HEDC Training: OPERACY - Key to Personal Empowerment, Success and Leadership

About OPERACY …
“To plant trees take care of the roots; to develop people nurture their characters” 
‐ Cambodian Proverb ‐ 

Capacity building consumes the lion’s share of the time, energy and financial resources of most
development  projects,  but  often  the  results  of  training  fell  far  short  of  the  expectations. 
Improvement in technical skills failed to deliver significant, consistent and lasting improvement 
in personal outputs, discipline and commitment among many of the change agents. 
The problem is not in the people but in the reality that “knowing what to do” is not the 
same  as  “doing  what  they  know”.  The  main  reasons  for  failing  to  do  what  we  know  are  our 
limiting beliefs, lack of personal motivation and failure habits. Wrong perception causes fear that 
robs us of our motivation and in the long run develops into failure habits. Just as virus reduces 
the  computing  power  of  our  personal  computer,  failure  habits  reduces  our  personal  power  to 
live‐up  to  our  full  potential.  Unrealistic  fear  does  not  only  cause  personal  failure,  but  is 
responsible for most failure in leadership in the families, organizations and societies.  
OPERACY ‐ motivates people to do what they know and empowers them to live up to the 
full  capacity.  Albert  Low  defines  capacity  as  “power  to  perceive  information  that  will  resolve 
conflict in such a way as to enable growth, self­regulation and expansion to take place”. OPERACY 
was formulated on a firm conviction that sustainable growth or development is possible only if 
there  is  commitment,  self‐regulation  and  expansion;  in  short  it  depends  on  responsible 
leadership. OPERACY‐ Key to Personal Success and Leadership is a solid foundation on which 
spiritual, social, emotional, intellectual and environmental skills can be built on. 
     
The  objective  of  OPERACY  is  to  improve  personal  happiness,  performance  and  productivity  in 
the  family,  work  place,  school  and  community  by  improving  their  social,  emotional  and 
ecological skills and changing their limiting mindsets and beliefs. 
   

At the end of the course, participants will: 
 

1. Understand the concept and principles of personal success and leadership and able to 
apply them in their daily lives and works  
2. Have strengthened personal values, integrity, confidence and work ethics 
3. Be more confident, proactive, productive and responsible in performing their duties 
4. Have better collaboration and personal relationship with their family, team members, 
counterparts, the community and the earth 
 
Since its inception by Christopher Lee in 1992, OPERACY has been taught to hundreds of 
thousands  of  people  in  Cambodia,  Philippines,  Laos  and  Indonesia.  Wherever  it  was  taught,  it 
has effectively crossed all age, gender, social, religious and cultural barriers. It has been taught 
to  monks,  ministers,  governors,  government  officials,  academes,  managers  and  officers, 
business  persons,  farmers,  fishers,  women  groups,  youths  and  children,  the  physically 
challenged  as  well  vulnerable  and  marginalized  members  of  society  including  street  children 
and  prison  inmates.  In  Aceh,  Indonesia  it  was  used  to  reconcile  former  combatants  with 
government authorities to jointly rehabilitate communities affected by three decades of conflict 
and earthquake/tsunami of December 2004. 
  To  date,  OPERACY  has  been  included  in  capacity  building  initiatives  of  development 
projects  funded  by  World  Bank,  ADB,  AusAID,  USAID,  UNDP,  UNICEF,  WFP,  IOM,  FAO, 
International Red Cross Federation, Mekong River Commission, PSI, MAG, CIDSE, CARE, MDM, 
Concern  International,  Habitat  for  Humanity,  Plan  International,  Cambodian  Children  Fund, 
Ockenden  International,  ICC,  HealthNet,  Health  Unlimited,  FHI,  Heifer  International,  Plan 
International,  Vision  Fund,  CWS,  local  NGOs,  Universities  including  King  Sihanouk  Buddhist 
University, microfinance institutions including CMA, Amret, Sathapana, Seilanithith, VisionFund, 
CBIRD,  and  CHC,  Vision  Fund,  Prasac,  AMK,  Credit,  Phnom  Penh  International  Airport, 
Sihanoukville Port Authority, and private sector.

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HEDC Training: OPERACY - Key to Personal Empowerment, Success and Leadership

OPERACY – Key to Personal Success and Leadership

Day 1. Concept of Success and Development
o Concepts of Success
o Personal Success and Leadership
o Understanding Human Potential
o Emotional Intelligence, Success and Leadership
o Understanding Human Limitations
o Destiny is a Choice
o Challenges of 21st Century
Day 2. Laws of Universal Governance
o Relational Thinking and Success
o Laws of Universal Governance
o Self-Regulation (Human, Earth, Common Resource)
o Gender, Corruption and the Environment
o Taking Personal Responsibility
o Character, Success Habits and Failure Habits
Day 3. How People Fail?
o 10 Characteristics of Non-Achievers
o Success and Human Motivation
o 7 Limiting Fears
o Win-Lose and Lose-Lose Mentality
o Jealousy and Low Self-Image
o Blame, Gossip and Criticism
o Learned Helplessness
Day 4. How People Succeed?
o 10 Characteristics of High Achievers
o 7 Empowering Challenges
o Win-Win-Win Paradigm
o The Power of Love
o Improving Self-Image
o Taking Personal Responsibility
o Being in Control
o Power of Persistence
Day 5. Transforming Failure into Success
o Breaking the Failure Cycle
o Developing Success Habits
o The Power of the Dream
o Dealing with Personal Stress
o Maintaining Success
o Mentor and Networking
o The Meaning of Life

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