What do you carry (11 cabbages & a grudge against your father for never coming back?)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication, Social Responsibility, Teambuilding
My attention is always caught by creativity; because it’s a great springboard to unusual ways of thinking & problem solving. This cab driver’s sign is a great example & got me thinking. What do you carry? The things we carry tell stories. They serve up memories from the past & memories yet to […]
Tags: decision making, motivation, peggy mcintosh, privilege
How your tribal dynamics affects your decision making
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication, Conflict resolution, Teambuilding
Fiona Jarvis, from the Canadian High Commission, is this month’s Learning & Development roundtable speaker (the group I founded & facilitate for people interested in learning, training &/or teaching). On Friday, May 18th she’ll guide us through an interactive workshop on Making Decisions in High Stake Situations (feel free to join us in person at the […]
Tags: alex cequea, decision making, fiona jarvis, social good now
Do you lean in or out? How to tell & what to do about it
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Change management & wellness, Communication, Conflict resolution, Teambuilding
Are you geared to lean in or lean out? Move towards or away? Here’s what I’m talking about, why it’s important for you to know & what you can do about it. Did you know you’re in the business of change? No matter what you do you’re likely at some point […]
Tags: assessment, change management, drive, grit, motivation, national geographic
It’s been a tough week; here’s my response (& an interactive gift to you)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication, Conflict resolution, Creativity & innovation, Teambuilding
Last week I wrote about drive. And how, if you know which of the 6 different types of drives you respond to, you can customize your own way to achieve the goals you want. One of the types of drives is affiliation, which got me thinking. Draw close – pull up your […]
Tags: dance, drive, faith, motivation affiliation
How to id & harness this powerful force that drives your everyday behaviour
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication, Conflict resolution
Think of a goal – something you want to achieve? (And yes, I know goal setting isn’t a sexy topic & it can be confusing but hang in there because it’s important.) Got one (a goal that is)? Have you been slogging towards it? Feeling unsuccessful? Held back? Discouraged? I may […]
Tags: drive, goal setting, motivation, planning
Getting it on with GQ (but not the way you think)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication, Conflict resolution
There’s IQ, EQ (emotional intelligence) & now GQ (guts or grit quotient). A little girl puts her nose to the table, eyes wandering everywhere but the fluffy marshmallow in front of her face. She’s part of the famous marshmallow experiment, which showed that kids that could delay gratification for double the treat, overall […]
Tags: assessment, EQ, focus, GQ, grit, IQ, national geographic, productivity
Sshhh don’t tell your brain ears this effective communication tip
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication, Conflict resolution
When my kiddos were little I told them about our brain ears. You know, the ears that are buried deep inside your brain that aren’t so smart. The ones that hear you (or someone else) say ‘you can’t do that,’ ‘you’re not smart enough,’ ‘there’s no way you’ll succeed at that,’ ‘you suck […]
Tags: communication, non verbal, para verbal, verbal
What I learned (& you can too) from the dragons hidden under my butt
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Creativity & innovation
‘Here be dragons’ was a term some say, used by explorers to describe unexplored territory. Unknown, mysterious territory. Like the territory we all face when we set out to seek, to find the betwixt & between. Working with 20,000+ participants in 80+ countries to help them laugh, learn & lead has shown […]
Tags: change, online course, perspective
An unusual Happy Valentine’s Day gift for you based on a true story with a twist
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Conflict resolution, Diversity & culture
In Europe keys are given on Saint Valentine’s Day to unlock hearts. On this day, a day of love & of celebrating affection & tenderness I’m giving you a key. A particular type of key. A key that’s meant to unlock difficult situations, particularly those where love, affection & tenderness are not central. […]
Tags: #metoo, change, sexism, tarana burke
My recipe for days when even the easiest thing is beyond you
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Change management & wellness, Communication, Conflict resolution, Teambuilding
Some days everything is hard. Nothing flows. Mess is looming. Conflict is lurking around every corner. And everything is an effort, even keeping your eyes open. (You might be having one of those days today.) On those days be gentle…. …with yourself & others. Grab your comfort clothes of choice […]