Spotlight on Business, Leadership, Teamwork, and Motivation

30 Filipino Values: Cultural Beliefs That Shape Our Actions

Filipino values inform and influence how we work and live. Discover who we really, and explore opportunities to live and work with us. If you want Filipinos to become effective, there is no need to supplant Filipino values with western values.

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Stop Procrastination, Start Doing, & Build Momentum

Stop Bullying in the Philippines: Meaning, Laws, Effects, & Preventions (2023)

Change Your Stories – & Transform Your Life

120 Best Quotes About Life

How Public Speaking Turned My Life Around

3 Reasons Why I Am Writing 1500 Words Daily

What Leadership Is: A Guide for New Leaders

Leadership is both an art and a science. As an artist, the leader needs passion, talent, and commitment to lead others. As a scientist, a leader must know the principles, models, practices, and skills necessary to get things done with others.

19 Good Leadership Principles

4 Ways To Make Leadership Courses Work

Leadership Competencies That Can Make You Win

3 Easy Steps to Grow Good Leadership Qualities

Manifesto of Leadership

Six Popular Leadership Theories

Leadership Trainer

Jef Menguin

I am an introvert who delivers motivational speeches, trains leaders, facilitates team building, and designs leadership development courses for companies.
I am an author and entrepreneur. I enjoy gardening and backyard farming.

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Develop Supervisors

Effective Supervision: A Crash Course for New Supervisors

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Feedback: An Important Tool for Supervisors & Managers

Supervisory Training: 10 Courses to Develop Essential Skills for Supervisors

Increase supervisors' ability to influence results. Train them to give feedback, coach for development, delegate tasks effectively, manage conflict, lead teams, and make quality decisions.

Train Leaders

Persuasive & Powerful Presentation

Make It Happen Webinars: Set Goals and Achieve Them

Good Leadership Masterclass

Stand and Deliver: Public Speaking Workshop for Leaders

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The Active Trainer: Run Engaging Training Programs

Stress Resilience: How to Manage & Relieve Stress at Work

Stop Bullying in the Philippines: Meaning, Laws, Effects, & Preventions (2023)

Public Speaking : Speak to Anyone, Anytime and Anywhere

Persuasive Speeches That Move People (+ 107 Speech Topics)

Breakthrough Motivational Speeches: Menguin Method

Team Building for New Managers [2023]

Bayanihan: The Culture That Turns Ordinary Filipinos Into Heroes

8 Reasons Why A Team Building Facilitator Is Important

The Sun Will Shine on Us

Bahala na: When Filipinos Do the Unreasonable to Succeed

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Filipino Time: The Habit of Being On Time

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Effective Managers Build Skills

One common characteristic of good managers is that they continue to build skills. They know that in a VUCA world, there are times when they need to lead in the dark. Even when they don’t have all the information they need to make quality decisions, they have better chances of …

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Meta Skills for Managers

You will read about management skills. But allow me first to talk about meta-skills. During the pandemic, and even in the new normal, I saw that many organizations thrive because of these meta-skills. Allow me to share a bit of this. 1. Self-Management Self-management is your ability to manage your …

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Make Personal Development Plan Simple

Make your personal development plan simple. Write it in something that will allow you to carry it wherever you go. Post it in places where you can see it naturally. And when you make a scorecard, make it easy to understand. Most personal development plans overwhelm people. However, I know …

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Personal Development Plan for Students

It is best if students start a personal development plan at the start of the school year. It inspires students to work on a goal. It clears up the purpose of their study. When I was teaching, I introduced the personal development plan using a 4 x 6 Index Card. …

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