Fifty-four Cebu college scholars supported by the Aboitiz Foundation and Aboitiz units Cebu Private Power Corporation, East Asia Utilities Corp., Therma Visayas Inc., and Visayan Electric Co. Inc. learned more about emotional intelligence in the workplace at the first Aboitiz College Scholars Learning Series on Dece. 21.
The event, facilitated by Dr. Shiela Marie Hocson, former president of the Philippine Guidance and Counselling Association, tackled identifying one’s personality types and tendencies, personality assessment, and techniques and methods in coping up with emotionally stressful situations and environment.
The Aboitiz College Scholars Learning Series is an initiative by the Aboitiz Foundation in its pursuit of scaling up projects by developing the soft skills of its scholars to equip them with the essential skills needed in the corporate world.
It is part of the Aboitiz Foundation College Scholarship Program, which has already supported 2,208 scholars, including 243 current scholars, in its thrust to advance business and communities by co-creating safe, empowered and sustainable communities.
The Aboitiz Foundation is the corporate foundation of the Aboitiz Group that was established in 1988. Its purpose is to drive change for a better world by advancing business and communities through programs in education, enterprise development and the environment.
Since its inception in 1988, the foundation’s corporate social responsibility interventions have evolved from one-time donations to carefully designed programs that empower its beneficiaries to pursue their aspirations.
Today, the Aboitiz Foundation, through the Aboitiz business units, develops and implements “CSR 2.0” projects that aim to co-create safe, empowered and sustainable communities. These CSR 2.0 projects are aligned with the group’s core competencies, are scalable nationwide, and create deeper social impact on the communities and beneficiaries they serve.