FPRDI conducts seminar on excellence
January 12, 2015
“Excellence is doing your ordinary work extraordinarily well.” This was the gist of the talk of Ms. Angela Argosino-Cielo in a seminar for FPRDI employees last 27 November 2014.
Titled “In search of excellence…in the little big things!”, Ms. Cielo’s talk was largely based on two books by bestselling author Tom Peters. Excellence, according to her, is the only way to go for people who want to make a real difference in the world.
Ms. Cielo clarified her main points using anecdotes about real people, among them her mentor Dr. Cynthia Mamon. Dr. Mamon is a BS Nutrition graduate from UP Los Baños who was able to successfully cross-over to other fields, such as IT, mainly because of her passion for “excellence in the little things”. Today, with her husband, she heads Enchanted Kingdom, the country’s most popular theme park.
Ms. Cielo likewise emphasized that to be excellent at work, an employee needs to know his or her dominant temperament and the strengths and weaknesses that come with it. Strengths must be maximized, and weaknesses eliminated as much as possible, she said.
Ms. Cielo obtained her BS in Biology (magna cum laude) from UP Los Baños and her MBA from UP Diliman. For 10 years, she served as resource person for the UP Open University’s entrepreneurial program. She currently helps run her family’s business in computers, real estate and retailing.
The seminar was sponsored by FPRDI’s Integrity Circle Committee (ICC). (Rizalina K. Araral, 22 December 2014)#
