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The Barriers In Your Mind

by Sonnie Santos | Mar 31, 2016 | Adaptive Thinking, Grit | 19 comments

Trade barriers have fallen. The only barriers left are the barriers you have in your mind.

Filipino Entrepreneurs On Personalized Service

by Sonnie Santos | Feb 25, 2008 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 0 comments

We’ve read about Pinoy Entrepreneurs thoughts about customer satisfaction. Now, these entrepreneurs went a little farther.. PERSONALIZED SERVICE!     “If you want to do something, don’t approach a third party but go directly to the person you want to...

John Gokongwei’s Nine Rules of Success

by Sonnie Santos | Feb 12, 2008 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 0 comments

The mark of a true entrepreneur is having the courage to rise above adversity- John Gokongwei Jr.

Entrepreneurship, Globalization And Becoming A Great Nation

by Sonnie Santos | Jan 25, 2008 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, People First Culture | 7 comments

This piece is originally posted at Universal Rubina blog. Value adding and inspiring!   Before I begin, I want to say please bear with me, an 81-year-old man who just flew in from San Francisco 36 hours ago and is still suffering from jet lag. However, I hope I...

Filipino Entrepreneur On Inspiration

by Sonnie Santos | Jan 15, 2008 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 0 comments

I hope to blog about John Gokongwei’s life and inspiration in the future. Mean time, I hope this value adding quote will inspire you

Filipino Entrepreneur On Mentoring

by Sonnie Santos | Jan 9, 2008 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 0 comments

Being a mentor myself, this quote caught my attention. I find it worthy to have a have a place in this blog

Filipino Entrepreneurs On Talent Management

by Sonnie Santos | Dec 16, 2007 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 0 comments

Another value adding quotes from Filipino entrepreneurs, this time on the subject of talent management

Filipino Entrepreneurs On Passion

by Sonnie Santos | Dec 3, 2007 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 0 comments

Here’s a collection of quotes about “passion” from well known Filipino Entrepreneurs.

Filipino Entrepreneur On Honesty

by Sonnie Santos | Nov 21, 2007 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 0 comments

Very few entrepreneurs have a public stand about integrity, kudos to Alvin Carranza for this honesty anchored quote. “Be honest with your partners, clients, and especially to yourself. If you’ve committed a mistake, the quickest way to rectify the damage is to admit...

Filipino Entrepreneurs On Hard Work

by Sonnie Santos | Nov 7, 2007 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 0 comments

I can tell you right now that when you have your own business, 24 hours is not enough. You need hard work to keep your business going

Filipino Entrepreneurs On Customer Satisfaction

by Sonnie Santos | Oct 26, 2007 | Accountable Leadership, Adaptive Thinking, Empathy, People First Culture | 0 comments

Satisfying customers make every business thrive. Here’s what are Pinoy Entrepreneurs have to say about customer happiness.

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.

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