Center for Global Best Practices

With SECs 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.   This is one of the reasons why corporations are now focused on strengthening the effectiveness of their audit committees.  To address the clamour of board directors and management for a professional and formal training on this very important issue, the Center for Global Best Practices is re-running its yearly pioneering CPD-accredited best practices program entitled, Board Directors’ Guide for Audit Committees to be held on Wednesday and Thursday of July 6 & 7, 2016 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines This unique program is designed for board chairmen who must fully understand the functions and roles of audit committees to lead effectively, for the audit committee members and chair so they know what they must really do and not do, for the board directors

Achieving the right mental and emotional state is necessary for any level of success in any field of endeavor, whether it be business, personal or spiritual life.  Unfortunately, most of our mental and emotional faculties do not seem to be under our direct control.  We feel things that we would rather not.  We do things that we know are wrong or unproductive.  For example, we all know gossiping, back stabbing, favoritism, bias, deceit, and inauthenticity create a sick culture of negative politics in the office, and yet we find ourselves participating in it nonetheless.  This all happens because there are unconscious obstacles that seem to block our every move towards the life we want to live.  The problem is that in most cases, we are unaware that these obstacles are even operating.  We need to know what these are, if we are to be successful in building good relationships, a happy work and family life, and a successful business.  These are the things we need to know and accomplish

Accountants and lawyers can play a big role with providing services to public officials in the preparation of their Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth (SALN).  Many in government, especially the incoming newly elected ones, get into trouble because they are clueless about it.  More than 70% of public officials and government employees do not take to heart the preparation and filing of their SALNs when they should be. Many of them simply rely on their secretaries who are not skilled enough in preparing these really important documents. These days, we constantly hear news of public officials from national government agencies, GOCCs and LGUs suspended from office by the Ombudsman and convicted by the Sandiganbayan because of incorrect and erroneous SALN.  This has caused the downfall of leaders with their impeachment/ conviction and removal from office while others are in jail awaiting completion of their trial with their reputation sullied and destroyed – all acc