Center for Global Best Practices

A crucial part of a board’s effectiveness is to fully understand the function of its audit committee whose chairmanship is normally assigned to a board director. With the SEC’s mandatory requirement for corporations’ board of directors to practice good corporate governance comes the importance of having a functioning audit committee headed by a member of the board.  With this in consideration, the Center for Global Best Practices has come up with a program called “ Board Directors’ Guide for Audit Committees ” to help board chairpersons, directors, members of top management, CFOs, auditors, and accountants understand what audit committees do and don’t do. The event will be held on July 21 & 22, 2011 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City. This CPE-accredited program is a very useful guide that includes the top 10 best practices for audit committees, how to craft the working program and agenda aligned with the audit committee charter, how it should relate to the board and h

A crucial part of a board’s effectiveness is to fully understand the function of its audit committee whose chairmanship is normally assigned to a board director. With the SEC’s mandatory requirement for corporations’ board of directors to practice good corporate governance comes the importance of having a functioning audit committee headed by a member of the board.  With this in consideration, the Center for Global Best Practices has come up with a program called “ Board Directors’ Guide for Audit Committees ” to help board chairpersons, directors, members of top management, CFOs, auditors, and accountants understand what audit committees do and don’t do. The event will be held on July 21 & 22, 2011 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City. This CPE-accredited program is a very useful guide that includes the top 10 best practices for audit committees, how to craft the working program and agenda aligned with the audit committee charter, how it should relate to the board and h

A crucial part of a board’s effectiveness is to fully understand the function of its audit committee whose chairmanship is normally assigned to a board director. With the SEC’s mandatory requirement for corporations’ board of directors to practice good corporate governance comes the importance of having a functioning audit committee headed by a member of the board.  With this in consideration, the Center for Global Best Practices has come up with a program called “ Board Directors’ Guide for Audit Committees ” to help board chairpersons, directors, members of top management, CFOs, auditors, and accountants understand what audit committees do and don’t do. The event will be held on July 21 & 22, 2011 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City. This CPE-accredited program is a very useful guide that includes the top 10 best practices for audit committees, how to craft the working program and agenda aligned with the audit committee charter, how it should relate to the board and h

In relation to the growing problems on illegal dwellers in the country, the Center for Global Best Practices is holding a seminar called “ Property Owners’ Guide on How to Eject Squatters Effectively ” to help property owners reclaim their lands. This one day seminar is a definitive guide on how to efficiently utilize ejectment actions and available provisional remedies as effective tools in the speedy recovery of your land and/ or building. This CEP-accredited program is especially crafter for property owners and brokers, land developers, bankers and financiers, lawyers and lessors, building administrators, law enforcement officers, business consultants, anyone seeking an effective solution to illegal tenants and dwellers. The lecture will include special laws of great concern to land owners and developers such as Republic Act No. 6552 (Maceda Law) that governs sales on instalment of real property; Presidential Decree No. 1517 (Urban Land Reform Law); Republic Act No. 7279 (Lina La

Fake financial transactions, embezzlements, fraud and theft are some of the most rampant and leading causes of losses & business failures due to weak and ineffective internal controls. To help businesses and board directors avoid these threats in their businesses, the Center for Global Best Practices is conducting a seminar on “ Best Practices in Financial Processes and Controls ” on July 1, 2011 at The Peninsula Manila,  Makati City. This one-day seminar will present best practices in how to design and implement controls that will safeguard assets, enhance integrity of financial reports, and protect industries from business operational risks. Discussions will include best practices framework on financial processes and controls, operational policies, and business examples.  This seminar will cater to business leaders, board directors, entrepreneurs, CFOs, accountants, stakeholders,  consultants, MNCs, SMEs, and cooperatives. To speak on this seminar is Mr. Roderick M. Danao, CP

As a business decision-maker, it is important to know how to read financial statements and interpret the numbers correctly in order to make right decisions for your business. This is also important to make sense of financial ratios and detect if there are inconsistencies in financial reports.  Because of the need for board directors and business decision makers to know this, the Center for Global Best Practices will conduct  a seminar called “ How to Really Read Financial Statements ” on June 23 & 24, 2011 at The Peninsula Manila, Makati City. This two-day seminar will teach you all that including how to spot important issues and ask intelligent questions in management and board meetings. This user-friendly format will teach you to understand not only balance sheets, income and cash flow statements, but also how to interpret those footnotes and disclosures on audit reports. You will learn how to make sense of those financial ratios and analysis to know if you have a healthy busine

