Managers in actions
Managers take actions to make their workflow process more effectively.
Deane Lam
- Dec 12, 2019
Team culture learning journey
A 2-hour team culture workshop with a group of 50 for a university corporate team.
Deane Lam
- Jun 3, 2019
Strategy building workshop
A strategy building workshop I did this morning with this brilliant executive team. Talking about strategy, it could be a huge topic, but what is strategy? It could be a plan of actions to achieve your goal(s), or it could be as simple as my 9-year old son said "it's just a way to win!", and I totally stick to that definition. What we expect from a strategy building workshop varies from different organisations with different purposes, but it should provide an opportunity for
Deane Lam
- Dec 19, 2018
Look at a goal through a prism
I had a wonderful discussion with this young and smart entrepreneur finding a new adventure for his 2019 business dream. Sam has been running his own business on food, beverages and packaging in different cities in Australia. Today, just one week before Christmas, we decided to explore what would happen in 2019 and how this little process guided him find some different answers. We started the process by simply asking a question - do you have a goal? Yes. The next question the
Deane Lam
- Dec 14, 2018
Build Your Own Brand - Identify your brand first
This is our new program BUILD YOUR OWN BRAND designed for individuals to prepare their new journeys in 2019! How did it start? Well one day, my client came to me and said "I need a session with you and I'm not sure what I want". That's it, and we started from there! We decided to begin with a topic "I want to sell myself!". This program is not about how to market yourself on social media, but what you need to prepare before you market yourself. It is not about packaging yours
Deane Lam
- Nov 14, 2018
Build your own brand
A new program designed for individuals to prepare for their new journeys. It is a fun and self-exploration process to discover the real you, believe in yourself and find your own way to success. Check out the details here. #outline #workshop #coach #lego
Deane Lam
- Oct 25, 2018
Balance in leadership style workshop
There are many many different kinds of leadership styles based on a lot of research with many people for many years in different countries and cultures. Leadership style(s) always focus on the people you are actually leading, so is there a shared model/principle that we can apply in different situation? We have a very interesting workshop today. The group is a combination of three different background areas - police workforce, education and record management. They choose the
Deane Lam
- Sep 30, 2018
Create some space for a LEGO® Serious Play®
If anyone are interested in learning from moving, building and telling, this is a perfect program for you. I love to use different tools and processes to create a fun and inspiring learning experience to people and at the same time we need strong scientific background to support the whole process. LEGO® Serious Play® method is a powerful tool that we can use for both team and individual development. Check out our programs (PDF format) and contact us for a different learning e
Deane Lam
- Aug 8, 2018
I just started my journey - Wendy
Congratulations Wendy, you have started a new chapter in your journey - writing your own Success Story. It was an inspiring process to work with this talented, authentic and smart Data Scientist! Thank you for the opportunity to be part of your journey Wendy. "Throughout my life, I always thought I have a pretty clear and positive attitudes towards my personal and career life. Both seem very much in control and I feel very lucky to have pretty smooth sailing throughout the ye
Deane Lam
- Jun 13, 2018
Write your own success story workshop - Day 2
Today is a storytelling session. On Day 2, we begin with updating our 2-week goal we set on Day 1. Again, a goal can be very small, it's not about how big the result, it's about the process and achievement. A small tiny step like making a Banana Bread can help a person break through a habit and create a new routine again. Let's start from small. Now we have successfully achieved our little goals we set two weeks ago, it is time to celebrate our accomplishment and think about
Deane Lam
- May 30, 2018
Write your own success story workshop - Day 1
We just started another success stories today! On day 1 of the program, we focused on question number 1 of the followings: Where am I? Where do I want to be? How do I get there? Have you asked these questions to yourself lately? ever? at all? Self reflection on your life journey is important yet we always ignore it because we are busy, busy, busy... Or we intend not to think about it because we will eventually give up when reaching to question #3 - it is just too hard to get
Deane Lam
- Apr 30, 2018
