Is Change Management the New OD? What’s the Connection and Who Cares?
Program: Practitioners of these two disciplines view them in a variety of ways — from completely independent to overlapping to complementary. Some may see one as a subset of the other. But how do our clients look at the services we offer? Do they care more about the nature of the services or the results? At this luncheon meeting the panelists and the audience will explore multiple perspectives on CM, OD, and other alphabetic acronyms TBD.
Two panelists recently attended the international ACMP (Association of Change Management Professionals) conference and will comment on the advancement of Change Management as a profession. Our goal for this discussion is to forge a broader understanding of how clients are viewing our various disciplines through the broad lens of “change”, and especially how we can foster synergy between CM and OD from both the client and practitioner perspective.
[ Did you notice we said “luncheon meeting“? This is a new format for OD Network meetings that we will use periodically to reach a broader audience in the DFW area. See details below. ]
Panelists: Cindi Cunningham, Pete Sorenson, Jim Jameson, and Betsy Winkler. (See BIOs below.)
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Panelist BIOs:
Cindi Cunningham is an OD Consultant supporting American Airlines’ Airport Services and Cargo organizations as Leadership Development Program Coach. In a prior role, she served as an Organizational Change Management Specialist supporting the project team now building the PSS technology replacement for Sabre. Cindi is skilled in organizational assessment, employee engagement, process improvement, change management, and leadership development. She has also led customer-centric organizations in other travel and hospitality companies.
Peter Jay Sorenson, CMC is an external consultant who focuses on designing well-crafted organizations that combine getting work done and achieving outcomes with being positive environments for people who work. He is currently working with several energy related companies on critical performance issues in high consequence environments. Pete is known for his ability to see the big picture, make sense of messes, and lead teams in resolving complex issues.
Jim Jameson supports technology adoption through proactive change management to improve project success rates. His goals include improved ROI on IT related projects while fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and innovation. Jim’s focus on the people side of technology change is intended to broaden the perspectives of business users and teach them to work in new ways in response to a change in their tools or ‘environment’.
Betsy Winkler has been working as a business consultant and change leader for 20 years. She previously led the Change Leadership Center of Excellence for PepsiCo, and is a Change Leadership speaker at the 2011 Organization Development Network national conference. Her experience includes working with many multi-national companies on large, complex change and communications programs to drive business value. Betsy’s work in organization development encompasses employee engagement (such as surveys and action planning), as well as designing, developing and implementing global reward and recognition programs.