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Why EI is a Top Skill in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

Mar 19, 2020
5 min

Why EI is a Top Skill in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

What is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional Intelligence (EI) or emotional quotient (EQ) is a set of skills that help us better perceive, understand and manage emotions in ourselves and in others. Collectively they help us make intelligent responses to, and use of, emotions. These skills are as important as your intellect (IQ) in determining success in work and in life. Everyone, no matter what job function, has interactions with other people. Your capacity to understand your e

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Top 8 Learning & Development Trends and Best Practices

Marylen Ramos-Velasco

Oct 24, 2019
3 min

Top 8 Learning & Development Trends and Best Practices

This is the time of the year when most human resources professionals look back on employee performance and begin planning their training needs for 2020. As human capital is the greatest asset and the key to achieving business goals, it is important that your team prepares for a highly competitive environment. Here are top eight learning & development trends and best practices you should pay attention to in 2020: 1. Alignment with Business Strategy Only 40 percent of co

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8 Reasons Why Training Fails & How To Prevent It In Your Organization

Marylen Ramos-Velasco

Jul 18, 2019
3 min

8 Reasons Why Training Fails & How To Prevent It In Your Organization

I have been in the corporate world for 15 years and almost 10 years in the training industry. Here's my experience on why training fails and how you can prevent it in your organization from a learner and training solutions provider's perspective: 1, Lack of Clarity - This is basic and most important of all. First, clarity on the learner's responsibilities and opportunities for improvement. Second, why are they attending the training. Solutions: Ensure that the employees are c

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Discover How Your Organization Lead & Innovate in the Digital Age

Do You Want Awesome Senses Like Superman!

Apr 24, 2019
8 min

Do You Want Awesome Senses Like Superman!

This is an excerpt from CNN news on the AirAsia QZ8501 crash. In the AirAsia disaster, the system that regulates the plane's rudder movement kept malfunctioning because of a cracked solder joint. Aircraft maintenance records found it had malfunctioned 23 times in the year before the crash, and the interval between those incidents became shorter in the three months prior to the crash, Indonesia's National Transport Safety Committee said in a report. "Subsequent flight crew act

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How to Default Your Mind to be Always Positive?

Feb 21, 2019
8 min

How to Default Your Mind to be Always Positive?

“The quality of our life is determined by moment-to-moment state of our emotions.” -Anthony Robbins True story taken from a Florida newspaper: A man, after fighting with his wife, decided to work on his motorcycle on his patio to clear his head. His wife was in the house in the kitchen. The man was racing the engine on the motorcycle and somehow, the motorcycle slipped into gear. The man, still holding the handlebars, was dragged through a glass patio door and along with the

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Winners Have a Bias for Action

Feb 7, 2019
6 min

Winners Have a Bias for Action

Be 100% Responsible for Your Life When Gabby, my first-born, came home from the hospital, I cradled him in my arms and danced for joy with my wife by my side. I was all smiles, as he came out a normal and healthy baby. In stark contrast, Nicolas “Nick” James Vujicic was born on December 4, 1982 and as he shared, the first reaction of his mother when she saw him was: “Take him away” Nevertheless, his parents came to their senses and took care of him. Nick Vujicic was born in M

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4 Easy Ways to Focus and Eliminate Distractions

Jan 17, 2019
10 min

4 Easy Ways to Focus and Eliminate Distractions

During the day, do you get distracted? You struggle to focus at the task at hand. You may grab your phone and get into social media. You may watch a video. Perhaps walk around too long and chat. Do you feel lazy and need a lot of will power to get back on-track. Here are 4 simple steps that will make you re-focus quickly. All you need to understand is that our mind and body are ONE. You simply change your motion to control your emotion. This first one is importa

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Procurement Leadership, People and Innovation – A Combination for Success

Sudhakaran Ayyappan

Dec 24, 2018
3 min

Procurement Leadership, People and Innovation – A Combination for Success

I read an interesting article that appeared in Supply Chain Game Changer that talks about the success and failures of Procurement. The writer identified three key areas that is crucial in Procurement namely Leadership, People System & Governance Process and Looking Beyond Savings. If any one of these areas is not in good functional mode, then Procurement suffers a debilitating failure. Based on my experience the Leadership, People and Innovation that will be the crucial found

