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A mommy asked last week after discovering that her husband had an affair, “He said that it was my fault that the marriage is broken because of my attitude and how I led our family. So I apologized for everything.” My answer: Sorry, but why are we so tolerant of cheating males? That it’s okay […]
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I usually need just one interview to decide to hire. If I am on the fence, I would usually ask the applicant to come back 2 to 3 times. But most of my hires got an offer by the end of the interview. What do I look for? First, is COMPETENCE. The primary consideration is […]
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Our company has decided to invest in a small condominium unit to be converted to a staff house. Since I’m a nice person, I will list down our steps we took when buying a condominium unit in the Philippines. Step 1: After deciding on a unit, request the Seller to prepare for you the following […]
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Okay, I’m going to be honest here — Mind Museum is boring. Our small family went to Mind Museum last Sunday. I purchased tickets for ₱475 instead of ₱750 via Metrodeal so I thought that was a good deal. Our daughter is only 3, and to be fair to the Mind Museum, there’s enough exhibits […]
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There’s still relatively reasonable priced restaurants at the BGC area. Stacy’s is one of them — there’s an element of dainty and pretty and a good restaurant stop before visiting the Mind Museum, which is just next door. The ground floor has a little nook for children to play afternoon tea with: And a cute […]
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What and how to learn from others’ mistakes and commission By former DOLE Undersecretary, Atty. Josephus Jimenez, DPM He wrote these two books which is useful for any beginner HR: First, we must remember that in the Philippines, there are four layers of arbitration — Labor Arbiter with NLRC and DOLE, filing of case and […]
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Responsive HR Leadership was covered by Mr. Ericson A. del Castillo, Country Head for HR for Nissan Philippines Inc. He begins his talk by saying we should not be reactive leaders. It’s better to be PROACTIVE LEADERS. Why? Hirap kasi maging reactive HR leader. Because they are affected by their environment. But proactive leaders understand […]
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Our 3-year old daughter came home crying from Mother Goose Playskool. Apparently, her teacher brought down her star from the board. Her offense? My daughter has not been very behaved and had not finished her seatwork because of her walking around the class. So she’s been telling everyone from her lola to her yaya how […]
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Mr. Paul Smithson is a design thinking consultant and the owner of On-Off Group: This is him. He starts by asking whether anyone is creative nowadays? We used to be not so much anymore. Design thinking is a structured way of solving any type of problem. It provides an opportunity for us to be creative, […]
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The speaker Ms Delby Bragais is the president of the North Road Image Consultancy & Fashion Group, a fashion designer, an author and entrepreneur. She asks us what we can do to differentiate ourselves — IDENTITY!will be the most valuable commodity for citizens in the future, and it will mostly be done online. Everything about […]
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This topic is taught by Mr. Bob Hooey, author, speaker and creative catalyst for Ideas at Work! Bob believes that employees are the company’s most important assets. Training does not always eliminate conflict. But talking about it, bringing everyone to try to solve the problem, then everybody wins. A program will NOT solve the issue. […]
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Emotional Intelligence is discussed by Sameer Somal, CFA, CFP, CAIA and CEO and Co-Founder of the Blue Ocean Global Technology: He says, “Emotional intelligence is one of the drivers of success regardless of industry.” Sameer believes that HR can change the course of an organization. Why? Because they handle people in the organization. One common […]
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