How much attention do you pay to learning? I mean, how do you learn? What enhances and encourages your learning? What helps you actually use your learning? I’m guessing these Q and A’s aren’t really on your radar. We pay so much attention to WHAT we’re learning that we forget … [Read more...] about Make your learning count by using my QU.I.T.E. worksheet
Groupthink and minimal group identity have always fascinated me. Minimal group identity is when we identify with a group based on something really small and sometimes even insignificant. Minimal group identity, unfortunately, is something that we can use to judge or discriminate against … [Read more...] about How minimal group identity and groupthink affects you (and your nose) and why you should care
Tech tools. Do you cringe in fear, overwhelm and/or exhaustion from trying to keep up when you hear the words tech tools? You’re not alone. It’s no surprise we’re overwhelmed. “Constant frustration with bad tech experiences affects how staffers handle their daily … [Read more...] about Ten Easy Peasy Tech Tools to Save Your Sanity
Last week I shared an easy opportunity to leverage your training design, how to get three for the price of one, in fact. To recap, most of us focus only on delivering our training. You know, that ________ hour (insert the training length) workshop on ________ (insert your topic) to … [Read more...] about How to design more bang for your training buck (and get three for the price of one) part two
What if I told you that there was an easy opportunity to leverage your training design, three for the price of one, in fact. Most of us focus only on delivering our training. You know, that ________ hour (insert the training length) workshop on ________ (insert your topic) to ______ … [Read more...] about How to design more bang for your training buck (and get three for the price of one)
I was jamming with a colleague, digital marketing expert Jeff Travilla from JCM Media Group, a while back about the pros and cons of working online, which inspired me to flesh out a list of six pronounced pros and six chaotic cons. I shared the pros in a previous post. In this post, I'll … [Read more...] about Six pronounced pros and six chaotic cons to working online, part two
Let’s talk conflict and money. Have you ever paused to think about the cost of conflict in the workplace, both to you and your organization? What if I told you it was £28.5 billion in the UK alone. This represents an “average of just over £1,000 for every employee in the UK each year, and … [Read more...] about Get the knack of negotiation with six skills for nuanced negotiating
I was jamming with a colleague, digital marketing expert Jeff Travilla from JCM Media Group, a while back about the pros and cons of working online, which inspired me to flesh out a list of six pronounced pros and six chaotic cons. I’ll share the pros in this post and the cons in an upcoming … [Read more...] about Six pronounced pros and six chaotic cons to working online, part one
Working on program evaluations with vulnerable communities for the Federal Government of Canada gave me a great opportunity to look at how assessing learning can not only be (almost) pain-free but fun, engaging, and motivating. Last week I shared the first five tips on assessing learning that … [Read more...] about Ten tips for assessing learning that prevent migraines and bring on magical motivation, part two
This is part one of "Ten Tips for assessing learning." Keep reading to grab hold of the tips. I knew I had to meet the federal government of Canada's program evaluation guidelines. I also knew I was working with women, all single mamas of children 0-6, who lived in poverty and who’d … [Read more...] about Ten tips for assessing learning that prevent migraines and bring on magical motivation, part one
Drum roll, please...this week I’m going to offer you four simple steps to make you feel Epic in your workplace. I’ve always loved the work of Chip and Dan Heath. Their “The Power of Moments” book is one of my favourites. I’ve used their E.P.I.C. framework (acronym mine) as … [Read more...] about Here’s a remarkably straight path from eww to epic
They say hard skills (a.k.a. technical skills) get you hired, but lack of so-called soft skills, like communication, can get you fired. Add to that our weariness and overwhelm with the ongoing global pandemic and raging worldwide conflicts, it’s enough to dampen the motivation of even the … [Read more...] about Eight skills for communicating with confidence and clarity and without consternation
The trick is for the (scissor) blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.
— Mary Jo Putney
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
— Amelia Earhart
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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