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Many organizations spend millions on training programs. They want to develop leaders, build teams, and engage employees. Unfortunately, many of these training programs fail to deliver desired results. Here are five reasons. Most training programs don’t have measurable goals. Many organizations who have professional development […]
Lead yourself before you aim to lead others. This is not just a saying but a fundamental principle of leadership. For every Filipino professional aspiring to climb the ladder of success and influence, understanding the essence of self-leadership is crucial. This article offers insights and
Ensure that every member of your team is clear about your team’s purpose. You encourage them to answer the following questions individually and in private. What do you believe is the major purpose of our team? This question aims to uncover the core belief each
Many managers invite Filipino motivational speakers to cure the motivation problem. However, the biggest challenges are leadership and engagement. Read why you don’t really need to get another Filipino motivational speaker .
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Hiring a friend or a classmate will not cause a lot of trouble when everyone observes professionalism. When your boss is a friend, respect him like any other boss. You are in the workplace because of your own merit. Oftentimes, even the best of friends
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
The performance of employees dropped last month. Without hesitation, the manager said that the cause is lack of motivation. And everyone nodded in agreement. Lack of motivation is the safest alibi. It is safer to say that people lack motivation than to say that the
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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
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
Excuses begone!
People have many excuses why they don't take charge and lead. Let me tell you what these excuses are – why you must say goodbye to them.
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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.
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
What do you want to achieve in life? Is it crazy enough? I want you to know that once you start dreaming big, people will laugh at you. They’ll say that you are getting crazy. This is because most people think you cannot do better
That’s the one question that matter the most to your customer.
Your presentation must be able to answer that question concisely and convincingly.
We are here because this is where we want to be. What’s wrong with our educational system? Our children our learning from sick textbooks. We have school heads who are more of order takers than leaders. And we have transactional teachers whose aims are simply
Our schools are products of many opposing perspectives. To blame teachers for the huge achievement gap is sticking to one but missing the others. The problem isn’t as easy to solve as most of us think it is. This is a wicked problem. I was
Change is emotional. When change is not handled properly, problems multiply. Let us be careful. Most of the seminars given to Filipino teachers are meant to fix them. In my last post, I talked about how consultants, when invited to speak before teachers, tend to