Upcoming Events

Presented by: Michael Stewart

Based on peer-reviewed research, see the team-centered model 5 teams applied to gain $2+ million in annual performance improvement!  Follow the development and implementation of the “average” to “awesome” process in a series of interactive thought-provoking activities.  Explore the underlying principles in motivation, adult learning, management and systems theory.  Use this method to increase team capacity.

Gain a new approach to nurturing team collaboration, accountability and empowerment in today’s workforce.

Participants will be able to:

1. Assess readiness to apply this process
2. Ideate potential process impacts
3. Brainstorm appreciative debrief questions
4. Craft a pre-launch checklist
5.    Launch their own version

Gain a new approach to nurturing team collaboration, accountability and empowerment. Address the desire for more responsibility among much of today’s workforce

We now live and work in an interconnected, transparent, and morally interdependent world. All of us, whether, senior business leaders, professionals, or entrepreneurs, and those of us who consult to those in these roles, must become aware that how we behave and relate to one another is critical to building and sustaining significance. 

Join us as we explore this classic and up-to-the-minute topic.

Our presenter is Rob Peters, Founder and CEO of  Standard of Trust

Rob is a recognized B2B speaker, trainer, and advisor on building social credibility, social selling, and earning relationship capital for sales growth and organizational effectiveness. Recognized as #1 Resource on Networking and Relationship Capital by Relationship Science. Author of the 2014 book: “Standard of Trust Leadership: Transforming Business Cultures Through Purpose, Performance, and Relationship Capital

The Standard of Trust, A Relationship Capital Benefit Corporation has developed a breakthrough web app called PE-ER Performing Excellence-Engaging Recognition. PE-ER is designed to reward individuals for their kept-commitments and recognition through relationship capital points (RCPs), Appreciation Badges, and Performance Level Trophies.

Rob is a trusted resource and advocate for industry standards of Relationship Capital (RC) assessment, capture, measurement, and utilization. Since 2005, he has played a significant role in the creation of industry standards and best practices for the capture of RC. 

As a relationship builder with 25+ years of large-account new-business development experience, Rob and his teams created new business clients that generated revenue & profits for iGATE, Capgemini Financial Services, Headstrong, Keane, Romac International and IBM.

Rob’s business experience resulted in a passion: enabling business leaders and their companies to build and maintain high performing cultures of purpose, mastery, and earned relationship capital that results in greater trust, risk-taking, innovation, and financial results.

Mr. Peters is an active volunteer for Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly. Rob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and MBA from DePaul University.

Many factors impact the performance of an organization – one of the major drivers is the design of the organization – structure, roles, processes, metrics, technology, people-talent, culture. Organizations are like complex machines that have multiple elements that must come together in the right way to effectively and efficiently deliver the desired end-result.

Designing organizations can be complex and challenging:

Where should I start?
How do I link the elements of the organization together?
How do I ensure they are aligned to the strategy of the organization?
Many business leader’s inclinations are to draw an organization chart and focus on the organizational structure and believe the other elements of an organization – roles, policies, processes, skills & talent, metrics, goals, technology, culture, etc.. will fall into place.

It is not until after they have launched the restructure and confusion and chaos ensues they then attend to other elements of an organization and try to patchwork the organization together.

There’s got to be a better way!

Transforming and restructuring an organization requires a systematic approach to designing the organization and aligning it to the strategy and desired outcomes.

Come and learn:

1. Keys to successful organizational redesign

2. Steps to designing a high performing organization

3. How to integrate change management strategies in the organization design process

Jeff Chan is president and founder of Chan Management Consulting, a consulting firm that partners with senior leaders to dramatically improve organizational performance. Jeff is an expert in Change Management and Organization Development with over 20 years of experience working globally with wide variety of organizations across a number of industries. Jeff specializes in Change Adoption & Acceleration, Organization and Business Transformation, Talent Management, Process Reengineering, High Performance team development and Balanced Scorecard development. Clients of Chan Management Consulting include: CME Group, Illinois Tool Works, Baxter, Baxalta, Grainger, Navistar, DeVry, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Sealed Air, US Bank, Aspire of Illinois, Mondelez, McCain Foods and many others.

Jeff is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Business School Executive Education Program teaching and working with companies on Change Management and Organization Effectiveness. Jeff has served as a Baldrige senior examiner for the Illinois Performance Excellence program and on the Board of Directors for the Association of Change Management Professionals and a sought after Change Management speaker and expert.

Prior to starting Chan Management Consulting in 20016, Jeff held numerous senior level roles in General Management, Human Resources and Organization Development for companies such as Amoco Corporation, Hewitt Associates, Spiegel, Sears Roebuck, and British Petroleum.

Jeff has a Masters degree in Labor and Industrial Relations with an emphasis in Organization Development from Michigan State University.

Are you an open-minded person? Of course you are! It’s other people who are the problem, right? Sometimes trying to communicate with them is frustrating, drains your energy, and feels nearly impossible.

But guess what? Those people think they are open-minded too, and they probably think you’re the problem.

What if you could turn the desert of miscommunication that exists into an oasis where you can have refreshing conversations that will lead to empathy, insight and reach mutually beneficial agreements?

Join Ann Van Eron as she draws on scientific brain research and her years of coaching experience to teach ODNC the OASIS Conversations process to achieving mind-opening connections with others.

Find out why global organizations, Fortune 500 corporations, and even families are benefitting from the OASIS Conversations process.

• Learn how to minimize misunderstandings and reap amazing results.
• Learn to lead with an open mindset to ensure unparalleled results.

Facilitated by: Kiersten Rippeteau
Presented by: Kiersten Rippeteau & Bruce Mabee

Facilitated by: Cynthia Kivland &Joe Balistreri
Presented by: ODN/C