administrator for Legal Services. Gabrielle: Thank you for that answer. This is the fifth question can you elaborate in a situation where you were unsuccessful and how you handled it? Atty. Rossan: Well, being a lawyer, especially during my experience as a litigation lawyer, no lawyer in his right mind will say that he has won all his cases. Losing a case is a part of practice of a lawyer. So, of course, because you are advancing a cause of your client when you lose, it is disheartening, but as a professional we should know how to handle not just the successes, but defeats as well. That’s part of any job and as a litigation lawyer or a private practitioner lawyer, I have to be prepared to win cases and lose cases. Afterall, we are not always winners and it’s part of honing your professionalism, not just the times that we are successful or victorious. Part Course Code: MGT1101 Course Title: Leadership and Decision Making AY: 2021 - 2022 Term: 1st Semester of honing once skills in any practice or profession and not just for lawyers, is being able to learn from your defeats. Emerson: Thank you, Ms. Atty. So, the sixth question is, can you tell us an any legal papers that you’ve written which reach the supreme court or have been published in a law journal. Atty. Rossan: As I have mentioned earlier. I’ve had cases that reached the Supreme Court. So, I have prepared pleadings that were submitted to the supreme court so, there are. But as to those which have been published in a journal. I can remember one, kase ngayon wala ng journals. Meron akong isang kaso that I very well remember na na-publish, but of course, what was published was the case. And then nakalagay lang yung pangalan ko as a council. I’ve had a few but for now wala na kase masyadong law journals na pinapublish because of the technology. Everything that you need you can just click, go through the website of the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court and there you go. By the click of the finger, by pushing the buttons of your laptop, cellphones, or whatever gadget that you have, you can access the records and all the cases that have been decided by the Supreme Court. You will also find there the lawyers who handled those cases that reached the Supreme Court. Emerson: Thank you Atty. So, the next person who will ask is Alan Vincent Llarena. Alan: Hello, good afternoon, Attorney. I’ll be asking the seventh and eighth questions. For the seventh question is do you have experienced court case that didn’t go your way and what lessons did you learn from it? Atty. Rossan: Yes, as I’ve mentioned earlier, not all the cases that I have handled are victories. In other words, I’ve had my share of losing cases and the most exasperating loss that a lawyer can experience is not that because after you argued everything, you still lost the case. But what is disheartening, which I can relate to that question, are cases that do not go my way. One of the reasons is when a client does not tell the lawyer everything. And then during trials, a lawyer standing in court would just be surprised that there is a fact that your client has withheld or has Course Code: MGT1101 Course Title: Leadership and Decision Making AY: 2021 - 2022 Term: 1st Semester not divulge or has not told you. That is the most exasperating thing that a lawyer will experience if the client does not tell everything to his lawyer. So, I’ve had my share of experienced of those situations. And what do I do? Well, you cannot face the court and let the court or your opponent know that you have been taken aback by a fact that has been disclose by your client to you. Of course, you should stand before the court and make a neutral face as you can but after the trial, and after the court hearing, you can confront that - as I did, confronted my client about not having told me of everything about the case that I am handling for him or her. Alan: Thank you for that answer and the eighth question is, how do you manage your profession? Have you been in a leadership position in the past and even in the present? May we know your leadership position? Atty. Rossan: Well, as I have been introduced by Mr. Emerson Solis. After my stint as a litigation lawyer, I joined the National Electrification Administration and presently, I held the Legal Services Sector of the National Electrification Administration. Gabrielle: Good afternoon, I’ll be asking the ninth, tenth, and the last question. So, the ninth question is what are your strengths as a lawyer? Atty. Rossan: The strengths as a lawyer. Well, the educational background that I have. You cannot be a lawyer if you haven’t been through the rigors, sleepless nights and a burning the oil lamp sabi nga. Only after that, completing the law degree, hurdling the bar examinations, passing it. Those are my strengths intellectually to cope with the demands of the profession. Other than that, I drew inspiration from my children and lastly, the passion that I have. It feels good every time, I tell you guys, especially when I was a new lawyer. The feeling is indescribable. The first time that I step foot in the court defending a case from my client. And until now I would always relish that experience because now that I am connected in government, I have unlimited practice. So, just the same, I carried with me the experience I had as a practicing lawyer and the strengths, of course, is knowing that I am an instrument of the law in giving Course Code: MGT1101 Course Title: Leadership and Decision Making AY: 2021 - 2022 Term: 1st Semester everyone his due under available and all the legal remedies that are available under our existing laws. Gabrielle: Thank you for that answer. This is the next question; how would you work with the difficult client or court member? Atty. Rossan: That’s a good question! Because you know, you do not only have to have the skills, you do only have to have the legal knowledge, you do not only have to have the ample experience because with experience, those are the practical sides of being a lawyer and practicing your profession. You have to know how to handle court employees. Intrapersonal relationship, you have to build that. You can’t just come up front to any employee or court personnel and demand being treated with high respect because you are a lawyer. No, you cannot do that! It is a part of learning of the skills of the profession. You have to build intrapersonal relationship, not only with the judge but to the lowliest employee of the court. And as to the difficult clients, I had also isa nga yon na sinasabi ko hindi nagsasabi ng totoo sayo, may tinatago. So, from the very start when I accept the case, I have been very open and demanded na ito ang kailangan ko. If you do not comply with my requirements, you might as well seek out the assistance of another lawyer. Otherwise, kung hindi tayo magiging totoo sa isa’t