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                                                       Accountability
                                                       Juvial Tulabing David
                                                       Customer Service – Journals: Customer Service Representative


                                                       Juvial shows us the true meaning of “you don’t need a title
                                                       to be a leader”. He acts as TL when the Team Leader is not
                                                       around. “I have special tasks that I need to do aside from my
                                                       regular daily work. I assign/allocate tasks to my colleagues.
                                                       I can feel their support and cooperation although I am not
                                                       their TL. I help my colleagues and work with them to ensure
                                                       we meet customer expectations.”  He said he is a religious
                                                       person and his faith in God influences him a lot on how he
        Integrity                                      values his work. He believes that recognition can mean a lot
        Rianne Bu Ragay Rocamora                       to people. “Recognize people’s achievements and value
        Education – OhLinger: Team Leader              employee’s contribution in the company”.

        Rianne is a perfect example that indeed        Malasakit
        anybody can be a hero. Even with just a        Cypres Mae Aranas Hernandez
        tenure of 2 years in SPi, she was nominated    Education – Pearson: Team Leader
        to be one of the values heroes. According to
        her she is empowered to do the things she      Cypres loves problem solving. She likes to take on challenges
        does in the workplace. Integrity is really part   and she loves what she’s doing for the company. Malasakit
        of her system even before when she was         for her is to be able to take action and help solve problems.
        still a specialist. “I was assigned to a very big   “Teach them by doing. Words are not enough. You can show
        project. I did my best. I pursued excellence.   people your belief system. Teach them through open
        I know I’m doing it for the company. I look    communication, mentoring, multiply what I know and what
        for tasks to do because every minute in the    I believe”. Even when she was still a specialist and new to the
        workplace counts.” As a Team Leader, she       company, she already did her best to contribute. “Given the
        integrates the core values in her coaching     background of our team, everyone needs to help each other.
        sessions with her team members. As per         I did what I can do to help. I accepted it as a challenge. I took
        Rianne “I want every employee to feel that     the initiative to solve the problem.”
        they are part of a significant process.”
                                                       Respect
        Meritocracy                                    Lhorney Joy Cadavid Amper
        Christine Jessa Medina Coloso                  CIS - Lexis Nexis Content Ops:  Team Leader
        Customer Service - Author Royalties
        Support: Team Leader                           LJ is thankful that people believe on the things she does.
                                                       According to her, there is a big difference between respect
        Christine is a believer of coaching and        and tolerance and that she is always firm when it comes to
        she always make sure that she recognizes       correcting the mistakes of her team. Because she was a
        team members who are doing well. Accord-       working student, independent and away from her parents,
        ing to her, the way her parents raised her     she learned to respect differences in people and adjust to
        has a lot of influence on how she is right     various personalities. Respect for her is very important. “As
        now. Her parents were disciplinarian and so    a TL, you need to get to know your team members. Discover
        is she as a Team Leader. When asked about      their attitude towards work so that you can adjust and you
        what will make people stay, she said “it’s     will know how to help them better.” When asked about how
        not only salary that will make people stay,    she would usually respond to complaints from her team
        it’s the positive working environment in the   members she said, “be thankful that we are employed and
        office, the different activities that you can   we have work instead of complaining on so many things.
        attend and of course the passion you have      Other people are longing to have a job.”
        for the work you do.”
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