Organizational Design Challenge: A Gamified Experience

A Special Event with Two of Our Sponsors

Engage your playful side and use your organizational design skills in this interactive game experience. Palmer OSG and Human Synergistics invite you to play a game of design to experience the process of going through an organizational re-design. Using an in-depth case study and game board, you’ll work in teams to learn different ways of addressing real-life design challenges. A great opportunity for all levels of organizational designers!

Presenters (ODN/C Sponsors)

Alysun Johns, Director of Culture & Leadership, Human Synergistics

Favorite Game? Yahtzee!

Alysun supports the development of integrated solutions for clients and consulting partners and leads consulting and coaching services for individuals and organizations. Her focus and experience over the years has centered on organizing, planning, developing, and facilitating client projects and workshops throughout the US and globally.

Roxanne Ray, Director of Professional Services, Human Synergistics

Favorite Game? Sequence!

Roxanne has recognized expertise in strategic program development and implementation, leadership development, and organizational/culture change, including a proven ability to work with cross-functional teams to build relationships and credibility across all levels of the organization.

Kiersten Rippeteau, CODP, OD Business Consultant, Palmer OSG

Favorite Game? Ticket to Ride!

Kiersten helps shape organizations into environments where individuals, teams, processes, and goals are all aligned to make great things happen. Her diverse experience allows her to take a holistic approach to organizational challenges, allowing leaders and teams identify root causes and get to opportunities and solutions sooner. Kiersten is a Certified Organization Design Practitioner (CODP) and currently serves on the Organization Design Forum’s board of directors.

NOTE:  This is a special, half-day workshop.  It will include a light breakfast at 8:15 am and lunch at noon.  The program will begin promptly at 9 am and end just before lunch.  For more information about logistics, contact Maggie Shreve, ODN/C Administrator, at 312.730.0041 or admin@odnchicago.org.

The Use of Self and the Breath

As consultants, we know that the models, tools and techniques that we employ are secondary to the primary instrument in our consulting engagements, that is, our Self. Most, if not all, MSOD graduate programs have a course entitled, “Use of Self” that speaks to this. But what does this really mean? How does this “Self” come to be developed?

Join us for an experiential evening to inquire into these questions and to have a breath experience designed to connect you more deeply to your Self.

Presenter

Alan Niebanck

Alan graduated from Tufts University in 1971 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He worked his entire career at Armstrong World Industries in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in various technical management roles in R&D and manufacturing. Alan came to OD beginning with his bottom-up implementation of a largely self-directed work team in the laboratory he managed. Such efforts were encouraged since Armstrong was committed to company-wide Total Quality, in pursuit of the Baldridge National Quality Award — which it won in 1995. In this supportive atmosphere, Alan’s OD education over the last 15 years included numerous NTL labs in Bethel, Maine, Barry Oshry’s Power Lab, and the MSOD program at AU/NTL. Alan retired in from Armstrong in 2008 and is now involved with various business “hobbies.” Alan’s primary business “hobby” – actually a calling – is as a breath work facilitator. He is certified in Integral Breath Therapy, a developmental and healing modality that he has been involved in for 15 years. Alan facilitates breath work for individuals and groups.

ODN/C — Into the Future:  Happy Hour Annual Meeting

Join us for our annual meeting where we’ll envision what ODN/C can be and dream up new possibilities for the future!  We will share the results from our stakeholder survey and build on those ideas together during this happy hour style event.  Come to share your ideas for where YOU want ODN/C to go and enjoy some storytelling about past ODN/C highlights!  We will also be introducing our new board members as well as honoring those rolling off of the board for their service.

This program will be “happy hour” style.  We will provide appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages and everyone can purchase their own drinks and additional food, if desired.  Please note the shorter program time as this is a special event and not a structured program.

When?  July 11, 5:30 till 7:30 pm

Where? Mezcalina, 333 E. Benton Place, #100, Chicago, IL  60601 http://www.mezcalina.com/Home.html

Costs?  There is no registration fee, but please register in advance so we know how many appetizers to order.  Thanks!

NOTE:  If you buy your own drinks or additional food, those items will carry a charge.

For more information, contact Maggie Shreve, ODN/C administrator, at 312.730.0014 or admin@odnchicago.org.

Authority, Power and Control in the Role of Trainer or Organizational Consultant

Trainers and consultants often react to their own internal anxieties when dealing with different corporate cultures or personalities. Those anxieties are often mirrors of a parallel process of the true dynamics in a company. This interactive and dynamic workshop will allow trainers and consultants to evaluate their own internal responses to authority, power and control.  You will be provided mechanisms to break organizational and personality challenges to resistance. The workshop will focus on effective usage of healthy internalized authority, power and control.

This workshop is geared to the experienced professional as well as to the recent grad and student. It promises to be engaging, highly useful, and fun.

