PEP Talk

January 20 – 21, 2009 is the schedule that we have for our Personal Effectiveness Program (PEP).

Our facilitators from HR were the following:

Ms. Gigi (Her real name is Dorothy, but when she checked the meaning of her name, it means “gift from God”. Hence, the 2 G’s from gift and God was combined.)

Mr. Anton (He’s real name is Antonio which he shared the literal meaning of his name is “flower”.)

Ms. Nona (No comment, she might not release my ATM card. Hahaha!)

About my own name (ahem!), my complete is Jeffrey Robin. Jeffrey, according to my beautiful mother, was from the character played by then child actor, Ian Veneracion in a sitcom starred by Joey de Leon as his father. The Robin is an English version of my father's name which is Ruben.

On the Performance scale of 1-10, with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest, I would personally rate the program an 8.

The highlights of the program for me are the following:

1) The PHARAOH (which stands for participation, honesty, awareness, respect, acceptance, openness, heart and humor) during the sharing.

2) The TEAMWORK challenge which includes that we are all blindfolded. It was great!

3) OMG! Someone just came OUT of the closet! Hehehe!

4) The POSITIVE comments each got from 24 people in the room, let me share some that was given to me:

a. “You deserve to be here! You have lots of ideas, I like it! Godspeed!”

b. “Your honesty set you apart from most men. Preserve your uniqueness because know that underneath your aloof exterior lies the heart of someone who cares about his fellow man.” - P

c. “Very outspoken and tactful… I like how go direct to the point, share your experiences and opinions… You are very goal oriented and potential leader. Hope you reach your dreams, Jef! Aja!”

d. “A person who is a director who always leads the class whenever it is needed. Speaks well infront of the class, inside view of experience like when you talk have or can talk about anything. Opinionated.”

I do made also a lot of POSITIVE comments as well. Most of them are in acronyms or rhyming. hehehe!

That really made me think that I have a future in Advertising...

Nursing and Advertising... why not?!

Perhaps I can join the SMCAD (Strategic Marketing and Corporate Affairs Division) of St. Luke's - Global City in the near future!