The pros and cons of training stubborness, from a baboon’s point of view
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change, Learning & Development, Training
As a trainer you’re likely passionate about your content matter (if you’re not, uh, maybe you shouldn’t be teaching it). You probably have tried and true methods that you’re confident in and killer hip pocket activities that you have at the ready.
Great! Really. These are good signs of being assertive, on track and stubborn (in [...]
Tags: Change, lee-anne ragan, rock.paper.scissors, stubborn, Training
An older woman who dares sounds a lot like a fantastic trainer
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources, Learning & Development, Training
A post by my new friend Sam made me think about how the qualities of an older woman who dares are similar to the qualities of a trainer who dares (indented parallel bits are mine, the rest is Sam’s).
An older woman who dares
A trainer who dares
Is eager to explore the unknown.
Is eager to explore. Period.
Owns [...]
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Who am I? That’s a good, albeit tough, question
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources, Learning & Development, Training
Recently I wrote a post about two scenarios:
1. social media as a halloween grab bag, where you reach out into the dark and don’t know what you’re going to bump up against or
2. social media as a place to meet, connect and build relationships, like meeting in a gorgeous field of flowers.
Regarding the latter I’ve [...]
Tags: introduction, lee-anne ragan, rock.paper.scissors, social media, who am i, who are you
Are you a Terrier or a Labrador puppy trainer?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources, Learning & Development, Training
Are you an experienced trainer, wannabe trainer or have just started dipping your toes into the world of training? Either way you need to know if you’re a Terrier trainer or a Labrador puppy trainer. Here’s how to tell:
1. If something’s not working in a training do you look at it as an opportunity to [...]
Tags: assessment, capulet communications, imagination, julie szabo, lee-anne ragan, rock.paper.scissors, self-assessment, tenacious, trainer, trainer styles, training styles
7 automagical tips for bringing ease to your training
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Learning & Development, Training
Have you ever spent more time preparing for a training than the actual training itself? Have you ever gotten flustered mid-training because you realized you’d forgotten a critical handout or supply? Ever do the same ol’ same ol’ training because it would take too much time to design something new?
Training is both an art and [...]
Tags: agenda, automagic, capulet communications, jason gulledge, julie szabo, lee-anne ragan, preparation, rock.paper.scissors, seminar, workshop
3 simple lessons in public speaking – (heavy) breathing made easy
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Learning & Development, Training
What would you rather do?
get a bikini or chest wax (gender dependent)
speak in public
take a long haul flight with massive turbulence
For many the thought of speaking in public is only marginally less than dying. Yes dying. Or perhaps getting the hair ripped off your body or thinking that you’re going to plunge to your [...]
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Assess your perspective & find your blind spots (all without visiting the eye doctor)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business development, Human resources, Learning & Development, Training
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 from ads, [...]
Tags: assessment, Diversity, dyana valentine, lee-anne ragan, life lenses, perspective, rock.paper.scissors
Beauty comes …. beauty goes
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity, Wellness
My last post was about ‘beauty being in the eye of the editor.’
Important stuff. Serious stuff.
And…
because I like whimsy and because 1 of Rock.Paper.Scissors’ founding principles was and continues to be humour and improv, there’s always another side.
Tongue firmly planted in cheek, where are you on the beauty continuum?
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What’s beautiful is in the eye of the editor
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity, Wellness
Beauty is captivating. Beauty is compelling.
False beauty draws us slyly to its side. All the while whispering empty promises.
“Buy this ______ (fill in the blank with your choice: car, lipstick, dress, watch….) and you’ll be like me.“
True beauty reflects beauty back. Welcomes us up onto the same pedestal.
The dictionary definition of beauty is oddly crass [...]
Tags: beauty, dove, dove beauty campaign, evolution, lee-anne ragan, reginald pike, rock.paper.scissors, yael staav
What’s real? Take a second look to find the White Hot Truth
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business development, Communication
What appears real in our hurry flurry world often isn’t. Authenticity is big. Being real is in.
Not being true is passe. Being fake is to be a flake.
How do you tell the difference though? What appears shiny and true can either be a golden nugget or a trashy piece of styrofoam.
Making time to [...]
Tags: authenticity, change management, Creativity, danielle laporte, firestarter, learning, lee-anne ragan, rock.paper.scissors, white hot truth