The Center for Global Best Practices will be conducting a seminar entitled “ Mastering English: For Law Students & Bar Examinees ” on Tuesday & Wednesday, May 24 & 25, 2011 at the Pearl Manila Hotel. The principal job of a lawyer and a professional is to communicate and persuade and English is their primary weapon in accomplishing this mission. The proficiency in communicating in this language is indispensable in law school and in the actual law and professional practice. Correct grammar and English usage are critical in writing with clarity, precision, and conciseness.  This seminar is designed to boost and improve one’s ability to write, express, and speak English clearly.  For more details, visit www.cgbp.org or call (02) 556-8968/69 (Manila) or (032) 512-3106 or 512-3107 (Cebu) . This pioneering program seeks to fill the need of law students and professionals in increasing their command of the English language, as well as legal writing. This program is applicable to

The Center for Global Best Practices (CGBP) is holding a special seminar entitled “ Best Practices In Family Business Governance & Family Constitutions ” scheduled on June 9 & 10, 2011 at the Peninsula Hotel, Makati City. The most successful family businesses that lasted for generations have the right family governance system and a solid family constitution.  To run the family business successfully, it is important to first manage all family business stakeholders effectively.  Having the right family governance framework is the answer.  It’s been proven worldwide that those family owned companies who have instituted the right family governance system are stronger and more united as a family in business, better at resolving conflicts, more competitive compared to others, are able to rapidly grow their businesses, have faster and better quality of decisions and more effective with their board and stakeholders. Resolving conflicts and uniting family members is commonly a major

If everybody’s nose can grow like Pinocchio’s whenever they cheat or lie, the world will be a safer place. But real-life liars and cheaters hide behind the façade of truth and sincerity that cannot easily be detected by the common person. Don't be fooled again! Attend the Center for Global Best Practices' seminar on “ Best Practices Guide in Profiling Liars and Cheaters ” on May 27, 2011 at the New World Hotel, Makati Cit y. This will help you prevent losses and avoid and mitigate dangers and risks in your work, business, and family life by having the power to detect cheaters and liars. This one-time seminar will let you fool proof yourself from the bad, the evil and the ugly. You will be exposed to the scientific and proven ways on how lying can be detected so no one can take advantage of nor fool you again. You will be able to identify who are honest and who are not, who are fake friends or real friends. Learn strategies and interviewing skills to unearth the truth! Thi

What do you do when the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) your establishment according to their Oplan Kandado campaign or when they enforce auction on your property for tax collection? Understand the BIR’s bases of assessment in such matters, and learn how to create a protest letter. Attend the Center for Global Best Practices’ seminar on “ Tax Rights and Remedies for SMEs and Large Taxpayers ” on June 2 & 3, 2011 and learn your rights as a taxpayer. This program will focus on the remedial actions a taxpayer can take from an administrative, judicial, procedural, and substantive perspective. Case facts will be presented to get a full understanding of the latest Supreme Court and Court of Tax Appeal rulings on different tax issues. This seminar caters to business owners, entrepreneurs, board directors, management teams, lawyers, CPAs & auditors, tax practitioners, and anyone who is interested to know how to handle and solve tax issues and problems. The resource speaker f

A new overseas employment law, which serves as the new bible of the overseas manpower industry , has recently taken effect and will have a huge impact on land and sea-based recruiters, insurers, and stakeholders in overseas employment. The new law, also known as Republic Act 10022 and has been implemented since May 2010, has unfortunately spurred confusion among the recruitment community since several changes have been made with the old law which was Republic 8042. The effects of committing errors regarding this new law can be time-consuming and very costly. Avoid committing these costly mistakes! Register for the " New Overseas Employment Law " on April 14 & 15, 2011 at the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong. The seminar will feature government authorities who will teach you what you have to know so that you can completely align your policies, procedures and processes in performing business correctly. The changes in prominent provisions will be highlighted, and actu

Good communication skills in English is very important for lawyers or aspiring lawyers if they want get high grades in law school and excel in their professional practice.  Since their main job is to persuade and communicate, excellent English communication skills is their ultimate weapon.  A lot of law professors and bar examiners have observed that most law students and bar examinees are deficient in English. This often results to flunking in their subjects in law school, and ultimately, the bar exam. Lawyers need to write with clarity, precision, and conciseness; that is why correct grammar and English usage is very critical.  After all, how can you convince a judicial court with faltering talk? Your communication skills say a lot about you – and how confident you are about your case. And what your clients perceive you to be solely depends on what you are able to communicate with them.  If you think you need help in writing, expressing and speaking clearly in English, you must d

