CC was a classmate when we were still doing our MBA at the Asian Institute of Management many years ago. He was the top honcho of a pharmaceutical company, eventually bought by a giant in the healthcare industry. In this podcast, we talked about leadership in times of change, and life lessons in his experience of rising to the very top of the corporate ladder. We also spoke about how to lead during the chaos of COVID-19. There were 2 very important lessons he shared, and I hope you find these useful for your own leadership journey.

The year 2020 has been a rough ride, to say the least, and no one has been spared of anything and everything that can be a cause for agitation and distress. Natural calamities, epidemics, business closures, job loss, erring government officials, etc. -- question then is: how to be calm?

We invited two experts on the matter to find out why it is important to learn ways to get back to calmness and inner peace. Here are our two guests - Noel Cabigting and Sheila Tan.

 

Noel Cabigting

Noel Cabigting assists people and organizations in unleashing their potential so that they can have a unique contribution in their spheres of influence.

Noel is a resource speaker, therapist, spiritual director, and program developer.  He is co-founder of the Flourish Circle, a community-based and peer-facilitated program for mental well-being.

Using a holistic approach, Noel has worked as a consultant and coach for individuals and groups such as SMEs, family corporations, and non-profit organizations. He specializes in the areas of change management, leadership, resilience, emotional intelligence, intentionality, peak performance, mindfulness skills, mental and relational well-being. He has worked with individuals and groups in at least eight countries.

Noel graduated from the University of Divinity in Melbourne, Australia, with an undergraduate degree in theology and a post-graduate diploma in counseling.  He is currently an international member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) since 2011. 

 

Sheila Tan 

Sheila Tan is a Licensed Meta-Coach, Group and Team Coach NLP Master Practitioner and Neuro-Semantics Trainer.

She holds a diploma in Self-Actualization under the International Society of Neuro-Semantics. She worked as a P&G Sales Manager for 14 years, with her last role being the Philippines Sales Capability Leader. 

She leads Altius Coaching and Consulting, where she offers coaching, leadership, and sales trainings. She is a co-founder of Flourish Circle, a non-profit organization that provides a community-based solution for mental health concerns.

We continue and conclude our intimate conversation with Father, a catholic gay priest. 

Here we discuss Father's response to allegations of hypocrisy; he shares his thoughts on same-sex acts and relationships, sexual sins, the sacrament of confession, and finally, his message to those who have given up, or still struggling with their sexual identity and catholicism.

May I say that this has been quite a different podcast than how I imagined it initially. A blessing for me, actually. Thank you, Father.

It's the Pride Month, and Tito Virtue was blessed to have had the opportunity to speak with a catholic priest, a gay catholic priest. (Amazed how those 3 words--gay, catholic, and priest--can co-exist in one statement!)

How does one reconcile homosexuality and catholic morality? Wouldn't the Sacred Heart bleed dry when a gay man takes his priestly vow of celibacy, only to sin repeatedly, in a journey that will end no one knows where, would it be heaven or hell? So many serious questions here, in fact, Tito Virtue stays relatively silent most of the podcast... but do listen, for sometimes, in those very moments of silence, the message is said in the loudest way possible.

Yuan shares life lessons that brought him from a tough life to a top life! What kept him going? How did he do it?

Yuan shares life lessons that brought him from a tough life to a top life! What kept him going? How did he do it?

Let's start this new adventure, Tito Virtue!!!