Expats' guide to managing local markets

MANILA, Philippines - How do you really deal with Filipino white-collar and blue-collar workers most effectively? Win them to your side and you have the most loyal and productive people in your company. Handle them the wrong way and you have conspiracy, sabotage, discontent, and de-motivation that all lead to dismal performance and low productivity. Whether you are handling one or 1,000 of them, there is a right way to manage your people successfully.

The Center for global Best Practices, in collaboration with ITAP International – the specialists in doing business internationally and across borders and cultures – presents the premier launch of this one-and-a-half day special seminar titled, “Expats’ Guide to Managing People in the Philippines” to be held on Aug. 16 and 17 at the Peninsula Hotel, Makati City. This will feature the best practices and global gold standard in cultural diversity training that will help locals and expats of different cultures in knowing how to lead people effectively, communicate clearly, negotiate more successfully, work harmoniously with culturally diverse teams and gain more respect from subordinates, peers and superiors. For details and a complete list of seminars, log on to www.cgbp.org or call (02) 556-8968/69, Cebu lines: (032) 512-3106/07 or Baguio line: (074) 423-5148.

Lecturers in this program include Marie Segura who has done extensive cultural awareness programs in various multinational organizations in the Asia-Pacific region including Deutsche Bank and ADB. She is a certified culture coach specialist of ITAP International and is also the official Ken Blanchard leadership programs global facilitator. Ramon M. de Leon, formerly managing director of Ayala Corp., under the Office of the Lead Director for Infrastructure will provide many practical examples of his experiences dealing with locals and expats during his stint with various Ayala-owned subsidiaries such as Globe Telecom, Manila Water, IMI and BPI Family Bank.