Leadership and Managerial Series
A new program we designed for the management team to deepen their understanding of leadership and to practice the learned models at workplace. This is an intensive program requires a lot of self-reflection, reviewing of team relationships, and open discussion about current situations in the organisation and work process. Combining the existing Growth and Learning Team Series, we add on a few new elements in their leadership development journey: PRISM Leadership Development Ma
Deane Lam
- Apr 3, 2018
Skill-building workshops for Supervisors
Congratulations to these two groups of Supervisors completing the Growth and Learning Team Series. We have been working with this organization for years to build their own culture and to develop the team's skillset. We are always proud to be part of their learning journey. This program is the basic foundation of building a team, which including how to communicate effectively, how to coach your team members to perform, how to delegate responsibilities and how to mediate intern
Deane Lam
- Aug 13, 2017
Aspire Workshop with Inkmason
We were so excited to have another workshop with Inkmason this year, and with this group of architects and designers, we started the workshop by this introduction -- “Yes, I'm a designer too. I help others achieve their goals and life plans. Why do I need someone else to help me achieving my own life goal? Well, have you experienced the worst time ever in your life? I have! In fact, I have failed so many times. Life is full of challenges, surprises, full of obstacles that we
Deane Lam
- Jul 25, 2017
Write Your Own Success Story Workshop - Day 2
In the last session, participants have reviewed the important life areas, their current life priorities and their ideal life balance from the Wheel of Life. They also set a goal/action item to be achieved in 2 weeks time. This session we created an opportunity for them to update their progress, to share their stories, to listen to others' stories, and to share their experience of success and challenges. They created their own success story during the workshop, which will be t
Deane Lam
- Jul 11, 2017
Write Your Own Success Story Workshop - Day 1
It was a big day - a life changing day for all of us. It was so fun to have these participants in our workshop today. This was a 3-hour workshop and on day 1 of this program, we focused on reflecting our life in a big picture perspective: Self-reflection on Before/Now/Future Sharing of Life-time goal (Future) Mapping our Wheel of Life (Now) Brainstorm important life areas Assess the current life map to find the balance Plot the “ideal” picture Find the gap and re-prioritise P
Deane Lam
- Jun 30, 2017
Management Development Program - Post Training Workshop
This was the last Post-Training Workshop for this group of Managers and Directors. After the 3-day Management Development Program completed, this was a half-day workshop for the group to review and share their learned tools application at workplace in a 6-12 weeks of time. Click here to see more about the program and the last post-training workshop with another group. This group did a very good job on the skill teach back session. Also, in the storytelling activity, they each
Deane Lam
- May 20, 2017
Management Development Program - Post Training Workshop
After the 3-day Management Development Program completed (Check out the workshop Day 1 - Leadership Development, Day 2 - Effective Communication and Day 3 - Staff Management), we had a half-day Post Training Workshop with the team. This workshop was designed to provide the team an opportunity to review and share their learned tools application at workplace within a 6-12 weeks of time. Whether their experience was success or not, sharing their stories will help the team to lea
Deane Lam
- Jan 20, 2017
Aromatherapy Room Spray DIY Workshop
I mentioned about using the power of scent to create a focus and relaxing environment for my work, which also inspired me to create my own brand of My Sweet Home in 2015. Today is a wonderful opportunity to share my experience and ideas on making our own aromatherapy room spray! In this afternoon workshop, we experienced what feelings the essential oils brought to us, shared some basic knowledge about a few of our favourite essential oils, introduced the simple steps of makin
Deane Lam
- Jan 18, 2017
Growth and Learn Team Series - Supervisors
We had two groups of very humble and experienced Supervisors and Team Leaders this time. The program was designed to equip all the Supervisors and Assistant Managers with the right tools to manage their teams effectively, creating a "one management language" in the organization. We have been delivering this program, as part of their learning journey, for years and again we had so much fun in these two fantastic groups! I love their energy so much! Thank you for the learning