Do you know the fancy, official wine term ‘DNPIM’? aka a great T&D hook
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Humor & comedy, Training & development
Have you entered the cultural training & development contest yet and grabbed a chance of winning a free Life Lenses assessment? No? What are you waiting for – deadline is June 15th. ******************* A while ago I attended the Forum for Women Entrepreneur’s annual Gala, a great bash for entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurially minded. This […]
Tags: decode, forum for women entrepreneurs, fwe, hook, john jacobsen, monexa, perspective, quails' gate estate winery, tony stewart
White Hot Truth with Danielle LaPorte
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Creativity & innovation
On the eve of launching her new Firestarter Session e-book I sat down with good friend and colleague Danielle LaPorte, of White Hot Truth fame to interview her. Hang onto your fire poker and as we go with the Q &A. Q: For those who aren’t already in the know, who are you and what […]
Tags: creativity & innovation, danielle laport, e-book, entrepreneurship, fire starter, forum for women entrepreneurs, white hot truth
Business lessons from coffeemeister George Moen of Blenz
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Human resources
George Moen, the President of Blenz, recently spoke to a group I belong to, the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs E-series program, and as I chuckled through his engaging presentation, I learned these four lessons about business. 1. Look to your roots When George was a wee lad of 11 he managed to get a gaggle […]
Tags: blenz, coffee, creativity & innovation, e-series, entre, entrepreneurship, forum for women entrepreneurs, george moen, starbucks
The road to success may be under construction but you should always be the site foreman
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Change management & wellness
Danielle Wilson, the smart and savvy President and Founder of Sweet Peanut Clothing Company suggests “we should know what our picture of success looks like. We should know what we want and then build a picture of what that looks like.” I really tuned in when she walked her talk by relating how she’d turned […]
Tags: change management, danielle wilson, e-series, forum for women entrepreneurs, fwe, learning, success, sweet peanut clothing
When scales don’t tell the truth- how do you judge success?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
I’m graduating from the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs E-series program soon and the other day I tried on a dress that I want to wear to the party. I was trying it on because it was too big and I needed to have it measured to take in. That was my first shocker. It fit. […]
Tags: 4 hour work week, change management, creativity & innovation, e-series, exercise, forum for women entrepreneurs, perspective, scale, success, tim ferris
Business Strategy & Lizards
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication
I have been participating in the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs E-Series program since January. It’s like a mini-MBA for women business owners. It kicks business butt. We’ve heard a variety of speakers on a variety of topics (see below for a listing with links). What’s been a common challenge however is to find time to […]
Tags: bev briscoe, blo blow dry bar, briscoe management, business, business strategy, change management, creativity & innovation, cupcakes, e-series, echo memoirs, forum for women entrepreneurs, isabelle mercier, judy brooks, kins farm market, leapzone strategies, learning, lisa colls simpson, lizard brain, lori kliman, mark wardell, mike jagger, nettwerk, provident security, queenie chu, sam reynolds, terry mcbride, wardell professional management, yyoga
Weight loss and business lessons
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation
Today I’m celebrating my two year anniversary of having lost 30 pounds. I learned a lot during my weight loss journey. Mostly I learned it’s about common sense prevailing over wishful thinking, reducing the power I have to delude myself and accepting some givens without excuses. I also learned about applying the journey to the […]
Tags: change management, chocolate, forum for women entrepreneurs, four hour work week, law of the farm, leap of faith, learning, russel stover, stephen covey, tim ferris, training & development, weight loss
My extended quirky to do list part 7 – to’odle
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication
My last 6 posts describe an extended, quirky to-do list tool that I use in my corporate training (click here to download a copy for you to use). It has 5 parts: – to do, to continue doing, to stop doing, to not do, to done (no, the last one’s not a typo) (here’s a […]
Tags: accomplishment, because we can, change management, corporate, dragon's den, fatboy slim, forum f, forum for women entrepreneurs, four, four hour work week, new year, progress, resolutions, success, tim ferris, to do, training & development
My extended quirky to do list part 6 – my to done’s
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication, Travel
My last 5 posts describe an extended, quirky to-do list tool that I use in my corporate training (click here to download a copy for you to use). It has 5 parts: (I love that out of the 5 categories only two are about adding things. Can we collectively breath a sigh of relief?) – […]
Tags: accomplishment, africa, british columbia, celebration, change management, danielle laport, e-series, forum for women entrepreneurs, kool and the gang, learning, nairobi, skiing, tanzania, training & development, uganda, united nations, white hot truth
Arlene Dickinson: We’ve come a long way …. baby?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication, Humor & comedy
Last night I listened to business owner, entrepreneur and TV star Arlene Dickinson of the Dragon’s Den at the Forum for Women Entrepreneur’s Gala Event. Her captivating journey to entrepreneurship is made more impressive by her humble beginnings. Years ago, being a single mom with four kids to feed made getting cash through the door […]
Tags: arlene dickinson, branding, cbc, change management, dragon's den, entrepreneurship, forum for women entrepreneurs, fwe, gender, leadership, learning, passion, training & development, vintage, vision