Countdown continues- 2 more days to the global launch of Life Lenses™
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources, Training & development
Life Lenses™ is an interactive, self-assessment tool designed to identify the invisible lenses that you wear, the lenses that colour your perspective and shape how you see the world. Life Lenses™ teaches you how to see yourself, understand others and makes communicating easier than you ever imagined it could be.
Are you ready to see clearly?
Tags: carrot lens, life lenses, mountain lens, self-assessment
Countdown continues- 3 more days to the global launch of Life Lenses™
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources, Training & development
Life Lenses™ is an interactive, self-assessment tool designed to identify the invisible lenses that you wear, the lenses that colour your perspective and shape how you see the world. Life Lenses™ teaches you how to see yourself, understand others and makes communicating easier than you ever imagined it could be.
Are you ready to see clearly?
Tags: communication, go lens, life lenses, stop lens, Teambuilding
Countdown continues- 4 more days to the global launch of Life Lenses™
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources, Training & development
Life Lenses™ is an interactive, self-assessment tool designed to identify the invisible lenses that you wear, the lenses that colour your perspective and shape how you see the world. Life Lenses™ teaches you how to see yourself, understand others and makes communicating easier than you ever imagined it could be.
Are you ready to see clearly?
Tags: communication, head len, heart lens, life lenses, Teambuilding
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, go, go or pause and reflect?
These are some of the continuums that the Life Lenses™ online assessment deal with. Are you ready to see clearly?
- Enter to WIN a free Life Lenses™ assessment ($60 value); leading up to the launch there will be multiple chances to win so enter more than once, in fact new chances for you to give your input will be added daily
Read more about all the Life Lenses™:
- Journey and Destination Life Lenses™
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 quick to act (because the faster you decide, the faster you’ll reach your goal)?
If so perhaps you’re a Destination Life Lens or know someone else who is a Destination, one of the 8 Life Lenses™.
Destination Life Lenses™ are known for having no limit to the number of things they’re trying to accomplish and get done. Peer into their brain, back pocket or PDA or and you’ll likely find a number of things they’re aiming for. They’ll look at people who say they have nothing to do with a baffled expression on their face, that situation being unlikely for them. Destination Life Lenses™ likely have a well-developed coterie of ways of reaching their goals. They’re interested in services and products that will help them be more efficient, things that will help them achieve what they’re trying to accomplish.
I have a particular colleague in mind who gets excited when she crosses things off her list. I mean really excited. This may sound weird but she even has a certain way to cross things off her list, she crosses it off not once but twice and she checks the item off as well. Cross, cross, check is like a mantra for her. When she cross, cross, checks she feels accomplished. For a moment, she thinks ‘ahhhh, I’ve arrived, I did it’, that is until she’s off to achieving her next goal.
Does my colleague’s example make you want to hide from any so called lists? Does the idea of having clearly defined goals make you want to hurl, knowing planning your next meal is a challenge let alone your life? Do you see life as best experienced as a meandering path versus a straight line (meaning you’ll figure it out alone the way and change things up as you go along)? If so then you may be the opposite of a Destination Life Lens™ which is a Journey Life Lens™.
Life Lenses™ is an interactive, self-assessment tool designed to identify the invisible lenses that you wear, the lenses that colour your perspective and shape how you see the world. Life Lenses™ teaches you how to see yourself, understand others and makes communicating easier than you ever imagined it could be.
The countdown has begun. Life Lenses™ will be available online in 8 days.
The global launch is Friday, October 8th in Paris, France.
Are you ready to see clearly?
