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.
If you were to change the world, would you be willing to live in that world? Would still push for it if you were the follower and not the leader? My mentor Vic told me that I should not deliver a speech or offer a
How old are you now? Do you think that you still have fifty, forty, thirty, twenty, ten, or five years to live? Do you think you’ll get to 100 years old – and get 100,000 pesos from the government?
I hope to live until I am 100. I hope to live healthy, strong and evergreen. I hope to live wealthy and wise each day of my life for so many years that there is no time to get tired of living.
Have you ever looked at someone else’s success and thought, “Swerte lang siya”? We’ve all done it. A colleague gets promoted, a friend lands a big client, a stranger suddenly goes viral online. From the outside, it feels like they just happened to be in
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Leaders can increase his impact by becoming a master presenter. Yes, some great leaders aren’t great presenters — just as some great presenters aren’t great leaders. What I believe is that mastering some principles and practices in great presentations may amplify your impact as a leader.
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Inspirational speaking begins with an attitude of gratitude.
The inspirational speakers see miracles, which though obvious and experienced everyday, people do not see.
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Appreciative leaders inspire hope that the vision will be realized.
Without hope, there will be no enthusiasm, no energy, no commitment, and no persistence. An appreciative leader is a dealer of hope.
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I believe that you and I deserve the best in the world.
We do not have to wait for others. We do not have to wait until we are ready. Waiting wastes time. I am not happy with the status quo — and I believe most of us are not happy too.
The traditional idea made us believe that to be a leader is to be the boss.
We are the first movers, and all the rest follows us.
Not everyone who will introduce you knows how to introduce a speaker. Some will use the moment to shine, delivering a performance that draws the spotlight to themselves rather than preparing the audience for you. Others won’t prepare at all. They’ll pick up your curriculum
Our training beliefs determine how we grow. There are those who believe that training programs are multipliers of skills and accelerators of progress.
The secrets of successful entrepreneurs aren’t magic—when you miss them, you waste years on hustle without traction, repeat avoidable mistakes, and burn out chasing the wrong wins. In this article, Jef Menguin shares eight practical lessons entrepreneurs use to build clarity, discipline, and momentum in business. Apply one secret this week and share it with your founders or team so you grow smarter, not just harder.
Ana avoids problems. She thinks that any problem that her staff creates reflects her ability as a supervisor. Problems stressed her out.
Successful supervisors are effective problem solvers. And you can learn to solve problems systematically.
As you gain experience in public speaking, you will learn to put aside all conscious thought of rules or methods. You will learn through discipline how to abandon yourself to your intentions and to give spontaneous expression to all your powers.
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When entrepreneurship courses fail, students pay twice: they lose time in the classroom and lose confidence in the real world when their first venture feels overwhelming. In this article, Jef Menguin shares seven practical gaps—like over-reliance on theory and lack of real-world experience—and the upgrade that makes entrepreneurship education stick. Practice the ideas, then pass them to teachers and mentors so more students learn by doing, not just by reading.
The best leaders aren’t those with ready answers for everything. No, not the know-it-all type. The best leaders are those who learn like a child.
You can be in a room full of participants wearing expensive suits. But people will surely give their attention to someone in shirts and jeans if his name is Warren Buffet. What you wear creates the first impression. Your leadership presence and the way you
When I decided to leave teaching and become a motivational speaker, some people thought I was crazy. I could understand why. Teaching was something I knew. I had experience, a stable job, and a world I understood. Motivational speaking was different. There was no guarantee
Most HR professionals consumed their time in compliance to regulations. You must get out of these traps.
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Management guru Peter Drucker said that as soon as you move one step up from the bottom, your effectiveness depends on your ability to reach others through the spoken and written word. You must illustrate what they do not see, give reasons to actions, and
Vital behaviors are the smallest set of actions that lead to the results you want. They are the few high-leverage actions that if you keep doing, produce the outcomes you’re after.
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