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  • Building Strategic Partnership Between HR and Line Managers

    Building Strategic Partnership Between HR and Line Managers

    By Edwin C. Ebreo It’s true! Everyone in your organization that carries a managerial title has human resource management responsibilities. As a matter of fact, their success as managers is hinged on their ability to carry out these responsibilities. Unfortunately, many managers refuse to own them much less learn how to use the tools available to [...]

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  • Why is Management Team Building an Important Investment?

    Why is Management Team Building an Important Investment?

    By Edwin Ebreo Let me answer that question directly. It can help you get more return in your other investments When management teams are not encumbered by bad politics, managers are able to unite towards decisions and implementations. Issues about certain decisions are threshed out early and addressed. Each manager communicates the needed changes to his department with [...]

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  • The Relationship Side of Disciplining

    The Relationship Side of Disciplining

    By Edwin Ebreo When employees violate company policies, it is the supervisor or manager’s job to give the appropriate sanction. If an employee’s offense is minor or not grave enough to cause termination, the penalized employee will continue to be that supervisor’s staff and the supervisor will have to continue relying on that employee’s performance and [...]

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  • The Benefits of Being Assertive

    The Benefits of Being Assertive

    By: Edwin Ebreo I always talk about this with my daughters. I encourage them to be assertive in their communications because assertive people posses distinct advantage over those who Are not. I see evidence of it everyday. Assertive people get to go after what they want and because they do, they are most likely to succeed. [...]

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  • Making SMART Goals, SMARTER

    Making SMART Goals, SMARTER

    By Jun M. Roy (Jun Roy is one of  ExeQserve’s Senior Training Consultants. He is also the head of training for one of the Philippine’s largest insurance company. He blogs at HR Toolbox. Know more about him by clicking the link above.) Most  likely, you have heard about S.MA.R.T. Goals hundreds if not thousands of times already. [...]

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  • There is No “I” in Team but There is in “Win”

    There is No “I” in Team but There is in “Win”

    "There is no I in Team" Michael Jordan was reminded by Chicago Bulls assistant coach Tex Winters after Jordan scored a straight 20 points. Jordan returned Winter's comment with "There's 'I' in 'win.'" Some might find Jordan's quip as a bit of an arrogance but you know what I think? I think he is right. If you want to have a winning team, you have to mind the "I's" within the team.

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  • Top 10 Service Culture Indicators

    Top 10 Service Culture Indicators

    How deeply is customer service embedded in your culture? I came up with some kind of a checklist that I wish to share with you today.

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  • Spiritual Intelligence as Management Tool?

    Spiritual Intelligence as Management Tool?

    (Image from flicker) By: Sonnie Santos In a post about 5 months ago, I briefly discussed about spiritual intelligence. I got several inquiries from students and managers alike since then. So please allow me to re-post an article I wrote years ago. This is also my advocacy, I will release a mini e-book on the subject soon and expect [...]

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  • The Two Faces of Social Web

    The Two Faces of Social Web

    By: Sonnie Santos Someone asked to clarify the difference of social web from social networking sites. I explained that social networking sites are part of social web, but the latter is larger because social web includes all web 2.0 applications . These include blogs like wordpress and blogspot, micro blogs like twitter, video sharing sites like [...]

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  • On Resume Writing: Turn the ZZZZs to Zings

    On Resume Writing: Turn the ZZZZs to Zings

    (Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackhalflife/4471018094/) By: Gege Sugue If resumes are supposed to put people in the best possible light, then why are many dynamic, driven personalities represented by staid, lifeless resumes?  If your cover letters are supposed to highlight the best of who you are, then why do your cover letters seem like they were lifted from generic [...]

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