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Developing Leadership for All Seasons

This evening, our program will focus on how to “grow” leaders for all seasons:

   – Spring (prepare soil, plant, nourish, and protect)

   – Summer (carefully manage prudent growth, prune constantly)

   – Autumn (harvest what is ripe “but not before its time,”
evaluate and adjust, begin planning for next “season”)

   – Winter (rest, replenish, complete planning, begin preparations)

Come kick off the new year and participate in a lively discussion about the core competencies our speaker has identified from multiple sources of past and current thinkers and practitioners on the topic of leadership development. AND we will see how these competencies align with the metaphor of an “all seasons” approach to developing leaders!

Schedule for Thursday Evening:
  –  6:30  Networking / Food / Intros 
   –  7:15 Announcements / Program
   –  8:45 Closing and evaluation

Meeting Location: American Airlines Headquarters *
4333 Amon Carter Boulevard, Center Port 5 (6 Story Building)
Fort Worth, TX 76155

>> Click for Satellite Map of the building and parking (with lat/long)
Note: Take Hwy 183 to Amon Carter exit; Go south to Sovereign Rd (SW corner).

Parking is plentiful, free, and very close to the door (see map). ADA accessible.

Cost: No charge for members ($60/year). $10 for guests.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Based on his experience and travels of late, Dan will discuss what he has found — i.e. that   (A) there are two key factors regarding change: Driving Commitment and Embedding Behavior,  and   (B) all other aspects of successful change fall under these two categories.

Dan will also be discussing the 21st Century perspective on the Kotter 8 Steps in light of the work that he has been doing over the last several years with people around the world, as well as the myth that transformations fail 70% of the time.

Presenter:  Dan S. Cohen, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
(see Dan’s full bio below)

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Schedule for Thursday Evening:
  – 6:30 Intros / Networking / Food
  – 7:15 Announcements / Program
  – 8:45 Closing and evaluation

Meeting Location:  American Airlines Headquarters *
4333 Amon Carter Boulevard, Center Port 5 (6 Story Building)
Fort Worth, TX 76155

>> Click for Satellite Map of the building and parking (with lat/long)
Note: Take Hwy 183 to Amon Carter exit; Go south to Sovereign Rd (SW corner).

Parking  is plentiful, free, and very close to the door (see map).  ADA accessible.

Cost:   No charge for members ($60/year).  $10 for guests.

Speaker BIO:

The Parkland Hospital and Healthcare System has been under fire for some time now — a typical DMN headline: “Do-Or-Die Inspection Underway At Parkland.”  But now a new CEO is coming onboard. His comment: “I am impressed with employees’ willingness to talk about the facility’s regulatory problems”.

You will be hearing from and talking with the “change agent” that helped bring this about. His story is both interesting and insightful. We hope you will join us for a very special evening!

Presenter
Jim Dunn, PhD, DHA
Executive Vice President and Chief Talent Officer
Parkland Health & Hospital System

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Schedule for Thursday Evening:
– 6:30 Intros / Networking / Food
– 7:15 Announcements / Program
– 8:45 Closing and evaluation

Meeting Location:American Airlines Headquarters *
4333 Amon Carter Boulevard, Center Port 5 (6 Story Building)
Fort Worth, TX 76155

>> Click for Satellite Map of the building and parking (with lat/long)
Note: Take Hwy 183 to Amon Carter exit; Go south to Sovereign Rd (SW corner).

Parking is plentiful, free, and very close to the door (see map). ADA accessible.

Cost: No charge for members ($60/year). $10 for guests.

Facilitator BIO:  Jim Dunn is the Executive Vice President and Chief Talent Officer for Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, Texas. Jim serves as the principal strategist and architect for development and implementation of strategies for the Talent Management life cycle for Parkland.

