HR Series: How to Avoid Training Mistakes

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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HR LEARNING SERIES: How Being Emotionally Intelligent is Critical to Success

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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HR: How to Keep Staff? Make them Feel Valued

The next topic is Ms Claire Boscq-Scott, director of The Busy Queen Bee, who will be discussing Customic Centric HR. She talks about the internal customers, the Employees. Unfortunately, only 24% of employees are actively engaged. Why? Because it seems that HR is not really meeting employee needs. Here’s what Ms. Claire says are some […]

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HR Series: Pivot or Perish in HR?

The talk by Mr. Nonong Noriega, Head of People and Transformation Capability Development in PLDT-Smart: Iba talaga sa Pilipinas, masmasaya if there’s song and dance. 🙂 This is the age of disruption. Either you’re the disruptor, or the disrupted. The supervisors are closest to their employees. They can help their staff adopt new processes and […]

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What’s the issue with HR Data in the Philippines?

Mr. Patrick Gentry, CEO and Co-Founder of Sprout Solutions capably speaks about this topic: History Humans were a nomadic species who moved around a lot. There came the agrarian revolution when people started to settle down in a single location. Population boomed. People became stable. Quality of life improved. The Industrial Revolution came in the […]

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How will HR achieve your business targets?

Ms. Grace Abella-Zeta is the president of IRC Philippines, which does executive search, staffing services and outsourcing in the Philippines. Her talk is about Workforce Planning. For her, HR Planning ensures that the right number and the right kind of people are available at the right time to achieve business objectives. Workforce planning has always […]

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HR: The Response to Ambiguity is Agility

The AQ for Ambiguous Environment topic is handled by Mr. Jesse Francis Rebustillo says that Technology will become more pervasive. According to Mr. Jesse, the world has evolved. The way we do business has CHANGED. The way we lead and the people we are leading have transformed… There’s a lot of things we do in […]

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12th HR SUMMIT: How do you Motivate your Staff to Do More?

Dra. Joyce Carols is an international speaker, author, TEDx Speaker and Founder & Owner of Enjoy EsC and Drive4Diversity.com and talked about Responsive Coaching She started her talk with a lot of myths which include: People who are unhappy will speak up People who work long hours are more successful The trend is clear: 89% […]

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Responsive HR: Challenges and Opportunities

I’m here at the 12th Philippines HR Summit, and it’s a big crowd! Mr. Bobby Atienza welcomes us to the event. He encourages us to see HR as “A dynamic force in any organization that makes things happen.” It’s not just about human resource management, but about PEOPLE management. He says this event is about […]

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12th Philippine HR Summit – Responsive HR: Challenges and Opportunities

Guess where I am going? 🙂 I will be attending the 12th Philippine HR Summit this August 8 and 9 at the Crowne Plaza Galleria Hotel, thanks to the invitation of the PowerMax Consulting Group: Tickets are available via this link from php 11,995.00 plus VAT, but you can get a cheaper group rate for […]

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HR Lessons: Hire Someone who can Follow Simple Instructions

Common sense is underrated. It’s really not that common. As a hiring manager, you need to find someone who have common sense and can listen/follow to simple instructions. Story 1: Spot the one who followed instructions and who did not. During my interview, I told the staff to show up last Saturday for training. These […]

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Why Responsiveness is Key to a Meaningful HR

This is a true story: The staff called the HR to ask why there was a missing php500 in her cash card. This was not the first time, but the third time already. She alleged that the agency was stealing from her payroll slowly but surely. Upon hearing the complaint, HR immediately conducted an investigation. […]

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