Category Archives: Meetings

Leaders have a choice to either align to organizational culture – or change it!  Come learn how executive coaches work to help leaders make that choice—and then how they walk with them down those roads…

Engage with us in an exploration of workplace cultural environments you have experienced as an OD consultant and learn how you can support leaders to have a more significant impact on others – through their personal leadership style – and as exemplary role models.  We will focus on coaching conversations that might be helpful to:
–>  Discover Beliefs & Values
–>  Identify Key Leadership Behaviors
–>  Enhance Emotional Intelligence
–>  Ask Powerful Questions

Start the New Year with us to learn from leadership stories where applied executive coaching strategies contributed to making organizational cultures more vibrant.  Reflect on what crossroads your own leaders or clients are facing, and how you can support them differently in the upcoming year.

What road can you take “in the woods” to make a difference?

Facilitator:    Dr. Jude Olson  (see BIO below)

We look forward to seeing you January 10 at the University of Dallas to kick off a great new year of OD Networking!

Note:  SB Hall is on the north side the campus, near Gorman Dr. and Haggar Circle.  The SBH Serafy Special Events room is on the first floor (use any door).   Easy to find!

Parking:  Lot Q, along Dominican Lane (just northeast of the building), or Lot L (to the southwest) is larger.

We look forward to seeing you there!

DFW OD Network and ICF-NT!
Special Joint Meeting on FRIDAY, October 12
at the Hackberry Creek Country Club!

In place of our regularly scheduled meeting in October, join us for a special event with the International Coach Federation of North Texas Chapter at their luncheon meeting to learn how OD and Coaching work together to drive high performance organizations.  

PRESENTATION:  Dr. Terry Hildebrandt is an entrepreneur, executive coach, organization development consultant, educator and author. Founder and CEO of Terry Hildebrandt and Associates, LLC, an organization development and executive coaching consultancy.

• Director of the Evidence Based Coaching at the Fielding Graduate University.
• Works with companies and organizations in multiple industries including high tech, manufacturing, professional services, insurance, energy, government, higher ed, and NFP.
• Discover how coaching and organization/leadership development come together to create magic!
• Exchange stories of challenges and successes
• Earn 2 Core Competency CCEUs

NETWORKING:  network with other professionals in the People Optimization world.   There are so many disciplines it’s easy to miss the fact we have the same goals. 

• OD sets strategy for M&A, Recruiting Training, Transformation, Restructuring, etc….
• Coaching is a powerful tactic supporting OD Strategies.
• Interesting dialog…leading to valuable connections.

Next:  On November 8 please plan to attend our annual program planning meeting at Univ of Dallas.  We need input from everyone!

Schedule for Friday’s Luncheon:
   11:15 – 11:45      Check in, Get Buffet Lunch, Networking
   11:45 – 12:00      Welcome, Continue Lunch  (it’s really good!)
   12:00 – 2:00         Keynote:  Dr. Hildebrandt’s Presentation

 Optional — After the ICF-NT & OD Network Meeting:
    2:30p – 5:00p  Fielding Graduate Programs Info Session
                                    (and bonus networking!)

Meeting Location:  Hackberry Creek Country Club
   Address: 1901 W Royal Ln, Irving, TX 75063     Phone:  (972) 869-2631

Venue Website & more directions (under ‘About the Club’):
    http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Hackberry-Creek-Country-Club/

Parking  is plentiful and free.  ADA accessible.

Cost:   Event Cost is $70 (includes lunch!!)  —  Register Here and click on ‘Professional Organization Member’ button for special pricing (by 10/5 if possible).

Any Questions:  Dale Hintz    daleh@excellentcultures.com        972-824-6923

(Please join our LinkedIn Group if you haven’t yet done so, and comment on the discussions.)

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Diversity Out of the Box

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:  

Caroline Cavin has been an affirmative action and diversity and inclusion consultant at PeopleFluent for the past 4 years. PeopleFluent has recently been acquired by UK based Learning Technology Group who will eventually be supplementing LMS materials in the diversity and inclusion space. She trains clients on the principles of affirmative action, how to meet outreach goals, and how to determine trouble spots in an organization.

Previously she received her master’s in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington. There she focused on personality assessments for applicants. She also was a consultant for local organizations and held a position at Infor. While receiving her bachelor’s in Psychology from Tarleton State University she studied various traits and their effects on GPA.

We all have good ideas that offer great value, however implementing them is often challenging.  But why?  What’s the disconnect between the vision for our life and our ability to deliver success?  Are some things destined to succeed and others to fail?

Using a scientific approach to the principles surrounding success and failure we will show some surprising answers. The research took a biological view of the decision-making process resulting in a methodology of self discovery.  Scientific data supports the fact that our anatomy has inherent biological drivers and it shows that these can have a dramatic bearing on our decision-making process and the success or failure of our initiatives.

How does this data have value for you?

The scientific principles of the human-behavioral matrix and its innate relationship to resistance should provide insight for you as it has for many corporate leaders.  This is illustrated in a methodology of self-discovery that has allowed many leaders to observe how they are contributing to their success or failures.

Join us on Thursday 5/10 to receive a tool that will help you identify ways you contribute to your own successes and failures.

Speaker:  Joy Griggs, Behavioral/Performance Analyst  {see full Bio below}

Note:  SB Hall is on the north side the campus, near Gorman Dr. and Haggar Circle.  The SBH Serafy Special Events room is on the first floor (use any door).

Parking:  Lot Q, along Dominican Lane (just northeast of the building), or Lot L (to the southwest) is larger.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Next Gen OD: How OD Must Adapt
to the Tsunami of Workplace Change

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.

Panel BIOs:  

Baby Boomer:
Dr. Glen Earl has over 25 years’ experience in Leadership and Organizational Development. After 6.5 years, he resigned from Parkland Hospital to serve as the Department Chair of the Business Psychology program at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology – Dallas campus.

Glen earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from Alliant International University-LA campus. He is the co-author of Exiting Oz: How the New Workforce is Changing Business Forever.

Gen X:
Dr. Marisela Jimenez-Nguyen is the Founder and President of Doctor of Business & Associates, a firm specializing in providing technical, administrative and operational expertise to small business in the DFW region. Marisela focuses on manager performance, employee & client satisfaction, and emotional intelligence.

Previously, she was the COO of Intire Health and was the Director of Marketing & Public Relations for the Irving Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Jimenez earned her doctorate degree in Organizational Leadership from the University of Phoenix.

Millennial:
Hana Abuwardeh recently graduated with her Master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, from Capella University. She worked with the United Nations as an Organizational Development Consultant for three years at the Syrian Refugee Camp in Jordan when the Crisis first occurred. Later Hana worked at the Recovery Initiative Inc., a rehab Facility in Riverside, CA, as a Talent Solution Expert.

She will soon pursue her Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology-Dallas Campus.