OCA Honors Dr. Jackie Sherman with Don Carter Service Award

August 30th, 2010

At the Organization Change Alliance’s (OCA) Summer Networking Event on Saturday, August 28, 2010, the OCA Steering Committee surprised Dr. Jackie Sherman with the Don Carter Award for Service.

Don Carter, a founding member of OCA, passed away in 1998.  In memory of the service Don gave to OCA, the 1998 OCA Steering Committee initiated an award in his name to be given by the Steering Committee to a member who has shown outstanding commitment to OCA.  Jackie is the sixth recipient of the award since its inception.

Jackie is one of OCA’s longest-tenured members, having joined in 1994.  Listed among her contributions to OCA are her four years on the Steering Committee, first as Service Committee Chair and then as Treasurer.  As one example of her dedication to sharing expertise in Organization Development, Jackie co-led the first Shadow Mentoring Program in 2008.  In addition, she has developed many procedures and implemented several systems that keep the organization running today.

At the event, Ken Koves, 2010 OCA Chair stated, “Jackie is an example of the best that OCA represents, and we thank her for many, many contributions to OCA and to the community.”

Congratulations!

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August Meeting: Good Business Practices for Your Business

August 9th, 2010

Date:  Saturday, August 21, 2010

Time:  9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern

Location: Atlanta Community Food Bank, 732 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. NW, Atlanta, GA 30318

Details:

Are you an independent consultant and/or coach with an existing practice or planning to start your own practice in the near future? If you answered yes then you will want to attend the next OCA meeting on August 21, 2010. The topic is Good Business Practices for Your Business. Meeting attendees will participate in three different round table sessions on the following topics:

  • Sales Practices for Consultants with Robert Zinsser.
  • Privacy Principles for the Consultant with Carla Gracen
  • Client Contracts with Dr. Stanley Sloan.

The round tables will be informal and will provide the attendees with important information about consulting practice governance. The round table facilitators/speakers will be prepared from their own experiences as a consultant, coach, and/or as a business leader. Handouts will be available at each round table on that particular topic.

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July Meeting: Behind the Scenes – The Making of a Global Innovator

July 5th, 2010

Behind the Scenes – The Making of a Global Innovator – Procter & Gamble

Date:  Saturday, July 17, 2010

Time:  9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern

Location:  Atlanta Community Food Bank

Procter & Gamble, the world’s largest consumer products and services company (#22 on the Fortune 500), continues to meet the changing needs of the world’s consumers (in 180 countries), while remaining true to its 170+ year history.

Come get “a peek behind the curtain,” as two former P&G managers discuss their experiences at the company (from their varied perspectives), and the role of OD in its most recent change initiative – Organization 2005.

In this session, you will gain:

  • Insight into a corporation that has played a major role in all of our lives
  • A deeper understanding of The Organization Performance Model (developed by Dave Hannah while at P&G) and still used today.

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June Meeting: Changing an Industry’s Culture to Avoid Disasters

June 6th, 2010

When an Industry’s Life is on the Line…Changing an Industry’s Culture to Avoid Disasters

Date:  Friday, June 18, 2010

Time:  9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern

Location:  Atlanta Community Food Bank

The consequences of a disaster in high risk industries such as nuclear or oil are heartbreaking. More than a month later, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is still gushing of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Accidents like these highlight the importance of maintaining a healthy safety culture in an industry.

In this interactive session, Bill Webster, Senior Vice President at INPO (Institute of Nuclear Power Operations), traces the evolution of safety culture in the U.S. nuclear industry. Over the past several years, the worldwide nuclear industry has achieved an impressive safety record. Many things have contributed to this performance, but it is also due to unprecedented industry cooperation and a strong focus on building a healthy safety culture.

Bill will lead participants through the process of a deliberate creation of a safety culture within the nuclear industry, and critical questions that must be answered when changing a culture – whether that is an organization or an industry.

Some of the questions to be discussed during this session:

Can an industry’s culture be shaped?

How can an industry’s culture be shaped?

Who is responsible for an industry’s culture?

What is the role of the regulator in crafting and managing an industry’s safety culture?

What is the role of the internal & external change agent in influencing an industry’s safety
culture?

What levers are available to the OD practitioner to influence an organization’s safety culture?

How do you export an industry’s culture to other industries and countries?

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Meeting Notes from Inside Influence: Leading Change from the Middle

May 16th, 2010

At the May meeting, Heather Stagl of Enclaria LLC focused on the role of the internal change agent.

When we typically think of leading change, there are two parties:  the leader and everyone else.  The common statistic quoted for leading change is a 30% success rate for initiatives.  Add a change agent to help implement the change and the success rate drops to 20%!  The primary reasons for the reduction in effectiveness are mismanaged roles and relationships.  It turns out that being responsible for implementing change without having the authority to get it done is a tricky job!

