Coach Val Baguios, ICF PCC

10/06/2026

Helping Travellers Int'l Hotels Group HR Team!

09/06/2026

Career growth is easy to talk about when the next promotion is available.

But what happens when the next role is not yet open, and you still want to know if you are growing?

In this session, I shared about how our mindsets affect the decisions about our career today - whether we are open to making mistakes and learn new things or the opposite.

Also, when I get invited to speaking engagements, I don't just normally talk about it, Inallow then to experience how it feels being coached in their career so we mapped their activities that they are naturally drawn to, and see how it relates back to their strengths.

Thank you so much JTI GBS in launching your talent marketplace and having me share about my personal story about career growth today!

Excited for everyone to own their career growth!

09/06/2026

May kilala ka ba na ganito ang mindset?

09/06/2026

A lot has been said about values and values-based leadership.

Values are inspiring when we talk about them as aspirations. They sound good on paper, and they can help shape the kind of culture we hope to build.

But when I coach leaders around values, I don’t only ask them what values they want to uphold. I ask them about decisions they have already made. I ask for evidence.

Because values become real when you have the opportunity to act against them, but still choose to stay aligned.

That is the irony of core values.

They are tested when there is pressure, discomfort, inconvenience, or even a possible penalty for living them out.

Values are not just aspirations.

They are convictions.

You cannot train convictions the same way you train skills.

Application: Leaders, how do you know your convictions? Have you ever thought about these things? Can it be seen in how you lead your business? How do you spot them with the people you bring in to your company?

04/06/2026

People: they have the biggest potential in helping business owners succeed but at the same time they are also one of the biggest stressors of growing MSMEs business owners.

Sharing you snippets of my slides for Kapayaman's webinar tomorrow night.

If small business owner ka and relate ka dito, baka maka help sa'yo itong webinar na ito. Details on registration sa comments section.

03/06/2026

Hello business owners,

Mag share ako sa Friday for the first time ng framework na makaka help sa inyo magka idea kung anu anong people systems ang kailangan ng isang small/medium business to prepare for its growth.

This was born out of our deep concern and experience in seeing what kind of challenges a small/medium business owner has about people/employees throughout the business lifecycle.

Ibang-iba din kasi ang pinagdadaanan ng MSMEs.

If preparingnka to grow your business and you have real care about systems that would proactively solve your challenges about people, tara join me here in Kapayaman on Friday!

Registration details are on the main post. ☺️

Lumalaki ang business mo pero parang paulit-ulit pa rin ang problema sa tao?

May empleyadong kailangan laging i-remind.
May leaders na hirap mag-execute.
May business partners na parang hindi magkasundo sa direksyon.

At minsan, kahit kumikita ang negosyo, parang mabigat pa rin ang takbo ng operations.

The truth is, hindi lahat ng people problem ay employee problem.

Minsan ang tunay na issue ay alignment.
👉🏻 Alignment ng mga may-ari o business partners
👉🏻 Alignment ng leaders at supervisors
👉🏻 Alignment ng mga empleyado

Kapag hindi pare-pareho ang vision, expectations, priorities, at direction ng tatlong ito, nagsisimulang magkaroon ng problema…

• Paulit-ulit na reminders
• Inconsistent performance
• Lack of accountability
• Miscommunication
• Broken trust
• Teams that are busy but not moving in the same direction

At ang mahirap, puwedeng nangyayari ang lahat ng ito habang kumikita pa rin ang negosyo.

Because revenue does not always mean alignment.

And a profitable business is not automatically a healthy business.

A business that is ready for sustainable growth needs more than sales. It needs clear direction, capable leaders, accountable people, and the right systems to keep everyone moving toward the same goal.

Join us for OrgSync: Foundational People Systems for Business Growth with Coach Val Baguios III, ICF PCC as he introduces the SOLA OrgSync Drivers Model—a practical framework that helps business owners understand where recurring people issues are really coming from and how to address them at the root.

Discover the three drivers that shape organizational growth:
👉🏻 The Business
👉🏻 The Leaders
👉🏻 The People

If you're tired of constantly putting out fires and want to build a company that's aligned, healthy, and ready for growth, this session is for you.

📅 Friday, June 5, 2026
⏰ 7:30 PM
💻 Live via Zoom

Before adding more people, maybe it's time to make sure everyone is moving in the same direction.

