Sgt. Lloyd A. Luna, Philippine Air Force Reserve, is a popular Filipino motivational speaker in the Philippines, author, entrepreneur, and TV and radio personality. He has written 17 inspirational books since 2004 and has been a columnist of The Manila Times since 2006. He’s also a television and radio host on ALIW Channel 23 and DWIZ 882AM. Over the past 20 years, he has spoken on leadership, communication, and workplace inspiration in over 2,000 conventions, conferences, and seminars in four continents: North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
For his untiring work as a professional public inspirational speaker, Lloyd has become the first Filipino to have been member of the board of Global Speakers Federation in 2017, the first to represent the Philippines in the Global Speakers Summit in Auckland, New Zealand in 2018, the first to have spoken in French and European Speakers Convention in Paris in 2019, the first to speak in Professional Speakers Summit 2023 in India, and the first to earn the Registered Speaking Professional designation in the Philippines given by the Philippine Board of Professional Speaking. He’s the founder the Philippine Association of Professional Speakers.
Lloyd Luna’s Even Chairs Do Their Best occupies a unique niche by blending the philosophical metaphors of Asian motivational speaking with the practical archetypes found in Western corporate leadership literature. While it shares the “people-first” DNA of many NYT bestsellers, its “No-Choice Philosophy” provides a more stoic contrast to the psychological approach of books like Leaders Eat Last. Comparative Analysis: The Chair…
Based on the material provided, the originality of “Even Chairs Do Their Best” stems from its unconventional central metaphor: “The Chair Philosophy also knows as No-Choice Philosophy.” While most motivational books focus on expanding choices and freedom, Lloyd Luna argues that “Your problem is that you have too many exits”. Below is an assessment of the book’s original…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MANILA, Philippines — In an era defined by digital distraction and fleeting attention, Lloyd Luna — the Philippines’ renowned #PambansangInspirasyon — is challenging the global status quo of leadership with his provocative new book, Even Chairs Do Their Best: How Presence Leads to Influence. Luna, an internationally renowned professional speaker who has graced over 2,000 stages across four continents, moves beyond…
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“Stepback is a philosophy of putting the people at the center of leadership.” —Sgt. Lloyd A. Luna, PAFR, 2018, originally defined.
Statement of the President before departing to Auckland, New Zealand for the Global Speakers Summit 2018 For the longest time, the Philippines has been away from the global speaking community. We have kept ourselves from exploring global opportunities thus limiting our professional growth and development. For so many years, we thought there is absolutely no…