A lot of companies often experience disputes and misunderstandings because of miscalculations or errors in employee compensation and benefits.  How can you avoid and eventually end this problem? By proper planning. As a solution to these incessant employer-employee concerns, the Center for Global Best Practices will be holding a seminar called “ Best Practices in Employee Compensation and Benefits Planning ” . This will be held on May 18 & 19, 2011 at the New World Hotel, Makati City. This two-day solutions-oriented seminar will give you a tour on the basics and best practices on legal compensation - from hours of work, rest days to payment of wages, incentives and computation of salaries, as well as the twists and variations of important jurisprudence and recent laws on compensation and benefits. Benchmark with the model compensation schemes of world-class organizations. Speakers on this seminar, namely: Atty. Elvin Villanueva, Atty. Joselito Chan, CPA, and Mr. Ramon de Leon

It’s very easy to find a seminar in the Philippines . With lots of seminar providers in the country, you will find countless to choose from. But finding a good seminar is a different thing. If what you’re seeking is something that will give you real value, there’s more to think about. A good quality seminar is equivalent to a good investment; hence, it takes a bit of careful planning and scrutinizing to end up with the best one. Things to consider: The subject.   The first thing you need to consider is the subject matter of the seminar. You don’t want to participate in something that you’re not interested in. Before you register for a seminar, make sure that it will cover what you’re expecting. Some people don’t know if a certain seminar fits what they need. The best thing to do is to ask the seminar provider. The seminar provider . Since there are a lot of seminar providers in the Philippines , they will have their own methods and techniques of building up their names. But ho

The Center for Global Best Practices is holding a seminar in Cebu in line with the new changes in International Commercial Terms (INCOTERMS) by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The new set of rules has been effective since January 2011. The seminar called “ INCOTERMS 2010: New International Rules in the Interpretation of Trade Terms ” is designed to help exporters and importers, traders, bankers, insurers, freight forwarders and carriers in the Cebu and neighboring areas get updated and acquainted with the new set of rules. This one-time event will be held on March 25, 2011 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu City. The scope of the seminar includes the carriage of goods between seller & buyer, the export and import clearance requirements, the allocation of costs between seller & buyer, the acquisition of cargo insurance, and the assumption of risks for loss and damage. Victor Tan, MBA, (Strathclyde), ACIB, MInstAM , an authority in the field of trading and

In the light of the "Recent Financial Crisis", some exporters and importers deliberately include discrepancies in their Letters of Credit (LC) documentation to renegotiate the terms and prices of the trade transactions, to the disadvantage of the other party.   To save importers and exporters from falling into pitfalls, tricks, and traps in LC operations, The Center for Global Best Practices is conducting a seminar called “Best Practices in Letters of Credit” on May 5 & 6, 2011 at the New World Hotel in Makati City, Philippines.  This seminar will teach participants the practical steps in issuing proper LCs and how they work, what to do to avoid pitfalls, and actions to take in cases of discrepancies. It will also cover new regulations (and the application of UCP 600) involving Letters of Credit.  This special program will also present easy-to-understand case studies and samples to highlight best practices pointers and tips, including topics such as cost saving areas

Corporate housekeeping refers to the multitude of services that a lawyer and a corporate secretary need to perform for a corporate entity. It is what every corporation needs to do and to know to function well. Since this is a very important aspect that corporations need to understand and apply, the Center for Global Best Practices (CGBP) has come up with a very valuable program to help them perform better. If your goal is to function better as a corporate secretary, you are invited to participate in CGBP's  "Best Practices in Corporate Housekeeping" seminar to be held on April 28 and 29, 2011 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong, City, Metro Manila. This MCLE-accredited seminar will be a 1.5-day session. The seminar will equip board directors and lawyers the knowledge and professional skills on how to be an effective corporate secretary and how to perform the functions of corporate housekeeping. Whether you are a lawyer servicing a corporate client, a

Are you an aspiring lawyer who wants to make it to the top in law school? Maximize your investment in time, money and effort by learning from the best! To help you move your way to the top, the Center for Global Best Practices will conduct a seminar-workshop titled " How to Excel in Law School " on April 16 and 17, 2011 at the Pearl Manila Hotel in Ermita, Manila.  This pre-law program is uniquely tailored to meet the goal of surviving and excelling in law school as well as topping the bar exam thereafter. This unique course is specially designed to teach you all the proven techniques on how to really excel in class. Have a great start in law school, be ahead of the game and have a real edge by knowing the best kept secrets and study techniques of no. 1 bar topnotchers and valedictorians who will share their rich experiences on how to be the best. The two-day seminar-workshop will showcase the best practices in digesting and analyzing complex laws and

