Vico Sotto is good news for Philippine politics. He has proven that the real measure of leadership is in crisis. He announced that the local government of Pasig City is purchasing 400,000 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Some LGU leaders also took the initiative to […]
The cop said that he was sorry for killing the Gregorios. But yesterday he claimed that he was not guilty of murder. I saw the video of the killings – and it looked like murder to me. I don’t think it was for self-defense. He
I offer free online courses to Filipinos who want to become better leaders, speakers, and entrepreneurs. I design my online courses as bite-sized learning units, each with no more than five minutes to learn. I focus on relevant skills and powerful mindsets that accelerate growth.
I will host webinars for Filipino professionals starting in September 2020. I will show a step-by-step guide on how you can manage the crisis, control your situation, and leap forward.
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Philippine schools are not ready to go online. But this does not mean that we cannot do anything in a month or two.
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A crisis like Covid-19 hits all of us. Most stumbled and many fell. But there are those who are thriving even in the worst of times. Find out.
Information obesity is the enemy. It gets deadlier everyday. Our brains get fed with garbage. Or information that kills thinking.
The 4 Percent Rule of Productivity will help you thrive. I will tell you why and how you can use it. You can use it for your own development. Use it at work. Use it in almost everything you do. You may work on 100
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
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
Being clear what you want people to deliver raises the possibility of being positively surprised.
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
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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A journey to a thousand miles begins in a single step. That’s according to a dead but wise Chinese philosopher.
I will begin by introducing to you my family because they are everything to me. Meet my wife Romelyn. She is a librarian at the University of the Philippines, Los Banos. She’s finished her masters in Library Science in 2018. She intends to invest her
Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. That’s from Dr. Seuss. Let’s talk about uniqueness. When we are still starting in a certain profession, it is tempting to imitate our heroes and believe
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