The P&G Grand Reunion was both emotional and insightful as we reflected on life after P&G. I had eagerly anticipated reconnecting with all the Proctoids—my P&G colleagues, mentors, friends, and teammates from my years at the Tondo and Cabuyao plants, the General Office, the IT organization, and the launch of Global Business Services. I left P&G in 2008 to pursue blogging, a choice that many colleagues didn’t fully understand at the time. Sixteen years later, reuniting with everyone brought back so many memories and offered a chance to reflect on what truly matters when starting out on your career.
Here are 8 lessons I learned from the P&G Grand Reunion of 2024:
I owe all my management and marketing skills to the incredible mentors I had throughout my P&G career—Boy de la Peña from my Tondo and Cabuyao Plant days, IT boss Susan Ong, Workplace Services boss Nick Antonio, and …