Type "ORGSYNC" in the comments if you're joining and tag a fellow entrepreneur, manager, or business partner who needs to hear this.

REGISTER HERE

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https://kapayaman.com/friday-zoom-session-with-expert-val-baguios

01/06/2026

"Dati nga wala kaming sistema,notebook lang at Excel!"

I get why many business owners say this with pride.

It usually means, “We started from nothing.”
It means, “We figured things out along the way.”
It means, “We survived even when we did not have much.”

That deserves respect.

Growing a business without formal systems, clear roles, documented processes, or professional structures is not easy but to many Filipino business small owners this is a reality.

But if you can indulge me, here is something worth reflecting on:

What helped you survive in the beginning may eventually limit the business you are trying to build.

At some point, “ok pa naman siguro ito” becomes costly.

🔻 People begin to depend too much on memory.
🔻 Instructions change depending on who is asking.
🔻 Boundaries become unclear.
🔻 Accountability becomes personal instead of structural.
🔻 Good employees get tired because too many things are improvised.
🔻 Leaders spend more time putting out fires than actually leading.

Business owners, growing your company without proper systems is a meaningful starting point.

But it should not become a badge of honor forever.

Your people deserve a decent structure.

And your business deserves a way of working that does not depend on everyone constantly adjusting, guessing, and sacrificing just to make things work.

What's your take on this?

30/05/2026

I wanted to share some of the lessons from yesterday’s PUSO Bootcamp.

But before that, I wanted to be honest.

When I was invited to speak about engaging the next generation, my self-doubt immediately kicked in.

“Am I really the right person to talk about this?”

I am not a youth pastor. I am not directly doing campus ministry. I am not formally leading the next generation in that way.

But through God’s wisdom, I was reminded of something sdeeply important:

**This generation needs to feel seen and understood.**

They do not only need to be told what to do. They do not need to be dictated on, rushed, or treated like “people projects” or attendance numbers.

They need to feel that the people who want to lead them to Jesus genuinely care for them, accept them where they are, and are willing to listen before speaking.

For more than ten years, the approach I have learned in coaching has taught me something very similar: create a safe space where a person is listened to, given room to express honestly, and gently invited to grow instead of staying stuck.

What an amazing opportunity to equip young leaders on how to create safe conversations for this generation.

May we learn to see them, listen well, walk with them, and lead them to Jesus with both grace and truth.

27/05/2026

Your calling was never an afterthought.

Sometimes we think calling only becomes valid once we are fully equipped.

Once we have enough experience.
Once we have enough money.
Once we have enough clarity.
Once life feels stable enough to finally ask, “What am I really called to do?”

I love the pragmatism of these ideas. But if you could allow me to share something that might shift your perspective on this.

You see, when you look at Scripture, many people were called before they were fully equipped.

Abraham was called to go before he knew exactly where he was going.
Moses was called while he was still questioning his own ability to speak.
Jeremiah was called even while he felt too young.
The disciples were called while they were still ordinary fishermen.

The calling did not always arrive as a complete blueprint or a stable cashflow.

Sometimes it was a word.
Sometimes it was a conversation.
Sometimes it was a burden.
Sometimes it was a direction that was clear enough to obey, but not clear enough to remove all risk.

And maybe that is where many of us struggle.

We want purpose to come after certainty.
After comfort.
After stability.
After we have figured everything out.

But what if calling is not something we discover only when life becomes stable?

What if calling is often what begins to shape us before everything makes sense? What if that calling is being shaped right now even as you are undergoing your pains and challenges?

Yes, we still need wisdom.
Yes, we still need to build skills.
Yes, we still need to experiment, earn, learn, and grow.

But those things may not be separate from the calling. They may actually be part of how the calling forms us.

So, the question now is not, “Am I stable enough to think about my purpose?”

Instead, “Why am I feeling this deep sense of burden right now? What might God be telling me to do even now?"

Sometimes we confuse our calling to be clear when we are stable.

But your purpose and your calling was never about you...

It is about learning to trust the One who calls you and to be with Him in a journey that would impact the lives around you.

What are you waiting for?

27/05/2026

Exciting! Tomorrow I'll be sharing about how to engage the younger generation through safe conversations!