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Leading Teams Through Bouts of Underemployment

5 Solutions to Prevent Your High Potential Training Program From Failing

Sep 11, 2018
5 min

5 Solutions to Prevent Your High Potential Training Program From Failing

Over the past few years, the term HiPo has joined the list of HR buzzwords, alongside firm favourites such as Millennials, Gen Z, Holacarcy, and micro-learning. In most firms, high potential (HiPo) employees are deemed those most likely to excel and progress into more senior positions. They are the employees that firms want to ensure stay within the firm and don’t get lost to the competition. In short, they are the future. As a result, companies started to devise HiPo program

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What is Lean Thinking & How this can benefit you?

Aug 21, 2018
4 min

What is Lean Thinking & How this can benefit you?

In-depth Knowledge of Lean Management? Based on the best known and most influential change management system, the Toyota Production System or lean manufacturing is a comprehensive management approach that engages people in creating systems that enable long-term prosperity. Lean manufacturing is a system that includes not only a proven set of tools for achieving breakthrough performance results but also a set of guiding principles for developing leaders into lean thinkers. – P

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Global Manpower Trends: Future Predictions

Dr. Karl Larson

Jul 5, 2018
2 min

Global Manpower Trends: Future Predictions

Future Global Predictions The global working age population will drop dramatically during the next 15 years and the percentage of people over age 65 will rise substantially. Every year there will be more workers reaching retirement age than there will be new workers to replace them especially in the world’s wealthiest nations. Longer lives and lower birth rates are combining to increase the average age of the population leading to increased healthcare and pension costs at a t

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5 STEPS TO CREATIVELY STAND OUT
WHEN LOOKING FOR A CAREER CHANGE

May 1, 2018
2 min

5 STEPS TO CREATIVELY STAND OUT WHEN LOOKING FOR A CAREER CHANGE

Recently, I had been in touch with one of my contacts in my network. He shared that he was looking for a change in career and had been actively looking around. He asked for my advice on what to do next. This was not the first time I received such a question. In fact, this question reminded me of my past experience of two similar situations at different points of time: (i) attending job interviews and (ii) auditioning for roles in theatre productions, which resulted in suc

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Training and Organizational Effectiveness, How are they connected?

Dr. Karl Larson

Jan 5, 2018
5 min

Training and Organizational Effectiveness, How are they connected?

Over the years I have served as an external consultant to many US domestic and overseas corporations using training as a primary intervention to solve organization problems and correct operational deficiencies. I have found that organizations who have achieved a maximum return on their training investment are characterized by the following described below: 1. Senior management sets the General Direction and Priorities for the Training Department and Staff The senior managemen

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“Corporate Culture” The Important Glue That Makes Companies Successful

How NOT to Coach?

5 Tips for Getting Unstuck

May 4, 2017
4 min

5 Tips for Getting Unstuck

"When Nothing Goes Right...Go Left" - Unknown Feeling 'stuck' is simply a state of in-action. Do you feel 'stuck' in your job? Leave. Do you feel 'stuck' with your Personal Growth? Read a book. Do you feel 'stuck' in your business? Find a new strategy. There are hundreds of actions you can take, in order to get unstuck. They don't have to be so 'dramatic', and you can always take at least one action, to help you get unstuck. At it's most basic, there is only one thing we need

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The Drive for Success is “Learning” - Project Management

What's your New Year's Resolutions & Goals for 2017?

Marylen R. Velasco

Jan 1, 2017
2 min

What's your New Year's Resolutions & Goals for 2017?

This time of the year is when a lot of us set our New Year’s Resolutions and goals whether personal, professional or business related. Life is full of transitions, changes, choices, opportunities, failures/mistakes, new endeavors, challenges, new projects, learning and decisions. Whatever choices and decisions we make, it will somehow affect our future. Transitions and journey allow us to look back and learn from our past and to look forward to improve and create a better fu

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