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. As I mentioned in a previous post watching out for too-near hippos by night and too-curious monkeys by day, … [Read more...] about No better way to learn about your own cultural training & development roots than to immerse yourself in another
Cross cultural communications – are you in?
We interrupt this blog post for an important message: Taken the 'test' on cross-cultural communications yet? No? Get on over to this post with the test (and a prize!). If you can answer the question in the comment section you could win a Life Lenses® assessment. *********************** Cross … [Read more...] about Cross cultural communications – are you in?
Do First Nations people look you in the eye? More cultural lessons for training & development
Hot post title, no? Has it got you all up in arms? Good. Hang on, keep reading (there's a contest with a cool prize to come)... A couple of my recent posts have been on cultural issues to consider when doing training and development. You can see them at the bottom of this post. I left the … [Read more...] about Do First Nations people look you in the eye? More cultural lessons for training & development
Learning Perspective – Paper vrs Rock
Learning perspective. In my dictionary that's what we're all about as training and development specialists. In my dictionary that means creating a culture in both our training and development content and delivery that supports: ...taking a second look ...finding a new outlook ...re-examining … [Read more...] about Learning Perspective – Paper vrs Rock
How do you see success? A view from a clown & the Life Lenses®
I had my chuckle of the day when a client, from the organization called S.U.C.C.E.S.S no less, sent me the above cartoon. What's your idea of success? It's a perspective clearing question. Your aim is true and clear if you know what you value success-wise. Here are some lenses on … [Read more...] about How do you see success? A view from a clown & the Life Lenses®
Storytelling as a culture builder – 3 funny resources to help you get storytelling
Storytelling is an underused strategic tool for building and maintaining great organizations. In my last two posts I covered 9 tips to help you get storytelling and three resources to help you get going. Now for three funny resources to tickle your storytelling funny bone: 1. Listen to how this … [Read more...] about Storytelling as a culture builder – 3 funny resources to help you get storytelling
Storytelling as a culture builder – 3 resources to help you get storytelling
Storytelling is a strategic tool for building organizational culture, managing change, teambuilding and more. In my last post I covered 9 tips to help you get storytelling. Here are three resources to assist you in your storytelling journey: Check out Springboard, the classic book by Stephen … [Read more...] about Storytelling as a culture builder – 3 resources to help you get storytelling
Storytelling as a culture builder – how feather dusters & snow globes can help
‘Tell me a story’ are words to make most people’s blood pressure increase. Just as North American corporate audiences don’t tend to sing or draw in public, we don’t tend to tell stories either. Or do we? The background story We all tell stories and we tell them all the time. We just may not … [Read more...] about Storytelling as a culture builder – how feather dusters & snow globes can help
Assumptions – those sneaky, sly fellows that wreak havoc
I'm a huge fan of assumptions, or rather busting those sneaky, sly fellows before they have a chance to loom large. Making assumptions is the cause of a good deal of conflict, of misperceptions, of stereotyping and of generally mis-seeing our colleagues, companies and collective communities. As … [Read more...] about Assumptions – those sneaky, sly fellows that wreak havoc
My stop then go kid & what I learned from buying a spatula
I have two kids. One is an extremer Stop Life Lens® and 1 is an extremer Go Life Lens®. (Go Life Lenses® being oriented towards action - yes, let's try it, jump in! and Stop Life Lenses® being oriented towards reflection, rumination and thinking it over - hang on, wait a minute, let me … [Read more...] about My stop then go kid & what I learned from buying a spatula
He ain't heavy, he's my (misinformed) brother – how a little information can go a wrong way
Warning: this post is a little graphic. I decided to run it because I originally received the joke from my mum-in-law. I figured if she found it funny you may too. Two young boys walked into a pharmacy one day, picked out a box of tampons and preceded to the checkout counter. The man at the counter … [Read more...] about He ain't heavy, he's my (misinformed) brother – how a little information can go a wrong way
Learning can be stressful – throwing learning to the dogs
If stress can cause this kind of physical response in dogs imagine what a nervous learner can be suffering! Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so … [Read more...] about Learning can be stressful – throwing learning to the dogs
