Rock.Paper.Scissors E-newsletter’s out: Social Media resources from ‘Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Social Media and the 3 little pigs’
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Human resources
Have you left a comment on the 29 ways to stay creative when you’re training (part 3 of 3) post? No? Hurry up! The contest closes Monday, September 26th. Simply enter a comment to be entered to win a copy of the song ‘Eureka.’ ******* The latest Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. e-newsletter is out, where I review [...]
Tags: harpaul sambhi, Human resources, impact99, justice institute, social HR, social media
More rock star stories of women & HR, ten more top tips
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources
Recently I facilitated a panel discussion of senior Human Resources women for BCHRMA in order to tease out and build upon their stories. What a night! The panelists hummed and the audience responded. Here are the mistresses of HR stories: Janice Antaya-Finlayson (VP, HR for Best Buy Canada) Joan Burgess (Director of HR for the [...]
Tags: BCHRMA, best buy, city of new westminster, coast capital savings, corporate storytelling, Human resources, janice antaya-finlayson, jay-ann fordy, joan burgess, karen oyhenart, telus
Shedding light on the stories of women & HR, ten top tips
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources
Have you entered the cultural training & development contest yet and grabbed a chance of winning a free Life Lenses assessment? No? What are you waiting for – deadline is June 15th. ******************* Recently I facilitated a panel discussion of senior Human Resources women for BCHRMA in order to tease out and build upon their [...]
Tags: BCHRMA, best buy, city of new westminster, coast capital savings, corporate storytelling, Human resources, janice antaya-finlayson, jay-ann fordy, joan burgess, karen oyhenart, telus
The biggest bird on the block in terms of building nest know-how still have to manage their flock, lessons from problem managers
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, communication
A recent survey in the Canadian HR Reporter, by Claude Balthazard, reported on human resource professionals’ take on problem managers. Cleaning up after them. Sometimes repeatedly. The article had some interesting things to say about some organizational cultures tolerating problem behaviour. A disappointing 35.2% said ‘if they deliver results, we tolerate just about anything’. Talk [...]
Tags: canadian hr reporter, claude balthazard, cultural intelligence, emotional intelligence, Human resources, managers, organizational culture, problem managers, word cloud
Doing things differently as a trainer gets attention
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under creativity & innovation, training & development
Learning can’t happen without attention. Our brains have to be sitting up, ready to absorb, in order to learn. One way of getting our participant’s attention is by doing things differently. By doing things creatively. How much have the estimates changed of how much oil is pulsating into the Gulf? A lot. Loads. More than [...]
Tags: attention, development, gulf oil spill, Human resources, learning, oil spill, powerful learning, rorschach, rorschach test, training & development
How do you get creative? Why use a mosha cup of course
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under creativity & innovation, Human resources, training & development
I was driving to pick up my hubbie from the airport and listening to Stuart McLean’s the Vinyl Cafe on CBC radio. The tunes were great and I was bopping and singing along, a great big grin plastered wide on my face. Stuart was relaying his tales of growing up in Montreal, and, as only [...]
Tags: cbc, cbc radio, creative, creativity & innovation, development, elvis presley, Human resources, langara college, learning, stuart mclean, training & development, vinyl cafe