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Jan 14, 2017

Management Development Program - Workshop 3

Our final day of this 3-day Management Development Program. The focus of the day was "Staff Management". After Day 1 - Leadership Development and Day 2 - Effective Communication, we set up, at the beginning of the day, an opportunity for the managers to talk about their experience of applying the learned skills at workplace. There were both real challenges and success stories that we all learned in the group to be a better leader. We also had a few serious discussion moments

Management Development Program - Workshop 2

Deane Lam

Dec 17, 2016

Management Development Program - Workshop 2

On Day 2 of this program, it was a skill practice day focusing on Effective Communication. The class was grouped in pairs and practiced how to listen, ask questions, paraphrase and summarize. They practiced both individual and team communication skills. Each participant had a skill assessment form on hands when they practiced the learned skills, so that they knew about their strength and development areas. Reviewing the "Skill Set Wheel" they did on Day 1, the class had a cle

Management Development Program - Workshop 1

Deane Lam

Dec 10, 2016

Management Development Program - Workshop 1

Building a team is like building a bridge: You know where you are - right now You know where to go - a goal You want to connect them together And don't forget it is a: Long term investment Long time process Based on this concept, we designed a 3-day Management Development Program for a team of Property Management from Hong Kong and Macau, focused on Leadership Development, Effective Communication and Staff Management. The first workshop was about Leadership Development. The t

Deane Lam

Nov 8, 2016

Write Your Own Success Story Workshop

We have another Write Your Own Success Story Workshop in Melbourne. This is a 12-week coaching program and the purpose is to support and guide each other to achieve their goals within these twelve weeks. Their goals may be short-term ones but are very critical as an initial step to achieve their life goal in the future. We also look at their before-now-future stages in life and use this life map to find their desired balance. Check out this program events of this 6- to 12-wee

Deane Lam

Oct 20, 2016

Write Your Own Success Story Workshop

Our first session of Write Your Own Success Story Workshop in Melbourne started with these two amazing professionals - an Assessor/Consultant and an University Teacher. This is a 10-week coaching program and the purpose is to support and guide each other to achieve their goals within these ten weeks. Their goals may be short-term ones but are very critical as an initial step to achieve their life goal in the future. We also look at their before-now-future stages in life and u

Executive Committee Culture Building Workshop

Deane Lam

Jul 26, 2016

Executive Committee Culture Building Workshop

This is an organisational development program that we have been working together for over a year. It is a long process and we are step-by-step achieving every single milestone. Thank you for all the handwork and effort each team member put into this program so far, including: Team Development Workshop Management Workshop Celebrate the Success of Program Launch Skill Building Workshop for Supervisors and Managers/Leaders Launch of New Organisation Direction Skill Building Wor

Deane Lam

Jul 9, 2016

Discover Your Potential

We have been collaborating with Inkmason for years and this time they are ready to do something different and very inspiring - a team Brain Map. We use PRISM - a neuroscience based assessment tool - to map out the team's highest, lowest and average behaviour preferences. By knowing each other's collaboration styles and communication preferences, we can work so much easier and more efficient in such a dynamic team setting. The team had a lot and a lot of discussion, and a lot

Skill-building workshop for Senior Managers

Deane Lam

Jun 3, 2016

Skill-building workshop for Senior Managers

A 2-day workshop walked through the leadership concepts and communication skills for Supervisor level, for an advance group of Senior Managers to coach and support their team back in their workplace. We have developed a learning journey with series of leadership styles and management skills for managers and supervisors in 2015. They take training very serious because they understand that this is not about learning a skill, it is about building up a culture - a common language

Deane Lam

May 27, 2016

Skill-building workshop for supervisors

Two groups of managers joining this program in May 2016. Although this was a skill-building workshop for supervisors, these managers learned these skills so that they could coach their teams at workplace. We talked a lot about leaders and how they influenced us. These participants have been working in this organisation for over 10 to 25 years, they are very loyal to this organisation because of their leader, and I can totally feel that from the stories and drawings they share

Elementary Managerial Skill Program - Stage II Workshop

Deane Lam

Apr 26, 2016

Elementary Managerial Skill Program - Stage II Workshop

Congratulations! The Elementary Managerial Skill Program was successfully completed. The goal of this whole program is to co-create a leadership and management culture together in the organization. After Stage I workshop in January and February 2016, which focused on practical management skill learning, Stage II workshops focused on how the team move forward to achieve organization goals. Same as Session 1, we had a skill teach-back activity in the morning where we shared and

