The Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASEACCU) in cooperation with OnPoint Consulting Ltd., Co. conducted a leadership training webinar workshop for new administrators last May 4 and 5, 2022.

One hundred thirty participants from ASEACCU member institutions in Japan, Indonesia, Macao, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Philippines attended the two-day leadership training webinar workshop.

Aptly-themed Effective Leadership: HEIs in the 21st Century, the leadership training webinar workshop tackled significant topics such as Leadership Mindset, Coaching a Champion Team, Emerging Leadership During Difficult Times, Leading Change, Ethical Leadership, and Strategic and Culture-Based Leadership.  

The speakers include the CEO of OnPoint Consulting Ltd., Co., Mr Ryan Christian Mercado, MS; Ms. Ken Lapuz, MBA; Mr. Earl Borgoña, CPA, MBA, LLB; Ms. Cherry Maey Perillio, MPA, MBA; Engr. Marvin Garbin; and Dr. Chikhang Wu.

During the workshop sessions, the speakers gave the participants the opportunity to share their experience as leaders, the challenges they have encountered, the many facets of leadership, the choices they have to make in critical situations, and the various lessons they have learned as leaders of higher educational institutions.

The webinar workshop on Effective Leadership is just one in a series of leadership training webinar workshops the ASEACCU will hold in the years to come. Its aim is to present different leadership styles as well as make modern-day leaders apply humanistic methods to achieve a competitive organization, use appropriate tools and techniques in resolving people and organizational concerns, learn how to become strategic organizational leaders, appreciate the unique role played by leaders, value diversity among constituents, and demonstrate proper and ethical leadership practices.