Jim served as the Executive HR and Learning executive for the Office of Learning and Performance Development for the Cleveland Clinic, the Chief Learning Officer with Texas Health Resources and the National Vice President, Human Resources and Talent Retention Strategy for the National Home Office of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta

His most recent book, “Unintended Consequences: How Healthcare Reform Can Save Strategic HR,” is currently in press and due out in spring, 2014 under Charles Pinot publishing.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Program Change

Dear Colleagues — We’ve had a slight change of plans for tonight’s meeting due to the fact that our planned speaker, Bob Morris is ill.  (His doctor insists on bed rest, and we probably don’t want to catch what he has anyway!)

So, demonstrating our organizational agility we are making a pivot!   We will have two discussions, balancing time between them based on your interest and participation:   

A. Follow Up to November Planning Meeting – The Program Calendar

Jeff Bracken will bring the materials from our November planning activity and help us finalize the schedule for the rest of 2014.  We will benefit from additional input and you’ll get a sneak preview of things to come!   We will also discuss the dynamics of our Self-Directed Work Team approach.

B. Senior Practitioners Forum!

This is always a popular activity — those in attendance will pose issues and dilemmas they are running into in their work and we will form small consulting/discussion teams and wrestle those issues to the ground.  Pete Sorenson and others will lead this.

Join us for a great evening of interaction, learning, and networking!   (And we’ll have plenty of food!) 

Please let us know if you are not able to make the meeting.   Thanks – see you there!

Schedule for Thursday Evening:   –  6:30  Networking / Food / Intros    –  7:15  Announcements / Program –  8:45  Closing and evaluation 

Meeting Location: University of Dallas – Art History Bldg, Room 112     1845 East Northgate Drive,    Irving, TX 75062     (972-721-5000)   *

Cost: No charge for members ($60/year). $10 for guests.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Annual Networking/Social Meeting
and “Gold Elephant Book Exchange”

Meeting Goals:
– Connect: get to know one another better – personally & professionally
– Learn: share knowledge informally during the book exchange
– Enjoy: fellowship + creative responses (and humor) of the game

Please bring a gift-wrapped book that is meaningful to you – perhaps a book from your own library to ‘pay it forward’ or one from a second hand bookstore. Don’t spend a lot of money – it’s the thought that counts!

The game will be similar to a traditional white elephant gift exchange — each person in turn will unwrap a book or ‘steal’ one that someone else has already opened. Unlike ‘white elephants’ (which are often useless), the books are ‘gold elephants’ that will contain some unique nuggets of wisdom when opened (or stolen) by the right recipient! Discovering those golden nuggets will be part of the game as people talk about the books they give (and the ones they get)!

Handout/Procedure for the ‘Gold Elephant Gift Exchange’

Presenter / Facilitator: Jim Jameson

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Facilitator BIO:
Jim Jameson is a Principal at Noah Consulting LLC (a firm specializing in Master Data Management for the Upstream Oil & Gas industry). His role is to improve the success rate of technology adoption projects, working mainly in the areas of Change Management, Collaboration, and Communications. He believes that focusing on the people side of technology change is the key to improving ROI on tranformational ‘IT solutions’.

OD Network Annual Planning Meeting

Our November Meeting is a facilitated event designed to collectively answer the question: “What programs do we most want for our 2014 DFW OD Network Monthly Meetings?”

Each of us will have the opportunity to recommend ideas and participate in deciding the twelve topics for our 2014 programming.  So — what topics are most important, meaningful and relevant for you?  Here are some questions to help stimulate your thinking:

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Schedule for Thursday Evening:
   – 6:30  Networking / Food / Intros
   – 7:00  Announcements / Program
   – 8:45  Closing and evaluation

Meeting Location:
University of Dallas – Art History Bldg, Room 112 *
1845 East Northgate Drive,  Irving, TX  75062   (972-721-5000)
The Art History Bldg is #11 on the campus map.

>> Click for Satellite Map  of the building and parking (with lat/long)

Note: Remember – the back of the Art History building faces the parking lot. Go around to the front of the building, which faces the trees, to enter the building (see map). We are just inside the main glass doors.