- Enter to WIN a free Life Lenses assessment ($60 value); there will be multiple chances to win
- Sign up to receive more information about the global launch
- Stay tuned for more blog posts that detail each of the Life Lenses™
- Read about Carrot and Mountain Life Lenses™
- Read about Go and Stop Life Lenses™
- Read about Head and Heart Life Lenses™
- Read about Journey Life Lenses™
- Read another blog post that summarizes all the Life Lenses™
Tags: carrot lens, destination lens, go lens, head lens, heart lens, journey lens, life lenses, mountain lens, self-assessment, stop lens
Calling all wayward travelers. Are you a Journey Life Lens™?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources, Teambuilding, Training & development
It is the journey that matters in the end (Ursula LeGuin)
Do you focus on how something gets done? Can how something gets done be more important to you than actually getting it done? Is your eye on the journey? Are you flexible about the way you take to reach a destination (a destination being getting a report written, a meeting facilitated, a product launched etc)?
If so perhaps you’re a Journey Life Lens or know someone else who is a Journey, one of the 8 Life Lenses™.
Journey Life Lenses™ are known for being able to change direction quickly if the need arises. Everything pointed towards completing a certain project? Journey Life Lenses™ won’t hesitate to step in and say ‘what’s your rush’, ‘slow down’, ‘how about we change it and do it this way’. If you were to follow behind them, tracing a line of the path they leave, that line would likely not be straight. It might meander over this way, then that and even disappear over the horizon, its destination being unclear for the moment.
A colleague of mine is an extreme Journey Life Lens™. She thinks nothing of dropping whatever she’s focused on at the moment, changing directions and heading off on a whole new path. She’s terrific at bringing people along with her, checking in to see if all is well, gaining ownership and buy-in along the way. It may take her longer to get something ‘done’ but you can be sure the process she’s used was thorough and well-though out.
Does my friend’s example make you want to join her on her meandering journey? Does the idea of not always being clear where you’re headed sound like a pretty darn fine way to work? Does the flexibility add a sense of adventure? Does the focus on how you get there make complete and total sense? Are you enchanted by the fact that the above picture doesn’t include where the road started or where it’s going? If so you may be a Journey Life Lens™.
Does the idea of following a map that doesn’t have a clear destination, plus defined markers along the way, makes you want to tear your hair out and yell ‘what’s the point of having a map if you don’t know where you’re going! Puleeeez people!’ Are you a little irked by the fact that the above picture doesn’t include where the road started or where it’s going? If you think spending lots of time figuring out how to do something would be better spent just doing it, then you may be the opposite of a Journey Life Lens™ which is a Destination Life Lens™.
Life Lenses™ is an interactive, self-assessment tool designed to identify the invisible lenses that you wear, the lenses that colour your perspective and shape how you see the world. Life Lenses™ teaches you how to see yourself, understand others and makes communicating easier than you ever imagined it could be.
The countdown has begun. Life Lenses™ will be available online in 9 days.
The global launch is Friday, October 8th in Paris, France.
Are you ready to see clearly?
- Sign up to receive more information about the global launch
- Stay tuned for more blog posts that detail each of the Life Lenses™
- Read about Carrot and Mountain Life Lenses™
- Read about Go and Stop Life Lenses™
- Read about Head and Heart Life Lenses™
- Read another blog post that summarizes all the Life Lenses™
Tags: carrot lens, go lens, head lens, heart lens, life lenses, mountain lens, self-assessment, stop lens
Are you governed by your heart? (1 of the 8 Life Lenses™)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Employee retention, Human resources, Training & development
There are no facts, only interpretations. (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Would you be lost without your intuition? Can you walk into a room and get an instant ‘read’ of it? Are you good at sizing up people? Do you focus on feelings, on things that are intangible? Are you known for following your hunches?
If so perhaps you’re a Heart Life Lens or know someone else who is a Heart, one of the 8 Life Lenses™.
Heart Life Lenses™ are known for trusting their guts. They are alert to the hairs rising on the back of their necks, sensing when something’s off or not quite right. They pay attention to that indescribable feeling, that tells them that everything will be fine and to move ahead, take a chance, jump in.
Heart Life Lenses™ are also known for being quite uncanny – they may not know why they know something but they know it with certainty.
A dear friend of mine is a good example of a Heart Life Lens™. She’ll be quiet during a conversation for some time and then make a bracingly insightful, spot-on comment. She makes mental acrobatic leaps from one thing to another with grace, being able to intuit when things aren’t quite right. The hairs on my arms may tingle when her sensitive radar has somehow, someway come up with something uncanny.
