WHEN: Thursday, May 17, 6:00-8:30 Register here WHERE: BCIT Downtown Campus, Room 481, 555 Seymour Street PRESENTER: Sabina Nawaz, Consultant and Executive Coach Change is inevitable and ambiguity is a given. As organizational development consultants (internal and external), we understand this reality. What also seems true is that the amount and degree of change and [...]
Come join us on Tuesday, April 10 for an evening of learning and collaboration between the BCODN and the Vancouver chapter of ISPI. It will be a veritable smorgasbord of presentations in a “cracker-barrel” format where you’ll get to sample from multiple 30-minute presentations on performance improvement and organization development subjects. Agenda 5:30-6:00pm: a light [...]
BCODN Signature Event: June 2012 BCODN proudly brings Robert Kegan, world-renowned Harvard psychologist and award-winning author, to Vancouver for two inspiring learning events: an evening keynote and a full-day workshop. Join us for one or both of these exciting events! Drawing on 30 years of research and practice in “mindset psychology,” Dr. Kegan suggests a [...]
Based on a decade of research into the qualities of teamwork experienced in a jazz group’s performance Brian Fraser, lead provocateur of Jazzthink, has identified 5 essential conversations that create SMARTer teamwork. It’s teamwork that inspires personal passion, builds positive relationships, makes wise decisions, provides robust support, and generates continuous improvement. Mastering these conversations will [...]
Event Overview: Come join the BCODN’s very own Teresa Comey, Principal of Influencing Leadership and current BCODN President, for an evening of exploring OD interventions and teams. Often an OD consultant is contacted because there is a problem with a team; the team isn’t working well, there are interpersonal conflicts, the team is not productive, [...]
With the new year, often comes resolutions which can be pesky little things that we have every intention of doing, but need so much energy to initiate. Resolutions usually require one or both of the following: – A change in behaviour – doing something that you’ve done in the same way for a long time, [...]