Build Teams The Filipino Way
Build Teams The Filipino Way
Discover how classic Filipino games like kadang-kadang, palo-sebo, and patintero can be adapted into powerful modern team building activities. Learn their mechanics, lessons for teamwork, and how to design fun yet transformational programs the Bayanihan Way.
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Discover the key difference between team bonding and team building. Learn why bonding builds friendships while team building shifts mindsets, develops skills, and drives performance. See examples, stories, and a practical table to guide your next program.
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Personal values shape your decisions, but when your values stay vague, you drift, people pressure you, and you regret choices you can’t take back. In this article, Jef Menguin shares 50 personal values examples (with Filipino translations) and the real behaviors that prove you live them. Use this to pick your top three values and share it with your team so values stop being posters and start becoming daily standards.
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Learn how to design an excellent team building program that transforms teams, not just entertains. Discover the Bayanihan Way—align goals, design immersive experiences, facilitate powerful debriefs, and sustain change with 30/60/90 projects.
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Most teams say “we’re committed,” but under pressure they default to shortcuts, silence, and blame—so trust cracks and performance drops. In this article, Jef Menguin shares a team building program example: Commitment to Each Other, designed to surface real behaviors and turn promises into practice. Use it as a ready blueprint, then share it with
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Trust is the glue that holds teams together. Without it, even the most talented individuals struggle to collaborate, communicate, and move as one. With it, ordinary teams achieve extraordinary results. As a trainer, I’ve seen how trust transforms people in workshops and in real workplaces. At the start of a program, participants may sit quietly,
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Palo-Sebo team building turns a classic Filipino fiesta game into a slippery test of grit, trust, and teamwork—and it quickly exposes who climbs alone and who lifts others. In this article, Jef Menguin shows safer, modern versions you can run without the grease-and-injury risk. Use the setup and debrief to build real “bayanihan” behavior—or bring in a facilitator if you want it designed and guided for your team.
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If your team feels tired and disconnected, inspirational quotes for work can help—but only if they match real struggles and real values in the Philippines. In this article, Jef Menguin curates quotes and local sayings that reinforce bayanihan, courage, and persistence at work. Use them for kickoff remarks and shoutouts, then consider a facilitated experience to translate the words into habits your team repeats on Monday.
Inspirational Quotes for Work and Team Bayanihan: Filipino Values That Move Us Forward Read More »
Bayanihan means helping each other.Carrying the load together.Showing up not because we were told—but because it’s the right thing to do. But here’s what we’ve seen in many teams and organizations:People show up. They’re present.But the work doesn’t move—because no one owns it. “Akala ko siya ang gagawa.”“Wala pa po kasi ‘yung instruction.”“Hindi ko po
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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs explains why employee motivation drops even when your team looks “fine” on paper—and if you ignore it, disengagement quietly turns into low performance and turnover. In this article, Jef Menguin shows how leaders can meet needs in the workplace—so people stop surviving and start contributing. Use the framework, then share it with your managers so they lead with clarity, not guesswork.
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