MANILA, Nov. 23 (PNA) — Best-selling author and leadership coach Dr. Barry Posner led the string of speakers who shared best practices in human resource management and organization development during the first in the series of leadership events organized by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) held recently at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Makati City.
The Leadership Series aims at upgrading the competence of the country’s human capital, specifically in the public sector.
“The conduct of such events mirrors CSC’s dedication to develop people, empower agencies, and translate government services into drivers of citizen satisfaction. I believe that the reforms we have and continue to put in place are now working because this time, we are focusing on the development of the people in government,” said CSC Chairman Francisco T. Duque III.
The Human Capital Report released by the World Economic Forum in 2013 underscored that the key to the future of any country or any institution lies in the talent, skills and capabilities of its people. This is why countries are investing in developmental initiatives to capacitate their human capital as studies show its effects on productivity. For its part, the Philippines shows promise as it ranked 66th out of the 122 countries surveyed. It garnered top scores for the education and gender gap indicators as well as a strong 15th rank for economic participation.
Aside from CSC Chairman Duque and Dr. Posner, other resource speakers for the Leadership Series were Associate Director Cheryl Lim of the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU) of the Prime Minister’s Department of Malaysia; and Dr. Antonio C. Roldan Jr., lead consultant/workshop facilitator from the Department of Public Works and Highways.
The Leadership Series will be held quarterly to gather public sector leaders and will serve as venue to provide them with updates and emerging trends in the field of human resource management, leadership and organization development.
It is a learning and development intervention developed by the CSC’s external training arm, the Civil Service Institute (CSI), and is equivalent to eight hours of credited leadership and management training for successful participants.
For more information on succeeding events, please contact CSC’s CSI at telephone numbers (02) 931-4182, (02) 931-8019, (02) 951-4724, (02) 951-2572, and (02) 931-8047, or email training@webmail.csc.gov.ph.(PNA)