Jef Menguin is an engaging keynote speaker and dynamic corporate trainer sought by CEOs and HR leaders in the Philippines. He is distinguished for sharing actionable ideas and easy-to-use frameworks on leadership, growth mindset, resilience, and teamwork.
Everything is figurable. You can start before you are ready. I don’t debate with people who say that they are waiting for the right time. Waiting must have worked for them. Waiting for the right time does not work for me. This is why I
Connect rather than impress. The shortest distance between two persons is authentic communication. A person who always aims for an impression is insecure. And maybe you are. You cannot erase insecurity by showing off. A show-off is deemed selfish. Everyone will smell you. The wiser
Kobe Bryant played his best, every time. It does not matter whether he was number 1 or number 2 on the team. He gives his best every time. And though I was not a fan, I surely know who he was and what he did.
The best step to write a book is not trying to write but to write. Daily. In the number of hours you want. Until you get done.
The next time you promote someone to leadership, find creative people. Make it your criterion number 1. Though you can “train” people to be creative, it takes time. Find people who have creative habits. And if you cannot find them, get them from outside. The
The MVP Courses are the ultimate professional development courses for workplace professionals. Professionals can increase their value a hundredfold. Without exception, I am very sure of this. But not everyone knows how to.
I hold short programs to teach intrapreneurship for one to three days. You may include Design Sprint, Design Thinking, and Customer Journey Mapping here. I will add two more. Business Model Generation Business Model Generation will help employees understand how a business becomes profitable. They
Be careful about how you promote yourself. You can fool search engines, but you cannot fool intelligent people. You can claim one thing and they will see another. Okay, let me become more specific. I was at the UPLB yesterday to fetch my wife. I
I help Filipinos grow great organizations. This is why I design easier, simpler, and quicker solutions to help creative leaders solve challenges in the workplace today.
And together, we co-create opportunities so they become ahead of what’s possible.
It is easy to think that an individual innovator causes everything to change. This is not true. Innovators are always working with other innovators. Celebrity innovators are the faces of the organization. But those who made things happen are the people who work with them.
Buses came and went. I was not able to get into one even after 75 minutes. There was no more space between passengers at both doors.
It was a pitiful sight.
And two days ago, the President said that there is no way to solve the traffic congestion in Metro Manila. Two weeks before that, his aid, Senator Bong Go declared that only Superman can solve the traffic crisis in EDSA.
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You are just one talk away to change the world. You have stories to tell that only you can give. Don’t let your story die in you. Don’t let your story die with you.
Malasakit is a superpower. When you have an abundance of malasakit at work, profit overflows.
Leadership experts talk advocate people-centered organizations. I think that the fastest way to do that is to promote a culture of malasakit.
Malasakit works at work. It takes a person to show malasakit. All work is personal. Let your people recognize their human-to-human connection.
A power-tripper rules because she hits you at your weakest spot. For Maria, the education and care of her children are far more important than fighting for her rights.
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A power-tripping boss can make work feel like walking on eggshells, and if it continues you’ll lose confidence, lose momentum, and dread Mondays. In this article, Jef Menguin shares practical ways to deal with power trippers—stay composed, communicate assertively, and set limits without starting a war. Use it and pass it on at work so your people learn to stand firm without becoming toxic too.
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Being clear what you want people to deliver raises the possibility of being positively surprised.
We are bombarded by sell, sell, sell messages. This means that every day you have to chase clients. That’s how you can be successful. I think you can be successful when you chase customers. Being action-oriented is better than having a wait-and-see attitude. Building your
You speak in clubs only to share what you’ve learned from each project. And if you are like me who pay more attention to learning than earning badges, you can play bigger.
How can you do it?
Just keep this in mind: don’t deliver a script when delivering a speech in public.
Speaking is a conversation. Keep your eye contact. Use gestures, facial expressions, and body movements to amplify your message. You cannot make your speech visual if you read your speech.