Parking: Available in various places across the campus.

Cost: No charge for members ($60/year). $10 for guests.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The Institute of Management Consultants (IMC)  DFW Chapter Board Members invite you on Monday evening, October 21, 2013 for a special joint IMC/OD Network program.  Our speaker is Harvard Business Review contributor Ken Lizotte, CMC^® , Author of The Expert’s Edge. He’ll tell you “How to Become a Thought Leader.”

This joint meeting will take place on the third Monday in October from 5:40 to 8 p.m. at Brookhaven Country Club.    For map and details click here! 

Ken Lizotte, CMC^®
The ROI of Thought Leading: Separate Your Firm from the Competitive Pack!  

Expert studies show that positioning your company as a “thought leader” results in greater revenue, stronger customer loyalty, increased credibility, word-of-mouth recommendation and prestige – what speaker Ken Lizotte calls a “thought leading strategy.”  Citing data from his book, Ken explains why this works and how to get your own thought leading program going so you too can begin breaking away from the competitive pack.    You will leave the October 21 Forum knowing how to:

• Build a thought leading strategy and brand that will generate higher levels of revenue, customer loyalty, credibility, word-of-mouth, and prestige
• Build strong thought leading reputation that leads to giving higher levels of value to your client

Click to Register now.       To get the special price ($30), use the promo code  IMCDFWWelcomesOD  on the payment page. (Please reserve your spot ASAP to ensure enough meals will be available).

We look forward to meeting you! 

Ilona Pesti, CMC^®
Forum Director on behalf of the IMC DFW Board of Directors   979-739-6596

More information about IMC and our chapter:
http://www.imcusa.org   or   www.imcdfw.org

We look forward to seeing you there!

Check-In:  A Powerful Group Process
for achieving group productivity and intimacy 

Come to our September Meeting and experience “Check-In” — a time-proven but seldom used tool that can dramatically improve group dynamics.  This technique was originally developed at the NTL Institute by Charlie and Edie Seashore.   

There is really no preparation required for this, but if you would like to have something to think about you should simply reflect on what has been happening for you in the past week and how you are feeling about that.

We try to have a “Check-In” meeting every year or so, and usually there is much buzz amongst everyone after it.  Someone commented:  “One year people would not leave for up to two hours after the meeting!”

Facilitator:   Gene Ruckle will lead our Check-In session.  Gene is a graduate of the AU/NTL Masters Program in Organization Development.  During the program Gene worked with Charlie and Edie Seashore, who are often referred to as grandparents of O.D.  They and many others from NTL created and refined this powerful methodology. And they taught it in the NTL Program!

Please join us on September 12 at UD and experience Check-In!  

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Schedule for Thursday Evening:
 –  6:30  Networking / Food / Intros 
 –  7:15  Announcements / Program
–  8:45  Closing and evaluation 

Meeting Location:
  University of Dallas – Art History Bldg, Room 112 *
   1845 East Northgate Drive,    Irving, TX 75062     (972-721-5000)
    The Art History Bldg is #11 on the campus map.

>> Click for Satellite Map of the building and parking (with lat/long)

Note:  Remember – the back of the Art History building faces the parking lot. Go around to the front of the building, which faces the trees, to enter the building (see map).  We are just inside the main glass doors.

Parking:  Available in various places across the campus.

Cost:   No charge for members ($60/year).  $10 for guests.

 We look forward to seeing you there!

This has been a popular DFW OD Network program for over a decade.  Once or twice a year we come together in our regular evening meeting to discuss the issues that we are currently grappling with in our own business situation or consulting practice that we would like some perspective on.

That does not mean we want people to solve problems for us or tell us what to do.  It means we need a listening ear — someone who can ask us questions to stimulate our thinking, or reflect back what we say to see if it makes sense.  And when trust is felt and confidence that the setting is helpful is there, we may even ask for some ideas and input, or other ways to frame and see our situation differently.

