10 Famous Lessons From Tatang (Henry Sy Sr.)
I bumped into this article from the company’s intranet portal, effort has been made to provide the URL of the article from Philstar but unsuccessful.
When To Terminate Employee for Health Reasons
Business owners can terminate employment for health reasons. But they can be more benevolent as others have done.
Employee Termination: Authorized Causes
Employers can still end the employment of employees, thru authorized causes, even if employee records is clean
Offenses That Leads to Employee Termination
This article is about a single but grave and serious act that can lead to outright termination, as spelled out in the just causes provision of the labor code
Progressive Discipline and Employee Termination
Small infractions of an employee can lead to termination of employment if repeated consistently and after progressive discipline is applied
Introduction to Due Process In The Workplace
Regardless of your rank in the organization, knowledge of due process comes in handy when dealing with problematic employee behavior
Change Management (1)
Because of one or more determinants, a tipping point may be created that will result to a season of growth. This will propel business to expand or a blog to increase its bandwidth due to increased readership. Leaders and blog owners must be able to make concrete...Sex In The Office
Hearing sex stories involving managers and staff may seem normal, but do not be swayed to do the same. There is an anti-Sexual Harassment Law.
Do You Have The URGE?
I’m not referring to the URGE of the dark kind, but of the entrepreneurial desire that can make a difference, and change a community.
Procedures, Procedures, On the Wall…
Am no fan of procedures, specially if it will complicate a rather simple situation. But procedures are meant to keep us safe or prepare us to the next level
Take It To The Chin
I was reading this blog of David Maister and kinda reflect how top management of other corporations would handle issues like this?
Transactional vs. Strategic Functions of HR
Do you agree that, HR is caught between its two functions– transactional against strategic?
Managing A Multi-Generational Workforce
Balancing the requirements of the organization vis-a-vis the different work behavior of employees coming from different generations is fun.
14 Work Life Principles of Henry Sy Sr.
Insights from my 10 years at SM (1998–2008) where I helped open 20 malls and lived Henry Sy Sr.’s 14 Work-Life Principles on leadership, integrity, and growth.
What To Do When Insulted By Your Boss
Got scolded more than you can count? Don’t react and lose more. Let me share what I did, it’s not pleasant, but it got me promoted!
Invest In Your Oxen
To HR, the ox is an analogy of the human capital. You have to identify your oxen– the backbone of your business operations.
How to get ahead: Lie and cheat?
“Lie and cheat” has become an operative keyword in some culture to win or grab an opportunity, or escape trouble. Do we have to live with this culture?
How To Survive Office Politics
How to overcome office politics? You’ve got to be proactive and in control of your own behaviour, situations and dynamics change on how we respond to determinants
Why I Believe In God (3)
Typhoons will come and go and bring temporary grief, but I still believe God is good all the time
Gokongwei Patriarch leaves half of fortune to charity
Self-made multibillionaire John Gokongwei Jr. is donating half his fortune — at least P20 billion — to charity to mark his 80th birthday and his holding company’s 50th anniversary.
Purpose Driven Productivity
Productivity is value neutral, the value it’ll give is dependent on where the objective is anchored
Henry Sy: The Opening of SM Mall of Asia
Henry Sy Sr. believed there is an opportunity from every tragedy– thus, it became one of the blueprints of his business strategy.
Pillar of HR Awardee
Sonnie Santos receiving the Pillar of HR Award — recognition for leadership and contributions to the Philippine HR community.
Blog Awards
Award-winning blog — Best Advocacy (2010) for Web Safety and Cyberbullying Prevention & Best Corporate and Brand Blog (2015)
CyberWellness Collaboration
Sonnie Santos with Family Zone Australia — promoting cyber wellness and digital parenting advocacy through ASKSonnie.INFO.
Collaboration for Better Careers
Sonnie Santos with JobStreet Philippines — a collaboration promoting values-driven HR leadership and employee engagement in the workplace.