Results of ‘What % of the time is the leading scorer on the winning World Cup team? And what does it have to do with organizational culture?!?’
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
Last week I wrote a post about ‘What percent of the time is the leading scorer on the winning World Cup team? And what does it have to do with organizational culture?!?,’ Spoiler alert! Now for the results…. (Didn’t get a chance to cast your interactive vote? Simply head over there now before reading the […]
Tags: aaron johannes, dave ulrich, emmanuel jal, melanda schmid, organizational culture
What percent of the time is the leading scorer on the winning World Cup team? And what does it have to do with organizational culture?!?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
A while back I was fortunate to take part in Dave Ulrich’s day long workshop for the Institute of Human Resource Management, in Nairobi. One of the most interesting bits was his take on organizational culture. But first, some sports trivia compliments of Dave (note: if you’re not a sports fan like me, hang in there, […]
Tags: dave ulrich, ihrm, organizational culture
Push for drama – the role of drama in learning & memory
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Training & development
Watching the unwitting people’s responses to the drama is almost as funny as the drama itself in the video below. Do we need more drama? Certainly drama captures our attention – like pigeons, with their notoriously bad eyesight, who subsequently bob their heads back & forth to create movement that literally captures their attention – […]
Tags: learning, memory, retention, vonrestorff
The difference between awareness & vision
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
I’ve been working on revising some training & development curriculum for UN-Habitat, specifically for engaging youth & local leaders. I came across the following work by David Tees & Fred Fisher. It lays out the difference between awareness & vision. Where are you on the spectrum? Where does your perspective go to naturally & easily? […]
Tags: awareness, david tees, fred fisher, vision
A social media training treasure hunt
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Communication
Today is the first day of a new course I’m teaching called ‘Transforming Workplace Learning through Social Media’ and I thought I’d let you in on some of the treasures to be found when you incorporate Social Media into your training and development work. (And yes, Social Media deserves to be capitalized ….. pun intended.) […]
Tags: astore, blog, delicious, doodle, facebook, flickr, google, googlel doc, linkedin, newsletter, social media, twitter, youtube
We humans were built to learn. What have you learned lately?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Training & development
You don’t have to speak the language of the parent in this video to know that his kid wants to read. Badly. She’s mimicking what she’s seen around her. Because. Learning is innate. We humans were built to learn. Historically our survival depended on it. Today, our work depends on it, as does our health […]
Tags: learning
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