Center for Global Best Practices

While financial analysis makes sense, it is not enough to afford the management and the board of directors of any organization the value-adding attributes that are required to strategically position a business and take advantage of the opportunities for growth. With this, the Center for Global Best Practices will host a pioneering program entitled, Best Practices in Managing Financial Performance to be held on Thursday and Friday, October 25 & 26, 2018 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. This two-day seminar goes beyond the technical and routine financial analytical ratios that can be easily derived at using the data in the financial statements. It provides the participants an opportunity to think more strategically and focus on the significant aspects of managing the financial performance of a business. It covers the tools and techniques in using financial data to set the business strategic goals, plan for relevant business activities, and come up wi...

People judge you when you use poor grammar in written and spoken words. In a corporate setting, mastery of the English grammar to communicate effectively can open new doors and more opportunities for you and your organization. As non-native speakers of English and as we advance in age, we tend to have lapses in our rules of grammar.  There is no shame in relearning your English! With the clamor of many of those who want to master their English, the Center for Global Best Practices will feature its best-selling program entitled, Refresher Course on Business English scheduled on Thursday and Friday, September 13 & 14, 2018 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. This two-day back-to-basics intensive program will help you refresh your memory and re-sharpen your skills to master the world’s language for business. This training is guaranteed to bring back that zing, whether you are writing an article, composing a letter, crafting a proposal, editing...

If you want to have an effective, efficient and systematic conduct of meetings, use the proven and globally recognized parliamentary procedures that define the rules of order on meetings.  One who has mastery of it, will have more productive meetings, deliberations, debates and crafting of policies. To help the presiding officers, directors, members of the board in officiating committee, board and stockholders’ meetings, the Center for Global Best Practices will host a program entitled, How to Use Parliamentary Procedures for Effective Meetings on Friday, August 31, 2018 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. This comprehensive training will cover important topics such as How to Conduct Meetings and Sessions, Rules on Quorum, Order of Business, Debates, Voting Committees and their reports, Rules of Order and Standing Rules and many more. This program will also focus on the different kinds of motions, and resolutions. Attending participants will gain con...

In a survey conducted by the largest accounting firm in the world, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 54% of Philippine companies experienced economic crimes and fraud in the last two years. According to the 2018 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey, asset misappropriation (53%) ranked one on the list of economic crimes experienced by companies, followed by business misconduct (38%), procurement fraud (35%) and accounting fraud (29%). Don’t let any of these happen to your organization! To save your companies from millions of preventable losses, the Center for Global Best Practices will host a program entitled, “ Best Practices in Implementing Effective Business Controls ” scheduled on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. This one-day training will teach you the best practices of setting up, maintaining and managing internal control as part of company risk management strategy. Determine how you can improve internal control to boost sustainab...

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 co...