Don’t be a parrot or a human ventriloquist
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Employee retention
Ever get the sense you’re listening to a talking head, someone who is is parroting someone else’s words? Does your boss ever expect you to be a human ventriloquist with him or her pulling the strings and you voicing their stuff? Welcome to the world of unengaged employees. Of staff caught in a maze blindly [...]
Tags: engagement, life lenses, paul zerdin, perspective, self-assessment, ventriloquist
Ingunn Aursunes’s views on seeing clearly
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, training & development
Ingunn Aursunes of Quantum Leap Consulting in Norway, talks about how to see clearly in the clip I interviewed her for below. She speaks eloquently about ‘listening for other things than what our ears can capture.’ Sounds like a smart Heart Life Lens™ to me.
Tags: Ingunn Aursunes, life lenses, perspective, quantum leap consulting, seeing clearly, self-assessment, WIN conference
Seeing clearly through the eyes of Lydia Nakayenze
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Diversity & culture, Travel
Lydia Nakayenze is as colourful in character as the outfit she’s wearing below. Originally from Uganda, she’s living and studying in Germany at the moment. I met her at the Women’s International Networking conference in Paris, where she spoke to me about her ideas on seeing clearly. It’s easy for our vision to be cloudy. [...]
Tags: Lydia Nakayenze, perspective, seeing clearly, self-assessment, WIN conference
Seeing clearly through the eyes of Eszter Debreczeni, HR lead for Microsoft
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, training & development
Eszter Debreczeni is Human Resources lead for Central and Eastern Europe, Microsoft. I met her recently at the WIN conference in Paris, where inspired by Life Lenses™ a self-assessment designed to help us identify how we see the world, she spoke to me about her ideas on seeing clearly. Clarity of vision is key. Key [...]
Tags: assessment, eszter debreczeni, life lenses, perspective, seeing clearly, self-assessment
Seeing clearly in the eyes of Maggy Barankitse, Founder Maison Shalom
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, training & development
There are those who walk among us, whose mere presence is enough to command respect, to cause one’s eyeballs to pivot forward and focus with intensity, to straighten one’s shoulders, lift one’s head and vow to do better, to be better. Marguerite ‘Maggy’ Barankitse is one such person. Maggy, pictured above with myself, is founder [...]
Tags: house of peace, life lenses, Maggy Barankitse, Maguerite Barankitse, Maison Shalom, perspective, seeing clearly, self-assessment, WIN conference
The global launch of Life Lenses™ is today!
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Human resources, Teambuilding, training & development, Travel
I’m over the moon to officially announce (drum roll please) that the Life Lenses™ online assessment launches today. I’m in Paris for the launch and will be leading a Life Lenses™ workshop today at the W.I.N. conference. Discover what the buzz is about at www.life-lenses.com. Here’s what people are saying about the assessment: clear, affirming, [...]
Tags: bwiira joshua, cadi jordan, cheryl breitkreutz, dawn christopher, gayle bertsch, gerd junne, ken macallister, launch, leigh morlock, life lenses, self-assessment, training & development
Countdown continues- 1 more day to the global launch of Life Lenses™
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Human resources, Teambuilding, training & development
New! Today we’re shining the light on Journey (love the process) and Destination (geared to get things done) Life Lenses™. Which do you think you are? Simply click here to answer a few questions and enter the contest to win a free Life Lenses™ assessment ($60 US value) . There will be multiple chances to [...]
Tags: destination lens, journey lens, life lenses, self-assessment
Countdown continues- 2 more days to the global launch of Life Lenses™
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Human resources, training & development
New! Today we’re shining the light on Carrot (lovers of details) and Mountain (lovers of the big picture) Life Lenses™. Which do you think you are? Simply click here to answer a few questions and enter the contest to win a free Life Lenses™ assessment ($60 US value) . There are multiple chances to win. [...]
Tags: carrot lens, life lenses, mountain lens, self-assessment
Are you ready to see clearly? Enter to win a free Life Lenses™ assessment
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Employee retention, Human resources, training & development
The global launch is Friday, October 8th in Paris, France. Only 7 more days to go until Life Lenses™ is available online! Are you a lover of details or a big picture kind of person? Never without your to-lists or are more of a meanderer? Governed by your heart or your head? Oriented to go, [...]
Tags: carrot lens, destination lens, go lens, head lens, heart lens, journey lens, life lenses, mountain lens, self-assessment, stop lens
Calling all goal-oriented, focused folk. Are you a Destination Life Lens™?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Employee retention, Human resources, training & development
To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing. ~ (Eva Young) Do you like to focus on getting where you’re going, where you’re headed, what you’re trying to achieve? Do you put your time and energy into achieving your goals, reaching your objectives, getting things done? Are you decisive and [...]
Tags: carrot lens, destination lens, go lens, head lens, heart lens, journey lens, life lenses, mountain lens, self-assessment, stop lens