The view from a mountain (1 of the Life Lenses™ self-assessment)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture, Human resources, Training & development
If the vision is there the means will follow (Faith Popcorn) Are you great at being able to see over the horizon to see what’s coming? Recognize trends easily? Do you naturally find patterns in large amounts of information? Are you great at starting projects? Are you a big vision kind of person? If so […]
Tags: faith popcorn, life lenses, self-assessment, Teambuilding
Calling all carrots (one of the Life Lenses™ self-assessment)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources, Training & development
God is in the details (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe) Do you love to create systems? Do you notice details that other miss? Do you have an uncanny ability to focus? Do you not like to leave things undone? If so, perhaps you’re a carrot or know someone else who is a carrot, one of […]
Tags: feedback, learning, life lenses, self-assessment, training & development
Life Lenses™ – Are you ready to see clearly?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Communication, Employee retention, Human resources, Training & development
“Really trying hard to implement the ‘diversity thing’ but in reality it’s driving you nuts?” “Feel like your boss might as well be speaking Latin for all you understand him/her? “Does what’s important to you get dismissed at work?” “Want to take your organization to the next level but you’re stuck with doubt due to […]
Tags: #lifelenses, assessment, learning & development, life lenses, self-assessment, training & development
I’m launching Life Lenses™ online at the W.I.N conference in Paris
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Conflict resolution, Human resources, Training & development, Travel
I’m tickled pink, no actually blue, orange, yellow and bunch of other colours to announce I’ve been selected to speak at the upcoming Women’s International Networking (W.I.N.) conference in Paris, October 5-9, 2010. I’ll be doing a workshop on “Life Lenses™: polish your perspective & gain a whole new view”. ********* The global launch of […]
Tags: assessment, life lenses, Paris, perspective, self-assessment, W.I.N., women's international networking, world view
Doing things differently gets attention- even when it comes to saying thanks
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Training & development
I’ve been on a roll with two prior posts about how we as trainers can do things differently, in order to help prime our participants for learning. I think being creative and doing things differently is critical to being a great trainer. If participants don’t want to learn, if they’re not paying attention (to us […]
Tags: creativity & innovation, learning, life lenses, thank you, tom peters, trainer
Assess your perspective & find your blind spots (all without visiting the eye doctor)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Human resources, Training & development
We all have 20/20 vision …. in some areas, just as we all have blind spots … in other areas. Do you know yours? The challenge is how to identify where we shine and where we’re blind. By the time you’ve begun reading this you’ve already been faced with an onslaught of sensory input. Everything […]
Tags: assessment, Diversity & culture, dyana valentine, life lenses, perspective