CSC symposium features leadership, mgmt gurus

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) will feature leading public speaker and corporate trainer Francis J. Kong, entrepreneur and former beauty queen Miriam Quiambao- Roberto, and Manila Vice Mayor Francisco Moreno in a public sector human resources symposium and concurrent Philippine Society for Training and Development (PSTD) national convention on May 27 to 29 in Cebu City.

Kong and other top leadership and management experts from here and abroad, will speak on human resource topics relating “Transformations Through Leadership Development.”

The symposium will highlight the significant role of leaders in inspiring transformation among individuals that results in organizational and communal transformation.

Australian Ambassador Bill Tweddell will grace the event.

Some 1,800 participants are expected to attend, which will make this the biggest convergence of HR professionals from government and the private sector.

Now on its third year, the event serves as a venue for exchanging information and best practices on developing and managing the country’s workforce.

The activity is jointly organized by the CSC, the Australian government through the Philippines Australia Human Resource and Organisational Development Facility (HRODF), and the PSTD.

The speakers lineup also include RockEd Philippines founder Therese “Gang” Badoy- Capati, HRODF director Milalin Javellana, Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Austere Panadero, Meralco senior vice president Ramon Segismundo, University of Sydney Business School deputy dean John Shields, Personi-fi Image Studio Inc. managing director and chief trainer Abbygale Arenas-De Leon, Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum Jr., and Franklin-Covey managing consultant for customer loyalty practice Catherine Nelson, among others.

It is important for HR professionals in government to learn how to develop and harness transformational leaders toward achieving good governance outcomes, CSC Commissioner Robert Martinez said.