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Cebu Earthquake BPO Response: Employee Welfare vs. Business Continuity

by Sonnie Santos | Oct 4, 2025 | Commentary, People First Culture, Resilience | 0 comments

The Cebu earthquake highlighted the critical tension between employee welfare and business continuity within the BPO industry.

Can the Bible be a Guide for Modern HR?

by Sonnie Santos | Oct 19, 2024 | Sonnie's Talks, Spiritual Intelligence | 0 comments

Elevate your HR practices with a unique approach that combines biblical wisdom and data-driven decision making. Learn how to develop spiritually intelligent and value-adding HR leaders.

Embracing AI in HR? Take One Step Back Then Two Steps Forward

by Sonnie Santos | Sep 26, 2024 | Knit and Kickstart (K), Sonnie's Talks | 0 comments

Before embracing AI in HR, take a step back to assess your organization’s challenges before taking two steps forward with the new tool.

How People Strategies Can Drive Business Performance

by Sonnie Santos | Nov 12, 2023 | Alignment to Values Mission Vision, Sonnie's Talks | 0 comments

People strategy is the forward-looking plan that define how to get the best performance out of your workforce to meet business objectives. While human resource strategy focuses on the operational side of people management

Practical Strategic Thinking: Connecting The Dots

by Sonnie Santos | Sep 2, 2021 | Accountable Leadership, Resilience, Sonnie's Talks | 2 comments

Strategic thinking is the process of making sense of the available information to determine a preferred future.

What happens when work is forced online because of COVID 19?

by Sonnie Santos | Aug 2, 2021 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Agile Leadership, Resilience, Sonnie's Talks | 0 comments

Because of COVID-19, companies were forced in the Philippines to work online. While this is a step forward, only a few are structurally ready.

When business closure is inevitable, how to off-board employees?

by Sonnie Santos | Apr 13, 2021 | Accountable Leadership, ASK and Answer, Corporate Governance and Compliance | 0 comments

when saving jobs are no longer possible, what to do next?

When Is Work Considered Abandoned?

by Sonnie Santos | Apr 10, 2021 | Accountable Leadership, ASK and Answer, Corporate Governance and Compliance | 2 comments

If an employee failed to observe the rendering period s/he promised, will this lead to the abandonment of work?

Regularization by default

by Sonnie Santos | Apr 9, 2021 | Accountable Leadership, ASK and Answer, Corporate Governance and Compliance | 0 comments

Management oversight in monitoring the timeline and missing the performance feedbacking schedule for proby employees is common. When it happens, what will be the consequence?

Regular employment downgraded to probationary because of the pandemic

by Sonnie Santos | Apr 7, 2021 | Accountable Leadership, ASK and Answer, Corporate Governance and Compliance | 2 comments

Employers, thru their HR, are looking for creative ways to survive. Do you find the downgrading of regular employment to proby acceptable?

What is Online Libel, Is It Cyberbullying?

by Sonnie Santos | Jul 2, 2019 | Accountable Leadership, ASK and Answer, Online Safety and Privacy | 17 comments

Cyber libel is one of the crimes under the new cybercrime law in the Philippines. This can be used by victims of online bullying

Cyber Wellness in the Philippines

by Sonnie Santos | Mar 21, 2016 | Online Safety and Privacy, Resilience, Sonnie's Talks | 38 comments

Cyber wellness is a mindset of proactive, critical, and safety-first online behavior. Digital hygiene on the other hand is about the best practices to keep our digital assets clean.

Empowering The Youth Against Cyberbullying in the Philippines

by Sonnie Santos | Nov 5, 2015 | Sonnie's Talks | 11 comments

Awards will not hamper our resolve to educate the public of the proactive use of social web to reduce cyberbullying and other online abuses.

How To: SSS Contribution During Maternity Leave

by Sonnie Santos | Oct 29, 2015 | ASK and Answer, Corporate Governance and Compliance | 67 comments

Since employee has no salary, there is nothing to deduct for SSS contribution. However, for humanitarian reason, companies have taken a proactive approach.

Help.. My Officemates Are Harassing Me!

by Sonnie Santos | Sep 18, 2015 | ASK and Answer, Corporate Governance and Compliance | 2 comments

Eleanor Roosevelt once said “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”. Thus, let no harassing behaviour affect you.

How To Handle Workplace Bullying

by Sonnie Santos | Aug 8, 2014 | Sonnie's Talks | 15 comments

When facing an office bully, you need to hold your fire, until you have evaluated your situation, profiled your aggressor and covered your bases

STI’s National Youth Convention- A Legacy of Learning

by Sonnie Santos | Mar 14, 2014 | Sonnie's Talks | 0 comments

The National Youth Convention is one of STI’s student program being held annually since 1995.

Cyberbullying Vids At The 19th STI National Youth Convention

by Sonnie Santos | Mar 8, 2014 | Online Safety and Privacy, Sonnie's Reels | 0 comments

Due to popular demand and for reference purposes, the following are the videos we used on Bullying and Cyber Abuse Prevention at the recently concluded 19th STI National Youth Convention

One Step Back, Two Steps Forward

by Sonnie Santos | Sep 29, 2013 | Sonnie's Talks | 0 comments

I shared the principle of “one step back, two steps forward” in an “Ignite” HR Convention, organized by students for students. This is to level their expectations when they step into the corporate world.     Since students were...

HR Marketing

by Sonnie Santos | Jan 18, 2013 | Sonnie's Reels, Sonnie's Talks | 0 comments

With recent findings by NSCB of choosy job seekers, recruiters should exert more effort on HR Marketing.

Why Companies Should Have An Internet and Social Media Policy

by Sonnie Santos | Jan 15, 2013 | Sonnie's Talks | 0 comments

While a company can block internet access, it cannot block the 21st Century. A digital policy and cyberwellness program should be in place

The “10-80-10” Principle of People Management

by Sonnie Santos | Jan 19, 2012 | Accountable Leadership, Sonnie's Reels, Sonnie's Talks | 0 comments

Of your total employees, 10% are top performers and self motivated. The 80% can be a performer or a problem. The last 10% are problem employees

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