About the Presenter — Rick Tivers, LCSW, CGP

Rick Tivers is a psychotherapist, organizational consultant, executive coach and trainer. He recently retired from teaching both clinical and business psychology classes at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where he was Adjunct Professor of the Year in 2018. He maintains an active psychotherapy and consulting practice in downtown Chicago and Evanston. He consults with executives from the CEO level and beyond, develops training programs to meet the organizational needs of client companies, and  honors and supports each employee’s need for independence and autonomy. His training programs are highly interactive, productive, thought-provoking and fun. As a specialist in both personality and group dynamics, he is highly aware of impact that various personalities have on a group and overall organization. Rick always demonstrates how to nurture and support what could look like the most challenging individuals in an organization. The workshop on Aug 8th will focus on both internal and external dynamics of authority, power and control while you are playing the role of trainer or organizational consultant.

For more information, contact Maggie Shreve, ODN/C administrator, at 312.730.0041 or admin@odnchicago.org.

The Role of Change in Mergers and Acquisitions

Experience an M&A through the lens of change!

Have you been involved with an acquisition? A divestiture? Have you supported a deal as an OD practitioner or HR Business Partner? No matter how you have experienced a transaction, they can be messy. They are fast paced change efforts that simultaneously create excitement and anxiety for employees; not to mention for the OD and HR professionals supporting them. The lack of a robust change plan can leave companies vulnerable to loss of talent, cultural clashes and ineffective integration planning and implementation. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be this way! Join facilitator, Lynette Buitt, to walk through a simulated acquisition through the lens of a change process.

Facilitator, Lynette Buitt, MSOD

Lynette Buitt brings more than a decade’s worth of experience to the ever-expanding field of human resources, focusing on global mergers and acquisitions, change management, and project management for Fortune 500 companies. She has a passion for ensuring employees are engaged, informed and have a seamless experience during times of large systems change such as M&A transitions.  As an owner and consultant for her consulting firm, Buitt Consulting, LLC,  she provides support and partnership on mergers and acquisition transactions and organization development initiatives. She has a Master’s degree in Organization Development from Pepperdine University and a Master’s degree in Human Resources from the University of Illinois.

How Do We “Sell” OD? Sales Strategies for OD Folks.

“How do we market OD?” “I don’t know how to explain to people what I do.” “Everyone does OD differently!” “I do OD, but I call it something else.”

Sound familiar? These are common refrains heard throughout conversations between OD folks. We all know we need to “sell” our OD work, but how do we do that – and in a way that feels natural, not forced? 

Join us to learn how to apply cutting-edge sales strategies to OD in an interactive program facilitated by Jennifer Hogberg and Kevin Potrzeba of Sales Empowerment Group, a company which teaches other companies how to sell their products. You’ll leave with tools for sharing your ideas based on new sales techniques geared towards emotional engagement and influence. 

Jennifer and Kevin will be sharing best practices on delivering persuasive presentations – including what not to do. Through creating sample slide decks in small groups, we’ll learn how to leverage thought leadership ideas, research, and best practices from the sales world. We’ll talk about how to get buy-in and engagement from anyone – your client, your boss, your team, your professor! No matter your role in an organization, you’ll be able to use these strategies to get your voice heard and expand the influence of OD.

Facilitators

Kevin Potrzeba

Kevin brings over 32 years of software sales management experience to Sales Empowerment Group (SEG).  He is President of SEG.  Prior to SEG, he was an EVP of Channel IQ where he led all sales, account management and business development efforts and grew Channel IQ into the market leading provider of online channel management solutions. After Channel IQ was acquired by MarketTrack, Kevin led the initiative to migrate all of their clients onto their new E-Commerce channel management platform.  Prior to Channel IQ, he was VP of Sales at ISD Corporation,  VP of Worldwide Sales for Interface Software, a leading provider of enterprise CRM solutions (now Lexis Nexis). He also served as the VP of North American Sales for Showcase Corporation and VP of North American sales at SPSS, Inc.

Jennifer Hogberg

As a Sales Consultant, coupled with a background in sales training and coaching, Jennifer uses the methodologies and tools from various training platforms and methodologies to mentor, coach, and train sales professionals. Jennifer has familiarity with Miller Heiman, Target Account Selling (TAS), Challenger, SPIN, Corporate Visions, Sandler, and Revenue Storm.   Prior to joining Revenue Storm, Jennifer succeeded in progressive roles at Xerox Corporation.  A graduate of Indiana University, Jennifer holds a Business Degree in Marketing & Advertising and sits on the Executive Committee and Board for the Kelley School of Business Alumni Association.  Additionally, Jennifer currently serves on the Association of Strategic Alliance Professional Board (A.S.A.P.) and the Pillars Community Health Board, which is a board position she has held for the past nine years.  Certifications:  ICF Certified Coach, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Master Sales Coach