Your Influence Matters

Do you want to make a positive impact on the lives of others but you think that you are not influential enough? Wherever you are in your company’s organization chart, there are colleagues, customers and even superiors who look up to you and have confidence in you.

You have more power than you think. You are a leader, regardless of your rank – your influence matters.

On 9 November 2006, we invite you to join us in Your Influence Matters. A talk meant to help us recognize that even in our current positions and assignments, we can work on leaving a legacy, which is far more important than any position or possession.

Conducting the talk is Mr. BJ Sebastian, currently the Director of Corporate Planning for JG Summit Holdings. One of the faculty members of the Asian Theological Seminary’s MBA program, he also holds the following credentials:

Master in Business Management, Asian Institute of Management, Manila; Master in Divinity (Candidate), Asian Theological Seminary; Bachelor of Arts in Economics, University of the Philippines

• Corporate Planning Director, JG Summit Holdings, Inc.
• Pastor, Paranaque Bible Christian Church
• Former chief corporate strategist, PSI technologies
• Former chief planning officer, RFM Corporation
• Past Director of planning, Department of Trade and Industries
  

This will be at the Easton Center For Management Studies at the AIC Gold Tower, Emerald Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

Donor passes are available in Php 250, 500 and 1,000.

Hope to see you there.
For inquiries call +632.413.5706, +63917.811.5017, or send us an email at cccastellon@gmail.com.

Your Journey To Success

How do you define success? These days the answer seems obvious. Success means accumulating wealth, acquiring status and being famous. Still to others, you’re the ultimate success if you’ve garnered the most number of possessions (some call them toys).

But there are some who believe that success means leaving behind a legacy worth more than material things. Being successful means leaving your mark by shaping the lives of the next generation. To do this means leading them to the right path and teaching them to recognize what is truly right.

And in order to be effective it is necessary to recognize your true calling and to discover your gifts.

Last 5 October 2006, Lifebridge, Inc. presented “The Success Journey” at the Ortigas Foundation last 5 October 2006. Eduardo Fuentebella, Jr., a life coach and the marketing manager of the highly successful Planet Infinity, the only 24-hour gym in the Philippines, delivered the talk.

Guests from Mitsubishi Electric/Int’l Elevator and Equipment, The Body Shop, Every Home For Christ, International School of Theology-Asia (ISOT-Asia), Western Union Philippines, Getz Pharma, Manila Bulletin and Eli Lilly Philippines attended the talk.

The success journey is about listening and discovering your calling, your “sweet spot”. It is about finding out what excites you and how to use this in the service of the Lord.

Coming up on 9 November 2006: Your Influence Matters, a talk to inspire you and to motivate you. A call to action. Whatever rank you have, whatever your position may be you have more influence than you think. Wherever you are in the organization chart, there are people who have confidence in you and believe in what you can achieve. Your leadership matters to them.

The featured speaker will be Mr. BJ Sebastian, Corporate Planning Director of JG Summit Holdings, Inc. This will be at the Easton Center For Management Studies at the AIC Gold Tower, Emerald Avenue, Ortigas, Quezon City. Hope to see you there.

For inquiries call +632.413.5706, +63917.811.5017, or send us an email at cccastellon@gmail.com.

 

Excellence Replaces Competition by Howard Butt, Jr.

From a talk called “Competition and Servant Leadership” delivered on July 30, 1999, at the Laity Lodge Leadership Retreat in Leakey, Texas

Excellence comes from the Father. “Be therefore perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect” (Matt 5:48). We will never be perfect. But as we strain toward higher and higher standards, we can do excellent work.I learned years ago in the grocery business that the replacement for competitiveness in Christian life is excellence. Instead of trying to beat down the competition, I try to be the very best that I can be. I believe that is the way to fullness and satisfaction in organizational life—to allow excellence to replace our competitiveness.

Ask yourself, In what ways do I struggle with competitiveness in my workplace? How can I replace my competitiveness with excellence?