{"id":56310,"date":"2023-05-31T15:27:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T07:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=56310"},"modified":"2023-05-31T15:27:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T07:27:33","slug":"new-breed-of-business-leaders-must-be-digitally-savvy-warriors-risk-takers-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2023\/05\/31\/new-breed-of-business-leaders-must-be-digitally-savvy-warriors-risk-takers-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"New breed of business leaders must be &#8216;digitally savvy warriors, risk-takers&#8217; \u2013MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Passionate, digitally savvy, risk-taking warriors \u2013 this is what next-generation leaders must be, according to businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMore than the ability to manage the business, they must also be entrepreneurial. This country needs more entrepreneurs, more risk-takers,\u201d Pangilinan said. \u201cThey should also be immersed in IT, be digitally savvy, and believe that tech deployed in the business will improve the business, eventually raise profitability and improve the lives of the customers that we serve,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A longtime sports patron, Pangilinan also highlighted the importance of having a winning mindset. \u201cThey must also be like warriors &#8211; determined to win, determined to achieve their goals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PLDT chairman also highlighted financial and intellectual integrity as among the important values for any leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat you communicate must not only be true, but complete,\u201d he emphasized. \u201cCommitment, dedication and passion for the work&#8211;these are also important. Otherwise, it&#8217;s just a job. You can&#8217;t have that. You really have to have the passion,\u201d Pangilinan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pangilinan also underscored the importance of being tough when the situation calls for it. \u201cIt&#8217;s tough being the bad guy. I don&#8217;t relish being critical, but somebody&#8217;s got to do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passionate, digitally savvy, risk-taking warriors \u2013 this is what next-generation leaders must be, according to businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":56328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[379,343,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-56310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-pldt","tag-smart-communications","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}