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Filipino Entrepreneurs On Work-Life Balance

by Sonnie Santos | Oct 18, 2007 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 3 comments

Entrepreneurs have tendency to focus too much on their business that they end up neglecting other aspects of their life, specially those that matters most.

Filipino Entrepreneurs On Change

by Sonnie Santos | Oct 15, 2007 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Change Management, Empathy, People First Culture | 0 comments

Here’s a collection of quotes about “innovation” from respected and well known Filipino Entrepreneurs

Success Quotes From Filipino Entrepreneurs

by Sonnie Santos | Oct 1, 2007 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 10 comments

We read or heard one or two definitions of success. But let’s contextualize our understanding with these success quotes from Filipino Entrepreneurs

10 Secrets Of Henry Sy’s Success

by Sonnie Santos | May 28, 2007 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 13 comments

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.

14 Work Life Principles of Henry Sy Sr.

by Sonnie Santos | Feb 9, 2007 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 3 comments

Mr. Henry Sy Sr., is one of the tycoons in the Philippines builder of the famous SM Aura. His SM Group is dominant in the Retail, Leisure, Shopping Mall and Bank industry. The 14 Work Life Principles is being considered as the guiding business principle of his family

Gokongwei Patriarch leaves half of fortune to charity

by Sonnie Santos | Sep 24, 2006 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 2 comments

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.

Henry Sy: The Opening of SM Mall of Asia

by Sonnie Santos | May 21, 2006 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 3 comments

Henry Sy Sr. believed there is an opportunity from every tragedy– thus, it became one of the blueprints of his business strategy.

Save Your Ass or Do What is Right?

by Sonnie Santos | Mar 18, 2006 | Accountable Leadership, Corporate Governance and Compliance, Empathy, People First Culture | 0 comments

Covering-up our mistakes is a human trait that can be traced back to Adam. But doing what is right offer a better value to our character

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