The Center for Global Best Practices will be conducting a seminar on “ Best Practices in Manualization of School HR Policies ” on April 7 and 8, 2011 at the Peninsula Manila in Makati City, Philippines.   This special program is a comprehensive guide for school owners, administrators and HR practitioners on how to create properly and systematically a working manual and handbook of HR policies that is aligned with existing education and labor laws as well as with CHED and DEPED regulations. Designing a manual and a handbook are two of the most difficult and biggest challenges of schools. This program can make it easy for you. Attending this will save you precious money and time to put it together. This seminar will equip you with the right tools, templates and best practices techniques to get it accomplished. For those with existing manuals and handbooks, it’s important to update it with the new regulations. Schools that are serious about institutionalizing and professionalizing their

Are you looking forward to maximize your tax savings? If you are a multinational company doing business in the Philippines  or a Philippine company doing business in another country, there are a lot of ways to do it using tax treaties.   In a seminar called " Maximizing Your Tax Savings Using Tax Treaties " organized by the Center for Global Best Practices, you will learn to use these tax treaties as a way to maximize your tax savings for the benefit of your company and your expatriates assigned overseas. This seminar will be held on March 30 and 31, 2011 at the New World Hotel in Makati. Topics include territories, persons, and taxes covered by the treaties; relief from double taxation; transfer pricing; how to save taxes on your business profits, real and personal properties, investment income including dividends, interest and royalties; employment and personal services income of executives and other top-level officials; and fees of directors, artists, athletes, traine

Good news to all businessmen who really want to succeed in their PPP projects! The Center for Global Best practices is conducting the second series of the seminar in " Public-Private Partnerships in BOT & JV Projects ". This event will take place on March 17 & 18, 2011 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City, Philippines. In Series 1 of our PPP (Public-Private Partnerships) seminar, we taught you how to structure your deals effectively. In this 1.5-day seminar (Series 2), our expert practitioners will teach you how to succeed in your PPP deals by learning how to package feasibility studies, craft the right terms of reference in your bid documents, pursue unsolicited proposals the right way, formulate technical bids, compute financial bids, prepare for bidding and negotiations, learn the auditing rules and monitor project implementation. We will provide you with model PPP contract provisions, useful templates and present to you best practices tips, techni

A new set of rules on INCOTERMS  (International Commercial Terms) -  shipping terms used for land, air and sea - in all trade transactions have been effective since January 2011. This will be implemented globally. If you are an exporter, importer, trader, banker, insurer or involved in carriers and freight forwarders, you need to be aware of these changes because they will have a huge impact on trade documentation and critical implications for your business. Especially, this concerns the carriage of goods between seller/buyer, the export and import clearance requirements, the allocation of costs between seller & buyer, the acquisition of cargo insurance, and the assumption of risks for loss and damage. If you are able to understand these rules and incorporate their use in sales contracts, you will avoid uncertainties, errors, and costly mistakes in the interpretations created in a trade transaction. These rules are for those involved in international trade transactions and for

Is your 2010 financial statement already aligned with the new accounting rules for SMEs ? If not, then you should start working on it because the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will be strictly checking financial reports of SMEs (corporations with assets of P3M to P350M and liabilities of P3M to P250M) for the first time in April 2011. Good news! To help corporations who have not yet adopted the new standards, the Center for Global Best Practices will be conducting the last run of the CPE-accredited seminar entitled "New Accounting  Rules for Small and Medium Entities (SMEs)". This will save you from SEC penalties and costly reworks for your financial report. You can catch the seminar on March 4, 2011, 9 am to 5 pm at the Peninsula Manila. This seminar will feature Atty. Ma. Gracia Casals-Diaz, CPA who is a general accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Her office is in-charge of reviewing all financial reports of SME corporations to ensure

The Center for Global Best Practices is organizing a seminar on " Academic Ranking and HR Incentive Planning " which is intended for educators, lawyers, school owners and administrators, HR managers, and directors. This event will be held at the EDSA-Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City on February 3 & 4, 2011. This 2–day special seminar aims to provide school owners and administrators as well as their HR managers with the knowledge and right practices on how to rank their faculty in keeping with the mandate of the CHED and as basis for a viable compensation system. Professionalize your institution by establishing a ranking system. It resolves your pay scale issues and addresses the root causes of labor dispute, poor performance, job dissatisfaction, fast employee turnover and drop in productivity. It’s a must for schools that want to improve. Participants will learn the best practices and pitfalls to avoid in crafting a ranking system for your schools. Examples a