Center for Global Best Practices

You are a startup success.  Fine!  But if you want to achieve your big ambitions and sustain the continued growth of your family business, you need to professionalize it the RIGHT way.  Businesses go through stages of development from new venture, expansion and growth stage, then comes professionalization.  This is according to Dr. Eric Flamholtz of the highly acclaimed book, “Growing Pains”. The new venture and expansion stages constitute the entrepreneurial phase of organizational development.  It is during these two stages of growth that the classic skills of entrepreneurship are most relevant.  It is also during this phase that the need to make the transition from entrepreneurship to an entrepreneurially oriented, professionally-managed organization begins to occur.  Those family businesses who are able to transition successfully experience a more rewarding and fulfilling journey in growing their businesses.  How to professionalize is the challenge of most family businesses. 

When do you know it’s time to set an internal audit function for your business? An internal audit group or a person is essential as soon as you start delegating key functions to other people such as finance, cash disbursements and receipts, procurement of inventories, maintenance, and even marketing. Someone has to review if the work is done right and complying with policies and procedures to ensure that no cheating, fraud or abuse is happening.  The Center for Global Best Practices is launching this special CPD-accredited program entitled, “ Best Practices on How to Set Up an Internal Audit System ” on Thursday and Friday, May 19 & 20, 2016 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines.  For details and a complete list of seminars including Best Practices for Audit Committees, you may log on to www.cgbp.org or contact program leader Lara Magnait via email lara@cgbp.org; Manila landlines 842-7148/ 59 & 556-8968/ 69 or Cebu lines: (032) 512-3106/ 07; Baguio

How do you deal effectively with expats and foreigners? This program becomes even more relevant given the ongoing ASEAN integration where we expect more interaction with more foreigners. Understanding cultural diversity is your key to success whether you are communicating, dealing and negotiating with people of different nationalities whether they are your colleagues or bosses at work, clients or stakeholders in business, or even partners in life or in-laws. The Center for Global Best Practices presents will host a one-day special seminar entitled, " Filipinos' Guide in Handling Expatriates and Foreigners ” to be held on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the EDSA Shangri-la Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines.  This will feature the best practices and global gold standard in cultural diversity training that will provide you with authoritative research studies and proven practical ways to give you a deeper understanding of how to effectively work and interact with people fro

You cannot learn what you cannot memorize and you can definitely maximize learning, improve your grades and excel in class comes school opening if you can memorize better. The Center for Global Best Practices is launching its Super Memory program summer class for you and your children.  The learning methods that will be taught is proven to boost one’s ability to memorize effectively by 100% to 200% more! Have your children spend their vacation wisely by enrolling them in a three Saturday-sessions workshop on “ Super Memory Program for Students & Parents ” scheduled on May 14, 21 and 28, 2016 at The 5-star Bellevue Hotel in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, PhilippinesFor details and a complete list of super memory programs including Super Memory for Executives and Professionals , Super Memory for Law Students and Lawyers , and more, you may log on to www.cgbp.org or call (+63 2) 842-7148/ 59 and 556-8968/ 69, Cebu lines (+63 32) 512-3106 or 07, Baguio line (+63 74) 423-5148 and Lega