Center for Global Best Practices

According to Ellis Davison, entrepreneur and regular contributor to Macworld & TidBITS, the three most important factors to determine your business success are COST, REVENUE and PROFIT. Your business may show a high revenue, but if your costs are higher, there will be no profit. If capital runs out, your business is destined to declare bankruptcy. Achieve competitive advantage for your organization through cost leadership! The Center for Global Best Practices is launching a two-day training entitled, Best Practices in Managing Cost and Profit to be held on Wednesday and Thursday, March 27 & 28, 2019 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. This two-day training seeks to enhance knowledge and skills of CEOs, CFOs, finance directors and managers, comptrollers, financial analysts, budget officers, bookkeepers, entrepreneurs and anyone dealing with managing cost and profit across the value chain of a business. This program will teach you the process of ...

Delays in construction permits and clearances arise due to the conflicting interpretation of the Building Code of the Philippines among the government authoriti es, technical professionals, property owners and developers. It is time set the records straight! The Center for Global Best Practices will host a training entitled, “ Property Developers’ Guide to the Building Code IRR of the Philippines ” to be held on Wednesday & Thursday, March 20 & 21, 2019 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. This two-day program is designed to provide a clear guideline to the 2005 IRR of the Building Code of the Philippines. This training is to help different stakeholders align their referral codes in architecture, structure, plumbing, electronics, sanitation, electrical, mechanical and interior design to the building code. Attendees will learn valuable insights on how to fast track building permits, updates on the latest government issuances, memoranda, and decided...

You may have your HR policies and contracts in order, but do you have an effective code of discipline aligned with the updated labor laws?  The code of discipline is your manual that defines the penalties for violation of company policies.  It is the common point of reference for the employer when disciplinary or legal actions may be taken on the part of wayward and rogue employees. To help the management and HR practitioners implement discipline on their organizations, the Center for Global Best Practices will host a special training entitled, Legal Best Practices in Crafting your HR Code of Discipline to be held on Friday, December 7, 2018 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. This one-day training will teach you how to design and craft your code of discipline – the right way . Learn the best practices on how to prepare, establish and implement disciplinary policies guaranteed to promote professionalism, industrial harmony and ward off any te...

Having effective board directors translate to good corporate governance and better business performance.  To help board directors and key officers of public and publicly-listed firms align themselves with global standard on effective governance and comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mandated requirement to attend a corporate governance program to be eligible for election or re-election in the board or assume key positions in management, the Center for Global Best Practices (CGBP) will host a training entitled, Corporate Governance: Board Effectiveness Best Practices to be held on Friday, November 9, 2018 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. This one-day special corporate governance program is designed to address two important issues:  (1) To provide capacity building for board directors by presenting to them the global best practices in board effectiveness drawn from the most updated global research of the largest acc...

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...