Leadership guru to conduct seminars in Manila

With the aim of helping organizations in the country succeed in their respective industries, Center for Global Best Practices is flying in internationally recognized HR practitioner, Asian Development Bank’s former training director Dr. Philip Ash, for a series of five best practices seminars. His accomplishments include the re-alignment efforts that transformed ADB’s functional approach towards HR to a more strategic focus. He also conducted leadership trainings and created its online learning programs that provided training and development services that grew to more than 40 online and blended courses.

His first topic, “Best Practices for Manager of Managers” to be held on Jan. 27 and 28 is designed to address the difficulty of managers in managing multiple teams.

His second seminar is on the topic “Developing and Leading High-Performance Teams” on Feb. 11. This one-day program will focus on how to best facilitate the rapid team development and understand the critical leadership requirements that can produce high-performance teams.

The third seminar is “Best Practices Guide on How to Set Up Online Learning Courses” on Feb. 12. This seminar will share how an organization can cost-effectively obtain and customize a state-of-the-art learning management system as a standalone approach as well as part of a “blended” learning system.

The fourth topic is “Leadership in Action: Mastering EQ & Body Language” on Feb. 17 where Ash will teach how to read people and connect with anyone quickly and easily to form trusting relationships. He will also discuss how to engage individuals and small groups more effectively whether selling ideas, negotiating a deal, motivating team, brainstorming, problem solving, and planning.

The last in the series is “Best Leadership Practices for Fast & Effective Change Management” on Feb. 18. He will provide the tools and techniques on change management in the implementation of both small and large change initiatives.

All these world-class seminars will be held at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City. For details and a complete list of seminars, log on to www.cgbp.org or call (02) 842-7148/ 59 and 556-8968/ 69, Cebu lines: (032) 512-3106 or 07 or Baguio line: (074) 423-5148. Register as a group of three or book early for discount. These are limited-seats-only events and pre-registration is required.