Upcoming Events

Employees face increasing pressures to accomplish more with less time and fewer resources. They’re also asked to be more innovative and to increase outcomes. Studies show that engaged employees are more productive and creative…likely to respond positively to the unexpected and unplanned.

In this highly experiential session, you will learn strategies to transform high-pressure workplaces into playspaces for innovating, learning, and changing. Come to learn how to: Think on your feet Overcome blocks to innovation and change Foster full participation Unleash full potential of new ideas Build an innovation and change-friendly team and workplace

Pamela Meyer, PhD, is President of Meyer Creativity Associates, Inc., where she works with organizations internationally that want to create dynamic spaces for innovation, learning, and positive change. Meyer is author of Quantum Crea-tivity: Nine Principles to Transform the Way You Work and From Workplace to Play-space: Innovating, Learning and Changing through Dynamic Engagement.

Join Tom Griffin and your colleagues to explore the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Summit , an exciting model for approaching organizational change. It is a collaborative inquiry and action process designed to get the whole system in the room, discover its life-giving forces, then build on these forces to create a new, exciting and fulfilling future. This in-teractive session will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to design, deliver and follow-through w
ith an AI Summit. Here are our objectives:

• Understand the AI Summit approach to organization change
• Learn how to select topics for organization study
• Learn how to write appreciative questions that ignite transformative dialogue
• Learn what to do before, during and after a summit to ensure its success

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Learning, development, talent, visioning, planning all fall under the domain of OD. But when it comes to our own careers, are we the barefoot shoemaker’s children?

Let’s benefit from our own collective wisdom, guided by a panel of expert resources.

An interactive training course that delivers the tools and skills you need to be an effective solopreneur and not only successfully launch your consulting firm but also manage it once established.

• What tools will work best with your clients?
• How do assessments support the practice of organization development?
• Learn from your colleagues
• Share your own knowledge

The following list of assessment tools will be offered by the associated individuals

•  360 by Design/Benchmarks/Center for Creative Leadership tools — Jill Wachholz
• Birkman/Resistance Inventory/Empowerment Assessment — Julie Benesh
• CCAI — Carol Jungman
• Communications Styles Survey (former CNG styles survey) – Cecelia Burokas
• CQ/Change Intelligence — Barbara Trautlein
• DISC — Connie Fuller and Judy Busby
• Leadership Circle Profile — Lawrence Hedblom
• Management Research Group Suite – Pam Wilson and Linda Sweet
• MBTI and Thomas Kilman Conflict Mode Inventory — Maggie Shreve
• OCAI — John Kelly
• OCI and Human Synergistics tools — Roxanne Ray
• Polarity Management Assessment — Neesa Sweet
• Team Strength Survey — Malcolm Fraser

• How does OD support information technology?
• How does information technology support OD?
• What synergies should we looking for? And what are we finding?

Organizational change happens best in an atmosphere of excitement. Too often, attempts at creating change and new learning are undermined by atmospheres of distrust and judgment. In this program, Ethan Schutz will present a model for creating healthy, productive organizational climates where people feel free to bring their very best to work. Using “The Human Element,” and FIRO® theory upon which it is based, we will experience how people can become motivated and excited to learn and create positive change, rather than being caught in an atmosphere of fear and defensiveness. The Human Element combines experiential methodology with an integrated set of psychometrics. By using effective tools for working through and resolving issues, people are more apt to enthusiastically implement organizational initiatives and contribute their full energies and talents.

How do you change staff

behaviors to

bring about higher quality care and

better patient outcomes?

With Connie Noltemeyer, RN,

Director of Quality Improvement at

St. Joseph Medical Center, Joliet

Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center executed an improvement project that resulted in a 61%  reduction of CLABSI (central line-associated blood stream infections).  Let’s learn how they did it!

Connie has more than 36 years of experience in nursing, healthcare management and quality leadership positions.  She has her Master of Science  in Nursing from Loyola and a Masters in Jurisprudence in Health Law from the Institute for Health Law at Loyola University School of Law.

Who should attend?  Any OD practitioner, student or other professional interested in learning how to improve healthcare outcomes.

RSVP or Questions:

Email michaelfmcgovern@

gmail.com to confirm your

attendance or call Mike at

847.823.7672

by 7 pm, Tuesday, July 17th

Come to Elmhurst for the ODN/C Picnic and Annual Meeting at the Sanders residence (for the fifth year running) on Saturday, July 21st, from noon to 3:00 p.m. It’s a great way to have a relaxing afternoon with friends old and new, who share your passion for helping people through organization development. We’ll also introduce the new ODN/C Officers and Board for 2012-2013 as the official business of our annual meeting.

Share some food, share some ideas and share a good time. You’ll be glad you did!

This is a pot-luck event, where the cost of admission is a dish of food that will serve 4-6 people. We’ll provide drinks.

Register to get the address and directions to the Sanders residence…where the fun will be happening.

See you there!

Register Here!