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In our fast paced work culture in a globalized economy, quality and productivity are two of the focuses of every business unit to remain competitive. Though this is not bad, an equally important ingredient is seemingly taking the back seat. Knowledge and Skill are given emphasis by management when evaluating its human resources. With the belief that these directly contributes to the bottomline figure, employee attitude, character and habits became secondary in importance.At times, leaders are in dilemma to choose between a technically competent person with character problem and a trustworthy candidate but still lacking in skill. When the demand to fill the office is immediate, can a business unit afford to wait? Which choice is more expensive? The investment cost to train a trustworthy person or the losses that may result from character flaw? We know that the lack of skills and knowledge can be addressed by mentoring, coaching and training program. But is there an organizational intervention that can address character problem?Attitude and character are part and parcel of “integrity”. But what is integrity? Should it be a factor in a person’s effectiveness and development? Should it matter in an organization? Listen along……

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I enjoy listening to TobyMac, specially the remix of “Do you know where you are going to?” song. I believe the question is relevant to us all.
Purpose in life is one of the issues besetting the youth and young professionals. In certain occasions, it also became a source of confusion. This podcast will attempt to answer the following questions:

• What is Life Purpose?
• Why is it important to know your Life’s Purpose?
• What value does that bring to a person’s every day life?
• Can a person’s Life Purpose change? How do you know if it has changed?
• Can a person be full even if they don’t have a Life’s Purpose?

Life purpose is rather a value adding, holistic issue that affects person’s whole being– career, relationships and…

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The internet connection problem of Globe’s “Speak and Surf” is getting into my nerve. I almost can not do anything. No thanks to the Taiwan earthquake that affected Philippine telcos and internet providers. I need to go to an internet cafe just to accomplish major works. Anyway, I hope I can make my first podcast work this time.As I blogged earlier, this is my first attempt to podcast and you can expect improvements in the future.Details of my 1st podcast:

• Title: Personal Effectiveness and SQ or SI
• Description: Discussion on principles based success
• Format: MP3
• Compatible with: Windows Media Player, Quicktime, iTunes
• The pdf of the podcast is available here.

I hope you will take time to listen and give feedback and suggestions

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Sorry for the blog absence, but internet connection has been intermittent since that Taiwan earthquake, am not sure if that is the real culprit or something is wrong with the services of Globe Telecoms. I have not succeeded so far in uploading pictures to my multiply account.

Here is my first podcast, hopefully adding more value to this site and its subscribers. But am still figuring out the plugin that will play the mp3 file on this blog. Any help is appreciated.

I also know there’s plenty of room to improve. Do let me know what you think.

The pdf of the podcast is also available here.

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