Coffee houses in Europe and America have traditionally been venues for the free exchange of ideas between and among individuals, regardless of their background. This coffee culture lives on and thrives here in the Philippines. People frequent cafés not only to enjoy their favorite coffee blend, but also to meet with friends for kuwentuhan or good conversation.

 

This spirit lives on at Café DDI, where fun, fellowship, and learning are brewing. Whether it’s enjoying a cup of coffee, or getting updates on the latest trends and issues in selection, training, succession andtalent management and HR solutions, or reconnecting with friends and fellow facilitators, Café DDI is the place to be.

 

Café DDI is a quarterly event exclusively for DDI-certified facilitators in client organizations. If you are a certified facilitator in Facilitation Skills, Interaction Management^®, Service Plus^®® or Targeted Selection^® ® and would like to receive invitations to Café DDI, please send an email to info.ph@ddiworld.com.

 

DDI's co-founder, Chairman , and CEO , Dr. Bill Byham was the Chief Barista as DDI Philippines celebrated its 30th year in January in the Philippines. In his talk entitled The Magic is in The Mix, Dr. Byham discussed how DDI facilitators and their learners can enjoy improved efficiency, greater flexibility, and even increased engagement in their leadership training initiatives by using a "blended" learning approach. Read more about Blended Learning here.

 

The summer sunshine brought fun and learning to Café DDI: Change Management. The event featured highlights from our courses Adapting to Change and Leading Change and pointers on how to manage change both personally and in their role as a leader. This quarter’s Café DDI also featured the dimensions of a Change Strategist.

Café DDI had another special Chief Barista in July--none other than: DDI's Senior Vice President of International Operations, David Tessmann-Keys.  In his presentation entitled Going Global: Do You Have the Right Leaders to Get You There?, David spoke about how irreversible the phenomenon of Globalization is and posed two questions about global leaders: Are they different? and Are they Born or Made? These leaders--called "Conductors"--have a special DNA that make s them special. David shared and pointers were given out on how to develop them Conductors by identifying and them, preparing them, and letting them loose.

 

Another highlight of this Café DDI was the debut presentation of the Global Leadership Forecast 2008|2009 results by Master Trainer Bing Manlapaz. These results were part of the DDI's global survey into from more than 13,000 leaders and HR professionals from around the world showed trends and recent current practices trends in leadership development worldwide. In partnership with the Management Association of the Philippines and the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPA/P), there were separate reports featuring the Philippine Highlights, as well the Philippine BPO Highlights. Click here to browse through the global and local reports.

We added a new twist to Café DDI’s regular blends: For the first time, we invited a guest speaker In a first for Café DDI, we invited to share expertise and insights. a guest speaker in the person of Dr. Edgardo Morato of who spoke about Self Mastery. Based on his book of the same title, Dr. Morato talked about achievement and success, and how both of these can be inhibited by our personal attributes. Overcoming these individual roadblocks or these individual peculiarities in order to maximize our potential is what Self Mastery is all about.

Ramon F. R. Medina, one-time PMAP Personnel Manager of the Year awardee and one of the first DDI-certified facilitators in the country, was Café DDI's special guest this quarter for December 2008. His presentation on talk, HR in Good Times and Bad, zeroed in on how HR professionals can become more strategic partners in their organizations, especially in today’s challenging and uncertain economic environment. Mr. Medina shared many invaluable insights and actual examples from his own vast experience to help DDI facilitators take charge of their development and transformation into strategic business advisers.