Leading Filipino Teams Requires a Different Kind of Leadership.
Driving high performance in the Philippines — where deep cultural norms around authority, collaboration, and ownership shape workplace behavior — requires a leadership approach that honors the culture while elevating performance.
Most change initiatives fail because they fight against these realities.
The result?
Micromanagement becomes necessary. Ownership disappears. Progress doesn’t stick.
At Kaizen Leadership Asia, we take a different path.
We work with leadership teams to build the behaviors that drive ownership and accountability at every level — without relying on micromanagement or constant follow-up.
The result:
• Teams that are more engaged and productive.
• Leaders who spend less time chasing follow-through and more time scaling the business.
• Cultures of accountability that sustain themselves over time..
We don’t deliver training sessions.
We don’t offer inspirational events.
We engineer leadership behavior transformation — built for the Philippine context.
Our 3-step Methodology for Sustainable Leadership Transformation
Step 1: Start Where Ownership Fails Most — at the Top.
Behavior change begins with the senior leadership team.
We diagnose patterns, clarify leadership behaviors, and align top leaders before cascading anything downstream.
Step 2: Redesign Ownership Structures and Decision-Making.
We help leadership teams reshape how ownership, accountability, and follow-through are built into roles, projects, and decisions — removing ambiguity and bottlenecks.
Step 3: Build a Culture Where Leaders Teach and Coach Ownership.
We embed simple systems where leaders at every level model, teach, and coach the ownership behaviors needed to sustain high performance without micromanagement.
If you’re serious about building a leadership culture of ownership and accountability in the Philippines — and ready to invest in transformation that lasts — let’s talk.
Mike Grogan
Co-founder & CEO, Kaizen Leadership Asia
"Workplace culture in Asia can traditionally be very hierarchical and task-oriented. So working with KLA was really effective in helping us break down these barriers and create a psychologically safe environment, where ideas are shared and people can freely ask for help."
Jason Little, CIO of Manulife
“Our leadership team has seen significant benefits from going through KLA’s programs. The changes in mindset have had a measurable effect on the way our team communicates and works together.”
Rica Jankulovski, CEO of Remote Staff
"I have worked with KLA in the Philippines and Indonesia, and in both cases, I saw a significant shift in the proactiveness and ownership levels within our teams resulting in a measurable improvement in how we serve our customers."
Ryan Charland, CEO of Manulife
"I am extremely pleased with the exceptional quality of the workshops and coaching delivered by KLA. They have empowered our leaders to create a tangible positive impact within our business."
Vera Lorenzo, HR Head of Lufthansa
"Mike and his team facilitated numerous workshops and trainings for the European Chamber, our members, and clients. I had the chance to participate in some of these sessions and was amazed about how KLA can bring even complex topics across in a simple easy and digestible way. The takeaway from his courses really helped me in improving myself."
Florian Gottein, Executive Director of EECP
"It was unlike any other leadership program I've ever attended. It was customized for our team and challenged you to think and express yourself while inspiring you to learn from your colleagues. It has helped me to have greater self-awareness, particularly to be more attentive to the impact I have on others."
April Flores, Communication Manager
"The KLA team’s knowledge of lean management and sensitivity to local culture merged beautifully together to help kickstart the transformation in our operations. We saw a massive improvement in our team’s engagement and productivity levels. More importantly, we were able to sustain it after our contract with KLA expired."
Robert Hansen, Plant Manager of Eaton Corp.
"Honestly, working with the KLA team has changed my mindset about leadership. Before, I thought that pushing people hard was the only way to get results. Now, I know that there are smarter ways to get the best out of my team that will create more effective and sustainable results."
Hamza Hamioud, Customer Service Manager
"Without hesitation, KLA was a big help to my team – they helped us create and sustain a new work culture of openness and accountability. I feel proud that other companies now visit us to see how we have applied these best practices we learned from KLA."
Fernando Poe, GM & President of Troycor Lighting Corporation
"KLA helped us experience a rapid culture change that enabled our local employees to take more pride and accountability for their work. The result was a huge improvement in our on-time delivery rates (from 35% to greater than 92%) and our right-first-time rates (from 67% to greater than 95%)."
Kees Bruinsma, CEO of Choose Your Shoes
"The tailor-fit program that KLA created for us has massively changed my staff. I was so impressed to see how these new leadership principles have been embedded into them and reflected in the way they work. It has unquestionably helped them become more confident and efficient."
Cristina Romagnoli, GM of Choose Your Shoes
