JULY 2016 www.lopezlink.ph The Lopez Group remembers Eugenio H. Lopez Sr. on his 115th birth anniversary http://www.facebook.com/lopezlinkonline www.twitter.com/lopezlinkph SKYdirect brings the SKY experience to all Pinoys SKYcable’s feat of setting up 10 viewing stations for typhoon survivors only four days after Yolanda hit the Visayas is a story that gets better with every retelling. So much so that written up as “Tugon ng SKY sa Yolanda: Saya at Pag-asa para sa Kapamilyang Na- salanta,” it has become part of Lopez Group lore—along with ABS-CBN’s “Tulong Na, Tabang Na, Tayo Na” and Energy Development Turn to page 6 Grooming ‘ready-now’ A shower of Sizzle when …page 2 new Kapamilya it drizzles! leaders …page 4 …page 12 shows! …page 4 Lopezlink July 2016 Biz News Biz News Lopezlink July 2016 Succession management Dispatch from Japan The relevance of our values AMML conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order ABS-CBN nat’l TV Excerpted from the keynote escape together with Senator of the Rising Sun remarks by Lopez Group chair- Serge Osmeña and they flew addressesBy Carla Paras-Sison business risks ratings surge to 47% man emeritus Oscar M. Lopez to the US and all of us chil- ERSTWHILE Ambassador leadership that By Kane Choa on the 3rd Annual Summit of dren were robbed of close to HOW does a company survive Although not all of them Manuel M. Lopez (AMML) paved the way for the Shareholders’ Association of 15 of our most productive ABS-CBN Corporation’s TV Topping the list of most erage, dubbed “Ang Panunumpa: beyond its current leadership? will become chief ex- was conferred the Grand Cor- peace talks and the Philippines held in Makati years by the martial law era. and Studio business continues watched primetime programs Pangako ng Pagbabago” earned By managing succession, orga- ecutive officer, even those don of the Order of the Ris- a peace agree- City on June 17, 2016 These businesses were in ter- to be unrivaled as recent ratings during the previous month is more viewers than its coun- nizations address business risks as who leave also become ing Sun by the government ment. Relations, rible shape and many were data from Kantar Media shows “FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano” with terpart with GMA, garnering the tasks of strategy formulation successful, “which there- of Japan in rites presided over meanwhile, were THE Lopez Group of Com- virtually bankrupt. It wasn’t it draws more television view- an average national TV rat- an 18.8% score compared to and execution smoothly transi- fore shows that they re- by Minister of Foreign Affairs elevated to a panies, such as it is today, was as if they were restored to us ers than any other media net- ing of 42.2%, followed by “The 13.4%. tion to new leaders, grounded ally were good candidates Fumio Kishida in Tokyo. “strategic part- first established on June 12, in good condition. Worse, we work in the country. Voice Kids” with 36.8% and Meanwhile, its NBA finals in company culture and equally in the first place.” The decoration recognizes nership” that saw 1928 as a dual proprietor- had to fight to regain owner- ABS-CBN’s national audi- “Dolce Amore” with 33.7%. coverage, “NBA sa ABS-CBN,” respected by peers and subordi- To find the right lead- AMML’s notable contribu- both countries ship by my father Eugenio ship and control, from the ence share increased to 47% They are joined in the Top 5 recorded a 22.6% rating. nates. ers, organizations must tions to the advancement of pursue shared Lopez Sr. and his brother, government, from creditors in June based on the data pro- most viewed programs in May In other areas, ABS-CBN Speaking at a lunch hosted by first define their desired Philippine-Japan relations, advocacies, in- former Philippine Vice Pres- and from the usurpers in- vided by Kantar Media, making 2016 by “Maalaala Mo Kaya” also proved supreme over the Institute of Corporate Di- outcome so that the skills widely seen by both govern- cluding the rule ident Fernando Lopez. It cluding up to now. We had to ABS-CBN the most-watched (33.5%) and “Wansapanataym” GMA. The Kapamilya network rectors (ICD) on June 22, Vic- and personal attributes ments and analysts as having of law and mari- was called E & F Lopez Inc. rebuild. So things were very network on TV. GMA is a dis- (31.1%). Recently concluded established a huge lead in Vi- tor Magdaraog, vice president of candidates may be as- intensified to their closest level time security. Particularly after the Second much like they were dur- tant second with a 32% audi- show “The Story of Us” finished sayas where it received a 