Heather shared the role of the change agent, and how the relationships should best be managed.  She followed up by defining two main ways to influence organizations from the middle:  personal influence and structural influence.

During one of the exercises, attendees brainstormed a list of structural influence strategies, or the systems, processes and tools we use to influence change.  Click here to download the list (PDF).

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May Meeting: Inside Influence

April 30th, 2010

Inside Influence:  Leading Change from the Middle

Date:  Saturday, May 15, 2010

Time:  9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern

Location:  Atlanta Community Food Bank

A common view of change is that it must start from the top of the organization. However, change is often initiated and led from pockets within an organization.

In fact many roles, such as IT, engineering, project management, process improvement, strategic planning and, of course, internal HR/OD practitioners, require influencing other people in the organization to change the way they work.

Since senior leaders can’t do all the work of change, managers and employees further down the org chart are frequently tapped to take on change in addition to their day job.

In this interactive session, OCA Steering Committee member Heather Stagl explores the role of the internal change agent, with its risks, rewards, advantages and challenges. Join us and learn how to best influence organizational change without authority.

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April Meeting: Picking Up the Pieces

April 7th, 2010

Picking Up the Pieces:  Implementing Change Management After the Change has been Implemented

Date:  Saturday, April 17, 2010

Time:  9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern

Location:  Atlanta Community Food Bank

When any type of change initiatives stalls or fails, it risks being viewed as a fad that didn’t live up to the hype. Even worse, stalled or failed change efforts can become distractions that result in reduced levels of performance, customer service, and/or organizational effectiveness.

In this interactive session, OCA member Aaron Fausz will lead participants in working their way through a process to recover from a stalled/failed change initiative. The output will be a series of questions to ask and actions to take to revive a stalled/failed change initiative.

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January Meeting: OCA 2010 Planning with Open Space

January 7th, 2010

Date:  Saturday, January 23, 2010

Time:  9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern

Location:  Atlanta Community Food Bank

Details:

When the OCA steering committee asked the members what OCA does well, they said, “Facilitating networking and learning from each other.”

When the steering committee asked the members what OCA could do better, they said, “Facilitate networking and learning from each other.”

Join us on January 23rd to discuss the results of the OCA 2009 planning survey and topics about which you are passionate.

We will review what you said about how OCA is and is not meeting your needs. Then we will ask for your ideas and help in moving OCA forward. Lastly, we will have a modified Open Space meeting. We will take your questions, problems, and discussion topics and work on those in groups of your choosing.

If you are currently looking for a position in the field of organization development, I would encourage you to attend. One of our work groups will focus on that specific topic.

The meeting will be facilitated by Ken Koves, senior program manager in Organization Effectiveness at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and the 2010 OCA chair.

So bring your ideas and be ready to both share and listen on January 23 at the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

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Join us for OCA’s 2010 New Year Party on Jan 24!

January 5th, 2010

We are pleased to announce OCA’s 2010 New Year Party on Jan 24, 2010.

The Organization Change Alliance (OCA) is hosting a party for all professionals working in OD, HR, human capital, training and
development, coaching, and related fields, and their guests. Please join us for a relaxed evening of socializing and professional networking. This event is a great opportunity to connect with colleagues and make new business connections in a no pressure environment.

The party will be held on Sunday, January 24, 2010 from 6 to 9 pm in the beautiful Garden room at Mudcatz in The Shops of Dunwoody at 5510 Chamblee Dunwoody Road in Dunwoody, GA  30338. Flavorful Cajun Cuisine in the New Orleans style will be provided.

The cost is $20 per person in advance (credit card or check) and $25 (cash or check) at the door.

For planning purposes, we recommend advanced registration. Click on the link below to register online and reserve your seat.

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The event details are as follows:

Organization:  Organization Change Alliance

Event Name:  OCA 2010 New Year Party

Date(s):  January 24, 2010, 06:00 PM to 09:00 PM

Location:  Mudcatz

Click Here For Detail:  Event Information

We look forward to seeing you there!

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December Meeting: Building a Cooperative Work Environment

December 15th, 2009

Date:  Friday, December 18, 2009

Time:  9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern

Location:  Atlanta Community Food Bank

Atlanta-based consultant Robert Crow contends that tools like performance appraisals, ranking employees, contests, performance management, commission pay, MBO, and quotas, can have the opposite effect than that desired by management.Rather than stimulate growth, they add drag to the organization such as internal competition and an adversarial working environment.

Thus, the manager using these tools, even with good intention, may instead cause their organization to “crash with the nose up.”

Please join us for a dynamic and thought-provoking experience.

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