Jef Menguin is a leadership development consultant, motivational speaker, and founder of Strategic Learning Consultants. He helps CEOs, HR leaders, and L&D teams connect leadership development to business goals and turn strategic priorities into daily leadership behavior.
To evaluate is to appreciate the value of what you have seen, heard, or felt from the speech delivered before you. I used the word appreciate. Because whatever appreciates increases in value. And that’s what happens in many Toastmasters meetings. We try our best to
Learning to speak in Toastmasters is a DIY project. I will advise people who need teachers before they can learn to join a Speaking school instead.
Table Topics is the impromptu speaking segment of Toastmasters. Members of the club are called to speak about topics that they only have seconds to prepare.
One effective way of increasing your value 100x is through public speaking. Unfortunately, many people don’t grab this opportunity. They are afraid to speak.
Motivation and ability fail people. Not only that they need to develop skills of achievement, but they must also develop achievement habits. Stop wishing and start winning.
Can we really motivate employees?
I am not really sure how to answer that question. That’s because employees are always motivated. They are motivated about so many things that we leaders do not know.
It is the job and mission of a leadership speaker to help you become better leaders. Better leaders inspire people to a shared vision, engage and uplift people, challenge the status quo, and make everyone you lead find the better future they aspire.
The best managers and supervisors are not bosses. They are transformational leaders. They understand that their job in your company is not to report for work. Their main job is to help you develop leaders within the organization.
Leaders make possible happen. All your great plans come to nothing if they are not successfully executed. I have facilitated off-site strategic planning for organizations. I am almost always fascinated by the brilliance and creativity participants show in creating great plans.
I do not know you. But I think you can start one small action today that will help you build yourself. Let us brainstorm.
I think you can start…
Journal writing is important to learning.
It provides us an avenue to examine our actions so we learn from our successes and failures. It helps us also pause and think before we proceed to our next actions.
Every person has the capacity to change someone’s life. Anyone who has the confidence and conviction to help can do it.
Do you want to learn how to speak with confidence and make a difference in the lives of others?
I became a teacher three months before my college graduation. I wanted the money, though contemptibly small. Having a job is a badge of honor in the Philippines. I knew then, as now, that many college graduates don’t get jobs. Those who took Political Science
I learn because I have a problem to solve and I want to solve it now. If a trainer or a speaker can help me learn things at the shortest time possible, I can learn better. Only then that a speaker or trainer becomes useful to me.
I had no savings. And I didn’t know how to start.
Pursuing my dream wasn’t a mistake. I could say that the timing was not right. But pursuing a dream is always worth the risks.
My big mistake was really in thinking that all I needed to know, I could get from reading books.
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There is a better alternative to train the trainer programs offered in Manila. The typical train the trainer program aims to provide instruction, feedback, and coaching to those who are tasked to conduct classroom or virtual training.
Nowadays, innovative companies go beyond training their managers and corporate trainers on how to deliver instruction. I will tell you more in this post.
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You know that people learn best by doing. And most training programs conducted by managers do not work because they usuall resort to data dumping. The usual excuse is that managers are not “trainers” and therefore have no other choice but to leave training to
Public Speaking for Leaders is an online class that helps Filipino leaders learn how to deliver persuasive speeches and high-impact presentations. It is relatively easy to describe a leader. It is changing the world, the ultimate aim of a leader, that is challenging. Public Speaking
You’ll find that many stress management workshops offer solutions which are not practical and applicable in the workplace. This is because they were practice by individuals who can leave work anytime — or by those who didn’t need to go to work at all.
Whether you’re a budding professional or a seasoned leader, our range of public speaking courses, designed and led by the leadership speaker Jef Menguin, caters to all.
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