Deane Lam

Mar 31, 2016

Elementary Managerial Skill Program - Stage II Workshop

The goal of this whole program is to co-create a leadership and management culture together in the organisation. After the Stage I workshops in January and February 2016, which focused on practical management skill learning, and Stage II workshops focused on how the team move forward to achieve organisation goals. In the morning, we had a skill teach-back activity where we shared and learned success stories and challenges of applying the learned skills at workplace. The team

Deane Lam

Feb 26, 2016

From Strive to Stride workshop

Proud to be part of Inkmason's 2015 journey! Looking forward to 2016-2017 team development journey. Check out what Inkmason talk about our From Strive to Stride workshop. #teamdevelopment #workshop #prism #inkmason #corporate

Deane Lam

Feb 20, 2016

From Strive to Stride workshop with Inkmason

From Strive to Stride workshop was designed for Inkmason team to reflect on their development process in 2015 and plan for the future. This one was the last workshop (also the first one in 2016) in the whole program since we started the program at the end of 2014. We are very proud of the team for always doing their very best throughout the whole journey with us, and we see them grow a lot through: Let's Strive! Effective Communication Owning Challenges as Our Own Responsibil

Deane Lam

Feb 19, 2016

Elementary Managerial Skill Program

We had a big class today! The focus of this program was to co-create a management culture in this organization. In this two-day workshop, we used the PRISM Leadership Styles to explore the managers' leadership style preferences and their team's needs, and created their own Leadership Development Map. During the workshop, they looked at their own maps, identified their needs, practiced the skills in class with learning buddies and created company ground rules and their own act

Deane Lam

Jan 29, 2016

Elementary Managerial Skill Program

A two-day workshop was successfully completed with this group of humble and experienced leaders, such a fun learning experience. We focused on co-creating a management culture in this organization. We used the PRISM Leadership Styles to explore the managers' leadership style preferences and their team's needs, and created their own Leadership Development Map. Looking at their own maps, knowing their needs, practising the skills in class with learning buddies and having fun wa

Room Fragrance Spray Workshop and Interview with Jars

Deane Lam

Dec 21, 2015

Room Fragrance Spray Workshop and Interview with Jars

Since we launched our My Sweet Home room spray on 19 November, 2015, we have received a lot of enquiries and orders. We had a 2-hour workshop on Friday showing our participants how to make our own room fragrance spray, and we were very happy to have Ken, Director of Jars, joining this workshop, making special room fragrance to be launched in his shop in this Christmas!! We are very proud to have My Sweet Home products on shelf in Jars. I also had an interview with Ken who was

Deane Lam

Nov 11, 2015

Be Your Own Coach Workshop

A program for you and a friend to be part of a journey together to learn, to grow and to change. Set a time with us, bring a friend together, and we learn together. Our process provides you an opportunity to understand your behavior preferences by using PRISM Brain Mapping, to learn how to use coaching questions, and to practice coaching conversation with your friend. You will also learn how to respond to different people with effective leadership strategies. You and your coa

Deane Lam

Nov 7, 2015

Find Your Compass workshop - Part 3

On this last session of Find Your Compass workshop, we worked on "Strategy and Implementation". We put together a plan on how to get to where we want to go. We also shared tips and practiced on how we coach ourselves and others as we continued on this journey. We will follow up with our coaching buddy and will get together next month for an unpdate. IT IS POSSIBLE to get off that train of uninspired work existence -- we can be in the driver's seat of our own lives. We hav

Deane Lam

Oct 31, 2015

Find Your Compass workshop - Part 2

In the first session last week, we started our journey of "Self Assessment" by creating our Life Timelines, understanding our Career Values, and assessing our Motivation Skills. We continued on this path today by exploring different career interests. In the "Exploration" stage, where we took our blinders off and imagined what jobs would make us wake up every single day energized and eager to do the work we love! This process required a lot of thinking and challenging ourselve

Deane Lam

Oct 24, 2015

Find Your Compass workshop - Part 1

Today was the first session of this 3-session Find Your Compass workshop. Thanks to all the participants showed up on time and fully engaged in this 2.5 hours. Find Your Compass is a career coaching workshop, our focus is about revisiting the term "career path" and shift it to "career map". Path is something (such as a road, train track, bus route) that is already defined and built for us to walk and follow; whereas map opens up all the possibilities that allow us to stop, lo