3 funny resources to amp up your success on your own terms (including a pole dancing fireman)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
In this month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors’ newsletter I review Danielle LaPorte’s hot new book, The Fire Starter Sessions. Read the other posts with the entire review, or 3 real resources for success or keep reading for some funny resources that will help you amp up success on your own terms (or at least get your chuckling while you [...]
Tags: business fails, danielle laporte, fire starter, success
What is perspective? It’s like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone! ~ Merrill Markoe
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
It’s like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone! ~ Merrill Markoe, U.S. television writer. What we see as normal, natural and right can be annoying habits to others. How quickly the view can change when the perspective changes. What a Carrot Life Lens™ sees as beautifully organized can be [...]
Tags: life lenses, merrill markoe, perspective
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: what’s on your ‘not to do’ & ‘to done’ list?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors e-newsletter focuses on some fabulous folks’ to-do lists & includes your very own printable to do list template. (Not on the monthly e-newsletter mailing list? Sign up for free here.) This post is the 3rd in a series (the first one focused on to-do lists, the 2nd one focused on to-continue doing [...]
Tags: Bill Ursel, danielle laporte, jamie lundine, jen louden, julie szabo, navjit kandola, oz sokoh, shish ngugi, terry mcbride, vinod boolell
Good intentions mean naught to a Go Life Lens™
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
“Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold – but so does a hard boiled egg.” Anonymous This perfectly sizes up the strengths of a Go Life Lens™ – action’s where it’s at. Pay attention Stop Life Lens™ for this can be your downfall on [...]
Tags: go lens, intentions, stop lens
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: what’s on your ‘to continue doing’ & ‘to stop doing’ list?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors e-newsletter focuses on some fabulous folks’ to-do lists & includes your very own printable to do list template. (Not on the monthly e-newsletter mailing list? Sign up for free here.) This post is the 2nd in a series (the first one focused on their to-do lists). Not familiar with the series? Chances [...]
Tags: danielle laporte, jamie lundine, julie szabo, navjit kandola, oz sokoh, printable to do list, shish ngugi, vinod boolell
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: 3rd annual To do, To done, To not do, To stop doing & To’odle compilation
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors e-newsletter focuses on some fabulous folks’ to-do lists & includes your very own printable to do list template. (Not on the monthly e-newsletter mailing list? Sign up for free here.) Chances are if I ask you what’s on your to-do list you’d grumble a bit & reach into your gray matter (or [...]
Tags: Bill Ursel, danielle laporte, darren barefoot, jen louden, julie szabo, navjit kandola, printable to do list, terry mcbride, vinod boolell
Suck or blow? Power surges & power vacuums
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
Waaaaay back when, when I used to do leadership training with youth, we’d sometimes play a game called suck & blow. It involved passing a playing card around a seated, circle of people, without using your hands, only by way of mouth to mouth. You could only pass the card by sucking in (holding the [...]
Tags: david tees, fred fisher, james macgregor burns, locally elected leadership, power, united nations
Training & development learning well January blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, change management & wellness, creativity & innovation, Diversity & culture
The first month of the new year is about to slip by. Sit up, take notice & look back before looking forward. If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply usher yourself down to the well & click as you wish. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into [...]
Tags: change management, creativity, culture, emmanuel jal, forgiveness, jen louden, learning, to do
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – trainers can learn from their energy & enthusiasm
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, training & development
Living in Kenya for a year definitely has its benefits. One of the many is getting to see Ladysmith Black Mambazo live in concert. They initially came to the world’s attention when they accompanied Paul Simon on ‘Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes’. As I grooved to their rhythms, I wrote these words: Hot [...]
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: resources for matching how our brains work with how business & boardrooms could work
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, training & development
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is a review of John Medina’s wonderful Brain Rules book. John does a great job of inspiring us to rethink cubicles and classrooms. Check out the entire e-newsletter here and/or see below for resources related to how to have our boardrooms and businesses working in sync with how our brains actually [...]
Tags: attention, brain based learning, brain rules, deepak chopra, exploration, john medina, stress