What we are trying to do is practice positive consulting behaviors, and do so in a way that is helpful to each other.

With this event there is a 16-slide MS PPT slide deck that we use to introducte our task as consultants to the consultants.  We’ll fly through it in less than 15 minutes so we can spend more time in our consulting triads.

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Schedule for Thursday Evening:
    – 6:30  Intros / Networking / Food
    – 7:15  Announcements / Program
    – 8:45  Closing and evaluation

Meeting Location:American Airlines Headquarters *
4333 Amon Carter Boulevard, Center Port 5 (6 Story Building)
Fort Worth, TX 76155

>> Click for Satellite Map of the building and parking (with lat/long)
Note: Take Hwy 183 to Amon Carter exit; Go south to Sovereign Rd (SW corner).

Parking is plentiful, free, and very close to the door (see map). ADA accessible.

Cost: No charge for members ($60/year). $10 for guests.

Facilitator BIO:

Peter J Sorenson, CMC is an independent strategic organization design, change management consultant, coach, and social entrepreneur. He is known for his ability to see the big picture, make sense of messes, and lead teams through the resolution of complex issues. Pete’s consulting and coaching practice focuses on crafting strategy, intentionally designing organizations (with webs of intangible assets), creating change, and assessing what works.

As a social entrepreneur Pete also works to create economic and social self-reliance for individuals, families, and organizations in both the developing and developed world.

–  BA Behavioral Sciences – University of Washington (1976)
–  MA Organizational Behavior – Brigham Young University (1979)
–  Certified Management Consultant® (CMC®) (2002)

We look forward to seeing you there!

Future Impacts on OD –
Starting Now!

Do you ever leave one of our meetings wishing you could delve more deeply into the discussion?   We do, and in our next meeting that wish will be granted!  At our July luncheon meeting we will further explore some of the future trends suggested last month by Rex Miller, our “futurist” speaker.   We will share ideas about how these trends will affect OD, and what we can do NOW to leverage them!

At the meeting, we’ll take time to share how we see these dynamics playing out in our organizations in OD, Change Management, Training, HR, and/or Leadership development.   Rex talked about several fascinating trends.  We don’t have time to explore them all in depth, so we’ve selected the following topics to discuss at our lunchtime meeting:

• Employee driven engagement — How to ‘engage the disengaged’ by having employees be responsible for their own engagement?
• Building ‘organizational intelligence’ such as Purpose IQ and Emotional IQ in a more virtual/mobile workforce?
• How do we ‘steward the magic’ (like at Google)?  i.e. communicating values, culture, and heroes so new (and existing) people embrace the ‘magic’ of our company?

Schedule for Thursday’s Luncheon:    <– Note this is not an evening meeting!
–  11:15  Networking / Food 
–  11:30  Intros / Announcements / Program
–  12:45  Closing and evaluation   (end by 1:00)

Meeting Location:
University of Dallas – Art History Bldg, Room 112 *
  1845 East Northgate Drive,    Irving, TX 75062     (972-721-5000)
The Art History Bldg is #11 on the campus map.
>> Click for Satellite Map of the building and parking (with lat/long)

Note:  Remember – the back of the Art History building faces the parking lot. Go around to the front of the building, which faces the trees, to enter the building (see map).  We are just inside the main glass doors.

Parking:  Available in various places across the campus.

Cost:   No charge for members ($60/year).  $10 for guests.

Facilitator BIOs:

The world is getting smaller and change happens faster and faster. Companies move through the organization life-cycle at a quickened pace. OD practitioners must learn to adapt, change, and alter their business model and process to survive and thrive.

Our June speaker is noted futurist Rex Miller. Rex is a nationally respected futurist, consultant, speaker, and communications expert. Highly esteemed leaders such as corporate presidents, business owners, and pastors describe Rex as an engaging, challenging, brilliant, visionary, pragmatic, authentic, innovative, provocative, thoughtful, inspiring, creative, and relevant futurist.

