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.
In the Philippines, many employees think that a relative is an extension of the boss. When you hire your relatives, treat them like any other professional. Let everyone know that your relatives are hired based on their merits, not on your blood relations. This is
People procrastinate not because they don’t want to do anything.
Procrastinators are busy people. They do many things so that they can find justifications for not doing what must be done.
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Your employees’ performance dropped. Deadlines were missed. Customers had to follow up. Work that should have taken one day stretched into three. People attended meetings, agreed to the plan, and returned to doing what they had always done. Someone offered an explanation: “They are no
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I’ve spent most of my life speaking. To students in classrooms. To executives in boardrooms. To strangers in faraway places who later became friends. And here’s one truth that has become clearer the longer I’ve done this work: Speaking is not about words. It’s not
Get a graduation speaker who can best guide the graduating class. He or she not have to be the most accomplished today. Celebrities attract the crowd, but you must always consider that the speaker must add value to the occasion. Your graduation speaker can be
A clear and compelling mission moves people to action. It makes the indifferent committed. It makes the unsure confident. But a mission will lose its meaning if you do not enable people to act on it. Action gives flesh to ideals. Turn your mission statements
Be interested with your audience. I bet that nine of ten speakers you’ll met are more interested in their stories than your stories. Ask them questions and they’ll give you answers faster than bullet trains in Japan. Give them opportunities to speak and they’ll be
To be the biggest hospital in locality X. Somehow, most vision statements are like this. Many organizations’ vision statements indicate their future place or position in the marketplace. They don’t tell you what impact they’ll do to the world. This is why most visions aren’t
You must begin now. You can make it. You have what it takes to succeed. This is the heart of a commencement speech. When you deliver a commencement speech, always remember that your audience is now obliged to leave the borders of their comfort zone.
Re-imagine your workplace. Make it a place where people can smile and have fun. A place where people perform at their most productive best. Organizations must equip employees on how to master stress. This stress management seminar can help you be more productive and happy
If you want clarity and focus, start with personal vision statements—because without a clear picture of who you’re becoming, your schedule will decide for you. In this article, Jef Menguin shares examples and a simple way to write a personal vision statement that reflects your values, goals, and long-term aspirations. Use it as your compass, then share it with colleagues to build a culture that chooses with intention.
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Deliver commencement speeches in under 17 minutes. Take out all the unnecessary and you will find that seventeen minutes is enough to inspire and make a point. As a commencement speaker, you must do your job well. You must do it also as quickly as
Behavior and vision come together. Make your vision both specific and inspiring so it can guide your people’s behavior. Your vision is a pitch for the future and your behaviors are examples of what is to come. It is an invitation for your employees to
HR is useful only when you serve to accelerate business growth. Go beyond compliance requirements. Find out the objectives of every business units. Help them achieve their objectives. To do that, begin with people. Find out what they do best. Find out what they can
Many people think the goal of public speaking is to sound impressive, but that mindset often leads to speeches that are polished yet forgettable. In this article, Jef Menguin shares a simple shift and practical tools to help speakers focus on what truly matters—moving people to think, feel, and act. Read it and share it with your team so you can create talks that actually influence people, not just fill time on stage.
Worse than fearing that you are doing poorly is a self-promotion that you are doing well. The first sign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and act great. The same thing can be said of speaking. Someone who thinks himself
Practice this when you’re doing “fine” at work but you feel numb—same tasks, same meetings, same week on repeat. Stop blaming boredom. Start upgrading the game. Pick one task, give it a clear finish line, add a tiny constraint, and see how quickly your energy
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Most speakers promise “customized talks,” but do audiences really care? Discover why repetition builds impact, what true customization means, and how one lesson from a Philippine bank president changed my approach as a motivational speaker.
Do Professional Speakers Need to Customize Speeches? Read More »
Many years ago, a former college classmate asked me to edit her thesis. Back in college, I often helped her with projects and assignments. I did those things for free. Perhaps that was how she still remembered me—the classmate she could approach whenever she needed
I learned about kusang-palo from my Lolo Pedro. He was a hard-working fisherman and farmer. He plowed his cornfield with his carabao. He told me that lazy ones need to be hit with a stick before they move. My lolo is gone for many years
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