Does the idea of joining in conversation with her make your hairs jump up with pom poms pumping? Do you intuitively ‘get’ what I’m writing about and have volumes more to add? Does the idea of not being able to emote or rely on your intuition leave you adrift on a big, blue expansive, lonely ocean? If so you may be a Heart Life Lens™.
If you’re having trouble lending credence to what I’m saying, if your gray matter is screaming ‘prove it’ or ‘just give me the facts’ then you may be the opposite of a Heart Life Lens™ which is a Head Life Lens™.
Life Lenses™ is an interactive, self-assessment tool designed to identify the invisible lenses that you wear, the lenses that colour your perspective and shape how you see the world. Life Lenses™ teaches you how to see yourself, understand others and makes communicating easier than you ever imagined it could be.
The countdown has begun. Life Lenses™ will be available online in 10 days.
The global launch is Friday, October 8th in Paris, France. Are you ready to see clearly?
- Sign up to receive more information about the global launch
- Stay tuned for more blog posts that detail each of the Life Lenses™
- Read about Carrot and Mountain Life Lenses™
- Read about Go and Stop Life Lenses™
- Read about Head Life Lenses™
- Read another blog post that summarizes all the Life Lenses™
Tags: carrot lens, go lens, head lens, life lenses, mountain lens, self-assessment, stop lens
Calling all Head Lenses (1 of the 8 Life Lenses™)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Teambuilding, Training & development
Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth. (Abraham Maslow)
Are you able to spot the flaw in any argument? Do you love logic and objectivity? Are you known for your ability to seek out and squash bias? Are you a truth-seeker?
If so perhaps you’re a Head Life Lens or know someone else who is a Head, one of the 8 Life Lenses™.
Head Life Lenses™ are known for seeing the world in an objective manner and in fact (pun intended) place a lot of value on objectivity. Head Life Lenses™ have a wide variety of sources of information – from favourite websites, blogs and books to newspapers, magazine and experts. They’re interested in truth. Head Life Lenses™ take a measured, logical approach to problem solving.
Their strength is their sword of truth, which is laser sharp – they spar with others using logic, information and arguments. They can be trusted to seek out bias and subjectivity and slay them.
A trial lawyer friend of mine is a case in point. He can argue something inside and out, dispassionately proving his point with information, facts and logic. His way with debating is something to behold. I’m sure he could debate a point he didn’t believe and sound just as sure and logical.
Does the idea of matching wits with him make you want to step up to the plate? Are you comfortable using logic to prove a point? Do you see the world as objectively as possible? Do you rely on what is tangible to guide your decisions? Do you pride yourself on being unswayed by emotion? If so you may be a Head Life Lens™.
If you reacted vehemently to the above and shudder at the thought of a world that relies solely on facts without emotion, intuition and subjectivity then you’re likely the opposite of a Head Life Lens™ which is a Heart Life Lens™.
Life Lenses™ is an interactive, self-assessment tool designed to identify the invisible lenses that you wear, the lenses that colour your perspective and shape how you see the world. Life Lenses™ teaches you how to see yourself, understand others and makes communicating easier than you ever imagined it could be.
Life Lenses™ will be available online shortly. Are you ready to see clearly?
- Sign up to receive more information about the global launch
- Stay tuned for more blog posts that detail each of the Life Lenses™
- Read about 1 pair of Life Lenses™ – carrot and mountain Life Lenses™
- Read about another pair of Life Lenses™ – go and stop Life Lenses™
- Read another blog post that summarizes all the Life Lenses™
Tags: carrot lens, go lens, head lens, life lenses, mountain lens, self-assessment, stop lens
Go! Go! (and I’m not talking dancing but rather 1 of the Life Lenses™)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources, Teambuilding, Training & development
Every blade of grass has an angel bending over it whispering grow! (Talmud)
Yearning for action? Eager to get going, step on the gas, keep moving? Always planning your next move, the next step? Are you known as someone who gets things done? Someone who is spontaneous?