Not only will we learn about the ‘future’, we will hear about the great opportunities that lie ahead in the field of Organization Development for OD practitioners who are ready, willing and able to adjust as organizations shift.

(Please join our LinkedIn Group and comment on the discussions.)  

Schedule for Thursday Evening:

  –  6:30  Intros / Networking / Food   
  –  7:15  Announcements / Program 
  –  8:45  Closing and evaluation 

Meeting Location:   American Airlines Headquarters *
  4333 Amon Carter Boulevard, Center Port 5  (6 Story Building)
   Fort Worth,  TX   76155

  >> Click for Satellite Map of the building and parking (with lat/long)
  Note:  Take Hwy 183 to Amon Carter exit; Go south to Sovereign Rd (SW corner).

Parking  is plentiful, free, and very close to the door (see map).  ADA accessible.  

Cost:   No charge for members ($60/year).  $10 for guests.

Facilitator BIO:

Rex Miller is a nationally respected futurist, consultant, and speaker.  His most recent book, The Commercial Real Estate Revolution, describes the dysfunction of an industry struggling with old paradigms and behavior. The book provides nine transforming keys for lowering cost, cutting waste and driving change.

He published his first book, The Millennium Matrix, in 2005, describing the power of changing media on the transformation of culture and organizations. It describes the new leadership models necessary to navigate change and lead a rising Millennial generation.

Rex joined TAG Consulting as a Senior Partner in 2010. He leads their A/E/C practice, Strengths-based leadership training, professional sports consulting, and is their resident futurist. He is a certified CoreClarity trainer and a member of the National Speakers Association, having spoken at over 100 industry and professional events.  He is also a USPTA certified tennis professional.

 We look forward to seeing you there!

The Millennial CEO:
Welcome to Leadership Generation Y Style 

Other generations have spent a lot of time and effort in defining the “Mysterious Millennial”. In the eyes of the experts, Millennial CEO might seem like a hiring mistake, or a mythical beast that can’t exist outside of entrepreneurship. How about breaking through those incorrect assumptions?

Our speaker, Chris Westfall, will share how one Gen Y guy, Daniel Newman, accomplished what few ever can — rising through the ranks to become CEO before his 30^th birthday, and gaining a unique perspective on team building, finance, social media and more.  In this program you will learn:

 – How to transcend the (unfair) reputation of Millennials
 – How corporations can turn cross-generational differences into competitive advantage
 – Leadership lessons from the Big Chair – with a Millennial focus and sensibility

The new origins of leadership are here:  the leadership of The Millennial CEO.   

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Schedule for Thursday Evening:
 –  6:30  Networking / Food / Intros 
 –  7:15  Announcements / Program
–  8:45  Closing and evaluation 

Meeting Location:
  University of Dallas – Art History Bldg, Room 112 *
   1845 East Northgate Drive,    Irving, TX 75062     (972-721-5000)
    The Art History Bldg is #11 on the campus map.

>> Click for Satellite Map of the building and parking (with lat/long)

Note:  Remember – the back of the Art History building faces the parking lot. Go around to the front of the building, which faces the trees, to enter the building (see map).  We are just inside the main glass doors.

Parking:  Available in various places across the campus.

Cost:   No charge for members ($60/year).  $10 for guests.

Facilitator BIO:

Chris Westfall is the national elevator pitch champion, an author, publisher, speaker and investment consultant.  He has appeared on CNN, ABC-NEWS, NBC-TV, and in The New York Post.  He has served as a coach and consultant to some of the largest companies in the world, including Cisco, Ford Motor Company, Great American Insurance, Brinker International, HP, Crane Worldwide, and Pier 1 Imports.  He is the publisher of The Millennial CEO (millennialceo.com), and author of The New Elevator Pitch (thenewelevatorpitch.com).  As an advisor to the entrepreneurship program at UTD, he regularly works with innovative companies to secure increased investment for new ideas in a wide variety of industries.

 We look forward to seeing you there!