57% of Development Dimensions sessed objectively. DDI yet over the past years. AMML’s tenure AMML receives the Order of the Rising Sun from World War, my father largely social obligations to the public ing my father’s prime before ence share for the same month. the month with a 19.8% aver- rating, while the rival network International (DDI), said the offers an assessment pro- AMML assumed his post on also saw visits Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida took charge of business affairs and its employees. A company martial law, and we had to ABS-CBN’s prime time block age rating, still good for a top only had 24%. In Mindanao, goal of succession planning is to gram that helps identify January 17, 2011. He presented and dialogue at while my uncle dedicated his of that kind cannot and should fall back on the same values obtained a 49% average audi- 10 finish. ABS-CBN garnered a 57% rat- have “ready-now” leaders for the strengths and areas for improve- two years on the job than do in- his credentials to Emperor Aki- the highest levels, culminating in sy’s doors to the Filipino com- life to public service. The not deserve the support of the and principles to carry us ence share that is 18 percentage Special coverage from ABS- ing as opposed to GMA’s 26%. future. In a 2014 survey, only 15% ment of potential top leaders giv- ternal workers who are promoted hito three months later. Early in Japan’s hosting of Pres. Aquino as munity in Japan. His term was Lopez Group of Companies public.” through. Some things did not points higher than rival GMA’s CBN also performed well in For the whole of Luzon, ABS- of organizations said they had en a particular business context. into similar jobs. They also have his term, AMML’s leadership a state guest in June 2015 and the marked by key improvements today pertain to the Eugenio Finally: “We maintain that change. Less than 10 years 31% average audience share dur- June, according to Kantar Me- CBN won the battle against its people who could take over the “You must be aware that suc- higher exit rates, and they are paid showed through as he led the state visit to the Philippines of in consular and other front- Lopez Sr. side of the family. in case of doubt in a contro- ago, we fought a losing bat- ing the same time block. dia. The Inauguration Day cov- rivals, 41% to 36%. top leadership position “now” or cession does not mean choosing substantially more. About 18% to Philippine embassy in looking Emperor Akihito and Empress line services. He also culti- My father was never reluc- versy arising between labor tle to protect our ownership immediately. This was lower than just one. You are actually choos- 20% more.” after the welfare of Filipinos af- Michiko in January 2016. vated active cooperation with tant to pioneer in businesses and management, this doubt control of Meralco against Key improvements in the 18% of respondents that had ing a senior management team, Magdaraog said it is current fected by the Great East Japan Filipino organizations, result- that had previously been re- must always be resolved in a presidency determined to services ready-now leaders in 2011. and the expectation is the team management’s duty to identify Earthquake and its aftermath. ing in major undertakings ABS-CBN TVplus takes on big role served for the colonial mas- favor of labor. We further take revenge on us because Fruitful tour of duty The same survey showed that will support whoever is promoted and make available “ready-now” With the Philippines’ rise as such as the annual Philippine ters, such as air transport and maintain that human values ABS-CBN had revealed for although 66% had programs for to the top,” Magdaraog said. leaders to ensure organizational On June 30, AMML one of Asia’s fastest-growing Festival. in shake drill with EWBS feature power generation and distri- are above and far superior to all the world to see how they high-potential employees, 74% of He encourages corporations to sustainability. “Mousetraps don’t wrapped up a fruitful tour of economies, Japan also cemented The Order of the Rising ABS-CBN TVplus has stepped ers, were tapped to experience what to do, like the practice in bution. There were a number material values … The com- had stolen the presidential this group also said such programs include talent review in their reg- grow leaders. Leaders grow lead- duty that will be remembered its position as the Philippines’ Sun, established in 1875, was outside the boundaries of what the impact of the EWBS during Japan during an emergency or a of things he was very partic- pany that is prosperous and elections.