If so perhaps you’re a go or know someone else who is a go, one of the 8 Life Lenses™.
Go lenses are geared for action, for doing, for leaping (sometimes before looking). Jumping in, trying something on the spur of the moment are fuel for their active feet. Need to make a decision quickly? Simply ask a go lens. Need to throw caution to the winds and jump into something? A go lens will not only hold your hand they’ll push and prod you down the pathway to action.
The strength of a go lens is their ability to make a decision quickly and move forward. They are delightfully spontaneous. “No that’s not possible, no we can’t try that” are not words you’ll hear coming out of their mouths.
An old business partner of mine was a go lens. Before you could take a breath he’d have 15 ideas on the table and already be started implementing 5 of them.
Does the idea of quickly brainstorming a multitude of ideas for moving forward on a sticky problem make you want to shout with glee, “yes, I’m in, let’s go for 50 ideas in 5 minutes and within 10 minutes get started moving on a few of them”? Are you comfortable taking a few risks? Leaping before looking? If so then you may be a go lens. If a look of horror has just crossed your face and your stomach is quenching at the thought of taking such unmeasured, not thoroughly thought out action then you’re likely the opposite of a go lens which is, you guessed it, a stop lens.
Life Lenses™ is an interactive, self-assessment tool designed to identify the invisible lenses that you wear, the lenses that colour your perspective and shape how you see the world. Life Lenses™ teaches you how to see yourself, understand others and makes communicating easier than you ever imagined it could be.
Life Lenses™ will be available online shortly. Are you ready to see clearly?
- Sign up to receive more information about the global launch
- Stay tuned for more blog posts that detail each of the Life Lenses™
- Read about 1 pair of Life Lenses™ – carrots and mountains
- Read about the opposite of the go lens, the stop lens
- Read another blog post that summarizes all the Life Lenses™
Tags: carrot lens, go lens, life lenses, mountain lens, self-assessment, stop lens, Teambuilding
Stop in the name of the Life Lenses™
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture, Human resources, Training & development
Caution is the parent of security (Benjamin Franklin)
Do you love nothing better than to have a good think on things? Prefer reflection to taking action? Are you known for looking before you leap? Great at weighing the pros and cons before making a decision?
If so perhaps you’re a stop or know someone else who is a stop, one of the 8 Life Lenses™.
Stop lenses are reflective, thoughtful. Cogitate, meditate and contemplate are music to their ears. They like to take their time so they can do the necessary research and follow a thorough process, before making a decision and taking action. Need to know the procedure for something or which rules to follow? Check in with a stop lens. Need to make sure you’ve covered all the bases? Check in with a stop lens, they’ll show you bases you never knew existed.
The strength of a stop lens is their ability to be contemplative and thorough. Once a stop lens has made up their mind you can be sure the decision has been carefully considered and thought through.
One of my kids is a stop lens. The concept of wanting to be surprised is nowhere on his wish list because when something is sprung on a stop lens they simply don’t have the necessary time to think about it, to feel prepared.
Does the idea of carefully weighing the pros and cons of a new business procedure make your neurons dance with delight? Tend to want to read just one more report, one more research study, one more blog post before making a decision? If so then you may be a stop lens. If you’re groaning or I’ve already lost your attention because you just want to get on with things and keep moving then you’re likely the opposite of a stop lens, which is, you guessed it a go lens.
Life Lenses™ is an interactive, self-assessment tool designed to identify the invisible lenses that you wear, the lenses that colour your perspective and shape how you see the world. Life Lenses™ teaches you how to see yourself, understand others and makes communicating easier than you ever imagined it could be.
Life Lenses™ will be available online shortly. Are you ready to see clearly?
- Sign up to receive more information about the global launch
- Stay tuned for more blog posts that detail each of the Life Lenses™
- Read about 1 pair of Life Lenses™, carrots and mountains
- Read another blog post that summarizes all the Life Lenses™
Tags: life lenses, self-assessment, stop lens, Teambuilding