isa, then there is no reason why you will continue hiring me as your lawyer. Gabrielle: Thank you for that answer. So, this is the last question, what do you want your clients to know about you as a leader in your profession? Atty. Rossan: When I was still in our private practice when I was a Litigation Lawyer, the only thing that I have always demanded or expressed off hand when I accept the case is maging totoo sa akin. Do not withhold any facts from me. You have to tell me everything so that I can, as much as possible in all my capabilities, be able to defend you. Then, as a leader, as the head of the Legal Services here now at the National Electrification Administration, I have always had this one cardinal principle that I go by “Always do the right thing, and you will never go wrong”. Course Code: MGT1101 Course Title: Leadership and Decision Making AY: 2021 - 2022 Term: 1st Semester Emerson: Thank you Attorney. That’s all of the questions we have to ask to you. ‘yun lang po, maraming salamat Attorney. Photo Documentation Individual Reflection Paper/Personal Plan Course Code: MGT1101 Course Title: Leadership and Decision Making AY: 2021 - 2022 Term: 1st Semester Reflection Paper by John Nicole J. Concepcion I learned that when it comes to legal services like a lawyer you need to be patient especially if you are a lawyer of a government sector. Being a lawyer is hard because you need to study it very well especially if you are defending a big-time person in a big-time case. But as the lawyer said losing a case is part of being a lawyer and you will learn something from that loss. Also, being a lawyer is hard especially if your client is not telling you all the things that happened from the beginning and you will just discover while in the court trial that your client didn’t tell you everything. So, you always need to prepare and always ask your client about the details of what happened so that you can defend him against the opposing side. So being a lawyer is hard but if it’s your passion nothing is impossible and you can do it. Reflection Paper by Alan Vincent C. Llarena As I view the ideas and experiences of our interviewee, I have learned that to be good at something and be better at it, is that you should be patient and have some respect for other people especially on a work basis and being a professional, you should respect each and everyone’s ideas and be passionate on the job that you are doing. Our interviewee, as she worked so many years, she experienced defeats and success in prior to this she said that “as a professional, we should know how to handle not just successes but defeats as well”. She, as a litigation lawyer, has to be prepared to win cases and lose cases, I have learned that on a professional basis we should be always prepared in everything and handle defeats and success as well because it is part of growing your professionalism and we need to learn from our defeats not just successes. The interviewee also said that in her time as a lawyer, she had defeats and successes. The problem that she always encounters is when a client does not tell everything to the lawyer and which leads to defeats, we can say that communication is very important between her and the client so that everything will go well. As we go through this semester, I would relate this to our topics because being a leader means achieving your goal and satisfying and improving everyone around you. Communication is very important on a professional and non-professional basis because with communication, we can communicate to agree or disagree on an idea. Communication also helps us to determine what to improve or what to change to reach the goal and to achieve the vision and mission and become role models and successful leaders. Course Code: MGT1101 Course Title: Leadership and Decision Making AY: 2021 - 2022 Term: 1st Semester Reflection Paper by Gabrielle C. Lopez Meeting with the interviewee has been a great pleasure since I picked up some lessons while interviewing her. Since my course is all about leadership and handling people, I learned from the interviewee that not all people will always be cooperative, thus you have to be patient with them and at the same time, be a professional. Also, the lawyer said that “as a professional, we should know how to handle not just successes but defeats as well” and I think that I will somehow take this saying with me when I become a professional. Accepting defeats is a way of life and it must be ingrained within us so that we can be satisfied with what we do. Reflection Paper by Francis Miguel C. Lorenzo I think the interview is very good for our work because this subject leadership is very helpful for us future businessmen and women. I think we learned so much in this interview about leadership since the person we interviewed is a lawyer and I think she is capable of leading and it is a big help for me that she answered our questions because we learn something that can be our stepping stone for our future. I think this is a very big step for us in able to be more confident and always lead a good example for others. It shows in the interview that patience is very important in leading because if you are not patient enough, it can be a negative thing for your team in the future. Reflection Paper by Emerson P. Solis It’s also a matter of protecting the rights of the innocent. They have a great deal of evidence against a bad guy. An attorney is objective since their main goal is to help people, not to join with everyone. If your rationale isn’t clear or valuable, they can simply make a case for you. Reflection Paper by Jaden Nathaniell M. Valdez “Always do the right thing, and you will never go wrong,” says Attorney Rosero. I know it sounds sobering, but facing the truth is the only way against reconciliation and that saying was very wholesome to me. I have heard it said many times that a good person treats the whole individual. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness. Course Code: MGT1101 Course Title: Leadership and Decision Making AY: 2021 - 2022 Term: 1st Semester Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing. Being a great leader is very difficult! But for us to become a leader, we must start first with ourselves. My final reflection is that reconciliation is as much a personal journey as it is a collective one. Wherever you are on that journey, I implore everyone to keep putting one foot in front of the other, to acknowledge our past, to keep searching for ways to close that gap, and to understand and know a little more with each day. It is not always an easy pursuit, but doing the right thing is never wrong. Acknowledgement We would like to thank our interviewee, Mrs. Rossan San Juan Rosero Lee, for being able to share some of her experiences to us and being able to give us lessons. 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