Events History

People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) 45th Annual Conference

Theme: "People Make the Difference"

September 24-26, 2008

Baguio Country Club, Baguio City

People Make the Difference

PMAP annual conference is a once-a-year opportunity for executives to gather with some of the best minds and the emerging thought leaders in people management. This year, some 1,500 executives attended the conference. Ms. Leah Zveglich, Managing Partner of AIMS International Philippines delivered a session on "Best Practices in Executive Coaching" with Ms. Mary Grace "Miget" Perez, Learning & Development Manager for Asia Pacific Region for Abbott Laboratories. More than 500 people attended the session in spite of storm.

Leah showed her "big picture" of using executive coaching as a vehicle to raise economic competitiveness of the Philippines by developing highly competent leaders through executive coaching and these leaders leading high performing organization contributing to economic growth. She shared her vision of making Philippines a country of top global executives and executive coaches. After Leah shared her insights on when and how to introduce executive coaching in organizations, Miget shared her experience of introducing executive coaching to Abbott as a part of Talent Management program.

Leah and Miget are working together for Abbott Philippines' Talent Management program since September 2007. The program was initially resisted by the management as it was seen unnecessary and too costly. Once the program was introduced in a small scale and showed business results, the management provided the full support and championed the whole program. Miget shared critical success factors based on her experience such as trust, partnership, support from the top management, celebrating small wins, etc. Abbott Philippines saw drastic results in people's moral, engagement level, performance and career outlook.

After the presentation, many participants were keen on learning more about executive coaching and talent management.

AIMS Annual Meeting

September 11-12, 2008

Capetown, South Africa

People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) Cebu 8th Regional Conference

Theme: "HR - Triumph Over the Season"

June 24-25, 2008

Waterfront Hotel, Lahug, Cebu City

Session: "Performance Review Workshop: What Gets Measured, Gets Managed"

Leah Zveglich

AIMS Asia Pacific Regional Meeting

Topic: “Talent Management in Asia Pacific Region”

June 2008

Shanghai, China

2008 ISACA Manila Conference

March 10-11, 2008

The Crowne Philippine Plaza Philippines

Session: "Aligning Business and IT Strategies and Measuring IT Performance Using IT Balanced Scorecard"

Leah Zveglich

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Career Development Information Session for Spouses

The session was especially designed for the spouses of the ADB professional staff who were relocated to the Philippines and are considering re-starting their career. About 30 spouses attended and they found the information eye-opening and useful. They wished the session was longer. Several of them had a follow-up meeting where they had discussion with Leah Zveglich on their career development.

March 5, 2008

Mandaluyong, Philippines

Session: “Jump Start Your Career in a Foreign Country”

Leah Zveglich

Pharma HR Group Learning Session

Josefina Paule, Marketing Director and Mary Grace Perez, Learning & Development Manager of Abbott Laboratories Philippines presented their case study on successful implementation of talent management program and their personal experience of executive coaching.

February 20, 2008

Makati, Philippines

Session: “Talent Management & Executive Coaching for Performance Results”

Leah Zveglich

2nd Annual Call Center Conference

Theme: “Tomorrow's Trends in Today’s Training”

Industry experts shared valuable information on three major tracks in training Needs, Techniques and Results. Leah Zveglich shared her insights on the most recommended leadership development approach worldwide—Executive Coaching. Attendees realized how coaching impacts talents and how it significantly improves talent management in their organization.

February 20, 2008

Mandaluyong, Philippines

Session: “My Boss Needs Coaching Too!”

Leah Zveglich