Social media tools for listening, learning & leading
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources
I recently presented a workshop on Leveraging Social Media to Boost Employee Engagement at the IHRM (Institute for Human Resources Management) HR Technology Conference, co-sponsored by H-Senid (which specializes in HR & Tech & has offices in 5 countries) in Nairobi. Here’s the group (picture below), all of whom were enthusiastic to not only get […]
Tags: h-senid, Human resources, ihrm, social media, technology
Training & development learning well May blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Communication, Creativity & innovation, Diversity & culture
If you didn’t catch all the posts last month simply peruse & click what’s below. Here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up for the month of May. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small sip. Shower yourself in training & development […]
Tags: allie brosh, communication, curiousity, google, Human resources, hyperbole and a half, ihrm, learning, pain, sara bakata, seth godin, social media, sunday nation
Which social media tool are you most comfortable with? Do you most want to learn about?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources
I’m at the IHRM’s (Institute for Human Resource Management) HR Master Class conference today, presenting a workshop on how Social Media is Transforming Learning. Join in by taking the 2 simple polls below, simply click on your choice & you’ll see the results in real time. (Note: the results won’t display until you click on […]
Tags: Human resources, ihrm, social media
Value is defined by the user (a la Dave Ulrich)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture
I adore this picture, another from Dave Ulrich’s excellent presentation ‘Leadership and Human Resources: Trends for the future’ at the Regional Leadership and HR Convention, Institute of Human Resource Management, Nairobi last year. What do you see? A wizened old woman? An old man with decades of stories to tell? A lithe young woman? A […]
Tags: communication, dave ulrich, Human resources
Rock.Paper.Scissors E-newsletter’s out: Social Media resources from ‘Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Social Media and the 3 little pigs’
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources
Have you left a comment on the 29 ways to stay creative when you’re training (part 3 of 3) post? No? Hurry up! The contest closes Monday, September 26th. Simply enter a comment to be entered to win a copy of the song ‘Eureka.’ ******* The latest Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. e-newsletter is out, where I review […]
Tags: harpaul sambhi, Human resources, impact99, justice institute, social HR, social media
More rock star stories of women & HR, ten more top tips
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources
Recently I facilitated a panel discussion of senior Human Resources women for BCHRMA in order to tease out and build upon their stories. What a night! The panelists hummed and the audience responded. Here are the mistresses of HR stories: Janice Antaya-Finlayson (VP, HR for Best Buy Canada) Joan Burgess (Director of HR for the […]
Tags: BCHRMA, best buy, city of new westminster, coast capital savings, corporate storytelling, Human resources, janice antaya-finlayson, jay-ann fordy, joan burgess, karen oyhenart, telus
Shedding light on the stories of women & HR, ten top tips
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources
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. ******************* Recently I facilitated a panel discussion of senior Human Resources women for BCHRMA in order to tease out and build upon their […]
Tags: BCHRMA, best buy, city of new westminster, coast capital savings, corporate storytelling, Human resources, janice antaya-finlayson, jay-ann fordy, joan burgess, karen oyhenart, telus
The biggest bird on the block in terms of building nest know-how still have to manage their flock, lessons from problem managers
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Communication
A recent survey in the Canadian HR Reporter, by Claude Balthazard, reported on human resource professionals’ take on problem managers. Cleaning up after them. Sometimes repeatedly. The article had some interesting things to say about some organizational cultures tolerating problem behaviour. A disappointing 35.2% said ‘if they deliver results, we tolerate just about anything’. Talk […]
Tags: canadian hr reporter, claude balthazard, cultural intelligence, emotional intelligence, Human resources, managers, organizational culture, problem managers, word cloud
Doing things differently as a trainer gets attention
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation, Training & development
Learning can’t happen without attention. Our brains have to be sitting up, ready to absorb, in order to learn. One way of getting our participant’s attention is by doing things differently. By doing things creatively. How much have the estimates changed of how much oil is pulsating into the Gulf? A lot. Loads. More than […]
Tags: attention, development, gulf oil spill, Human resources, learning, oil spill, powerful learning, rorschach, rorschach test, training & development
How do you get creative? Why use a mosha cup of course
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation, Human resources, Training & development
I was driving to pick up my hubbie from the airport and listening to Stuart McLean’s the Vinyl Cafe on CBC radio. The tunes were great and I was bopping and singing along, a great big grin plastered wide on my face. Stuart was relaying his tales of growing up in Montreal, and, as only […]
Tags: cbc, cbc radio, creative, creativity & innovation, development, elvis presley, Human resources, langara college, learning, stuart mclean, training & development, vinyl cafe