Center for Global Best Practices

A meeting loses its value and wastes time if it is not documented in the correct manner. With the current climate of greater accountability of board directors and management in decisions made during meetings, every organization needs trained experts with the right skills to take minutes effectively. To make your meetings efficient and its outcomes effective, the Center for Global Best Practices will host a rerun of its best-selling program entitled, “ Masterclass on Writing Minutes of Meetings ”  on Friday, June 22, 2018 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines.  This pioneering program will teach you the best practices in minutes taking and provide you vital information on the legal guidelines, and regulations on meetings mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This program is for members of the board, directors, corporate secretaries, management committees, minute takers and anyone who would like to document and to formalize their m...

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 a...

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 a...

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 a...

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 healt...

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 appli...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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. Bu...