Asuncion: Service with a heart makes customers return
QUESTION: After retiring from corporate work, my wife and I tried the restaurant-bar business and with God's grace, we're almost a year now with our operations. If there's one thing that needs improvement, it's making our customers come back. We're really low in customer return, Mr. A. We have...
Asuncion: Handling team weak links
QUESTION: Dear Mr. A., I'm a Sales & Marketing Team Leader of a big company directly handling 7 team members. Since our work is target-based, I cannot afford to have non-performing members in my team anymore. We are always short of our targets and this worries me a lot as the team member....
Asuncion: Change or be changed in 2011
QUESTION: Happy New Year, Mr. A.! If there's one thing that I should do in 2011 to have a better life, what could it be? More power to PersonaPower and to you, Mr. A! May you continue guiding and inspiring people. - Ms. G. Bumayog of La Trinidad, Benguet
Asuncion: Love at its purest
QUESTION: Dear Mr. A, I met this person this year, and felt such a connection between us. Whatever this is: infatuation, mere liking, love; I need not categorize it because deep in my heart I know our souls are connected, and it seems that somehow he feels it too; he even articulated it. Problem...
Asuncion: Communication saves
QUESTION: Thank you for your articles, Mr. A! They are inspiring and informative. My problem is how I can do more in my work as head of the human resource department of our company at a time when everyone is really down. Business has been very bad for the past 2 years and since it started...
Asuncion: On generosity
QUESTION: It's Christmas season once again, Mr. A, and usually at this time, I always feel that I need to fulfill a responsibility of giving something to others. Not that I don't want to share or give, but I just hate that feeling of being obligated even if no one is compelling me to do so. For...
Asuncion: On letting go (Managing your emotions-part 2)
QUESTION: Hello, Mr. A! Reading your Love and Career article, especially the "letting go" part, made me really stop and think of my own situation. I am also at the stage of losing my used-to-be flourishing career and my loving family to someone I've learned to love despite our age gap and his...
Asuncion: Love & career: managing emotions
QUESTION: If love is getting in the way of your career plans, what should be the best choice, Mr. A? Why can’t someone be happy in love and be successful professionally, too? I am deeply in love with someone who, as what my friends and family say, is not a positive influence to me. He is already...
Asuncion: Motivating self
QUESTION: Great day to you, Mr. A! I want to do a lot of things. In fact, I have clear plans of my goals. But, the problem is I just can't continue pursuing them. Many times I would see myself doing other things that are not important I think or not related to what I want to achieve. I want to...
Asuncion: Persistence pays
QUESTION: Dear Mr. A., since I started working, almost everything is according to my career plans. But, it seems that I am getting nowhere. My life can still be considered "not comfortable" at all. I don't know what's wrong! I'd like to believe my big break has not really come my way or perhaps...
Asuncion: Leading a team
QUESTION: Hi, Mr. A! It's my second time now that I was given the chance to handle a team. First experience I had, I did fail miserably as a team leader. Perhaps, your professional inputs would make me a better leader this time. Great thanks! - Mark, Baguio City
Asuncion: Providing quality service
QUESTION: Dear Mr. A., I'd like to ask some tips on how to improve our service to our customers. My parents has handed down to me the management of our restaurant business that's why I am doing everything I can to live up to their expectations. Great thanks! - Bryan, Baguio City
Asuncion: Investing in relationships
QUESTION: A blessed day, Mr. A!
Asuncion: Etiquette at the workplace
QUESTION: Hi, Mr. A! We're doing a seminar on office/professional etiquette this end of July. Can I please ask for some information about it?
Asuncion: Probationary or regular employee?
QUESTION: DEAR Mr. A, I was hired by a private company in December 2009 as a probationary employee. Stated in my contract is the 5 months probationary period.
Asuncion: Be guided by a mission statement
QUESTION: MR. A, could you please talk about Mission Statements? Is it a must for all companies? What is its use? Thanks! - Joey, Baguio City
Asuncion: Managing a staff
QUESTION: Dear Mr. A, how do you deal with abusive employees?
Asuncion: I want that job!
QUESTION: Good Day, Mr. A!
Asuncion: Get a life!
QUESTION: Greetings, Mr. A!
Calinao: A perfect time
QUESTION: Hi! I’m proud to say that I’m a self-made businessman. Now, I am well-off financially but I think my life really sucks!
Asuncion: Creating a business spin
QUESTION: Dear Mr. A., I put up a business in the service industry last December 2009. After 6 months in operations, sad to say it has not picked up yet and it appears to have no future at all.
Asuncion: How do we really vote?
QUESTION: Good day, Mr. A! We're voting next Monday already. What insights can you give us when we vote? How should we vote in the first place? Should we just follow our conscience?
Asunciion: On self-confidence
QUESTION: Dear Mr. A, I’ve always been shy since I was a kid. I always avoid any opportunity to be with people until now that I am about to complete my college.
Asuncion: Minding your table manners
QUESTION: Hello, Mr. A!
Asuncion: A passion-filled day to you, Ms. G!
QUESTION: Hi, Mr. A! When my friends asked me of what my passion is, I really don’t know what to say. Often times, my reply would be my favorite hobbies.
