Training & development learning well October blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Human resources, Training & development
October has come and gone with goblins galore. If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply cast a spell and click below. Here they are – laid out like a well carved pumpkin for your perusing – here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up. You’ll find all the blog posts for […]
Tags: change, change management, engagement, learning, learning curve, learning domains, social media, training & development
Training & development learning well August blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
Didn’t have time to read August’s posts? Here they are – laid out like a picnic for your perusing – here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up. You’ll find all the blog posts for the month of August below. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning […]
Tags: aiesec, cross-cultural, engagement, kate sutherland, kenya, perspective
‘Engage and develop every young person in the world’ – how about that for an audacious B.H.A.G.
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Training & development, Uncategorized
Yesterday I was honoured to co-host AIESEC’s Youth to Business Global Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. Being on stage in front of 500 delegates from 110 countries was energizing, inspiring and simply all round fantabulous! Wish you could have been there? Check out their site for recorded videos of plenaries, pictures and more. AIESEC’s B.H.A.G. (big, […]
Tags: aiesec, bhag, engagement, word cloud
Storytelling as a culture builder – how feather dusters & snow globes can help
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Human resources
‘Tell me a story’ are words to make most people’s blood pressure increase. Just as North American corporate audiences don’t tend to sing or draw in public, we don’t tend to tell stories either. Or do we? The background story We all tell stories and we tell them all the time. We just may not […]
Tags: change management, Daniel Pink, echo memoirs, engagement, infographics, made to stick, organizational culture, sam reynolds, storytelling
‘Don’t fake it – you gotta feel it’ Mr. B. to his PS 22 Chorus at the Oscars
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
Mr B is the phenomenal teacher and conductor of PS22 Chorus, the choir that’s taken Youtube by storm. A recent Time Magazine article describes them as having a tendency to skip traditional chorus tunes in favor of exuberant renditions of pop songs. Mr B recently gathered his charges, from Graniteville, New York, a racially diverse […]
Tags: christain science monitor, engagement, learning & development, mr. b, oscars, passion, PS22 chorus
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
Learning comes in all shapes, sizes & venues (including family reunions)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture, Training & development, Travel
Some prefer their learning delivered through stacks of facts. Facts lined up with their edges squared and precise, like the desks in an old classroom. Facts stuffed to (over)fill precious time. Trainers channeling their knowledge into (supposed) empty and (un)willing brains. Others (in the know) realize that learning needs to be coupled with engagement. Learning […]
Tags: change management & wellness, engagement, family, learning, pedagogy, story