Come join us on Thursday, October 27 for an evening of learning and discovery of OD core tools.

You will have the opportunity to select 3 presentations from the 5 that will be offered on topics such as Change, Leadership Development, Process Consultation, Conflict Management, and Mentoring.

30-minute rotating presentations – presenters will repeat the same topic 3 times to different groups of people.

Agenda

6:30-7:00pm: networking and logistics
7:00-9:00pm: 30-minute presentations rotating every 30 minutes with 10 minutes in between

Managing Workplace Conflict

Presenter: Lori Charvat

This session is geared to the OD practitioner who is required to manage conflict within teams and between individuals by resolving difficult interpersonal situations, and/or preventing the destructive effects of conflict from tainting the workplace. Conflict is a natural by-product of the workplace. Conflict can be an opportunity for positive change when handled with compassion and through a lens of possibility.

At the end of this session, you will leave with:

• A practical framework from which to approach conflict, which examines power structures and relative “truths”,
• Improved communication tools to unpack the “stories” of conflict, and
• Greater insight into one’s own relationship with conflict.

Lori Charvat is the Principal of Sandbox Consulting, where she works with organizations to help build a better workplace. She orients her work on principles of social justice and social sustainability to build fair and enduring communities at work. She offers leadership development and coaching, team development and strategic human resources advising to a range of small and large organization. For more information go to: www.sandboxcoach.com

Overcoming Immunity to Change

Presenter: Donna Howes

If you have ever tried and failed, to make changes in your own life or to help others make changes in theirs, this session is for you. Based on the work of Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey authors of “Immunity to Change”, we know there is a big gulf between knowing we should change and our ability to act on that knowledge. This session offers insight to internal and external obstacles that keep individuals and organizations stuck, and introduces a practical a learning platform / tool to overcome inertia and transform your life and your work.

At the end of this session, you will leave with:

• Greater understanding on how the mind, like the body, has an immune system which can “protect” us from the very changes we need to make,
• Deeper awareness on a “big assumption” that currently makes sustainable change impossible, and
• New ideas on how you can create more opportunities for transformative change for yourself and clients.

Donna Howes is principal of Humanity at Work, an executive coaching and organization development practice devoted to creating inspired results for individuals and organizations. Her extensive business and industry background spans major centres in both Canada and Australia, where she has designed leading-edge change strategies that have proven effective across organizational lines and interpersonal dynamics. A skilled facilitator, Donna takes a holistic, dialogic approach, providing new perspectives and insights to help clients resolve their distinctive change issues.

Assessing both Heart and Brain – A Holistic OD Intervention

Presenter: Eli Sopow

Generic OD diagnostic tools don’t work. Too often the organizational patient continues to suffer or get worse because not only the symptoms are mis-diagnosed but the underlying causes are missed altogether. In a world of complexity and change what’s needed is a holistic approach to OD that combines science with insight and experience with knowledge. This session presents a proven diagnostic tool called the LEADicator which quickly combines quantitative and qualitative research leading to custom-tailored grassroots transformation. In dozens of sessions employees emerged from the LEADicator with a new appreciation of core OD issues, identification of do-able actions, and direct involvement in organizational change.

At the end of this session, you will leave with:

• A process to quickly identify key employee engagement strengths and gaps that directly influence an organization’s ability to achieve its key purpose,
• A process to bring common understanding of key performance drivers to a workplace, and
• A process to quickly identify what is within the immediate span of change control at a workplace.

Eli Sopow, PhD, is Director of Continuous Improvement at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Pacific Region) and a member of the organization’s Centre for Strategic Research. Previously he served as Director of Research with the RCMP National Change Management Team. He is also Professor of Management (part time) at University Canada West. Dr. Sopow has so far conducted over 200 employee and public surveys and has been published in several professional and peer-reviewed journals. Three years ago Dr. Sopow and a team of OD practitioners at the RCMP developed the LEADicator process of linking employee engagement to an organization’s key purpose. Since then the process has been successfully used in dozens of workplaces throughout Canada. Dr. Sopow holds a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems, Masters degrees in both Leadership and in Human Development, and a Certificate in Peer Counselling. His past includes being a partner and vice-president with an international consulting firm and an Associate Deputy Minister with the BC government. His early career includes service as a business and political news reporter.

Conscious Leadership – An Integral Approach to Connecting Deeply and Inspiring Others

Presenter: Joseph Zepedeo with Staffan Rydin

We don’t see others as they are. We see them as WE are! There are four primary perspectives that human beings tend to see through and make meaning from; we call these our “ways of seeing”.

Typically one of these perspectives is favoured, a kind of “home base” from which we see and relate to everything; a place that shapes what we see in ourselves and in others and guides our thoughts, feelings and actions.

In this session, we will help you identify your favourite way of seeing and shed some light on potential blind spots. We call this ability Conscious Leadership. It encourages a new/wider way of seeing, one that helps you connect more deeply with others because you are more able to see them for who they are and meet them where they are at. From this new place, you can inspire others and help them reach their fullest expression.

At the end of this session, you will leave with:

• A greater understanding of the four primary perspectives human use to make sense of the world around them,
• Deeper awareness around your favourite way of seeing,
• A new perspective on your potential blind spots, and
• Practical applications of these insights that you can use in everyday work situations to inspire others and help them reach their fullest potential.

Joseph Zepedeo is founder and President of The Integral Business Leadership Group and an experienced consultant and coach bringing about evolutionary change at the individual, team and organizational levels. He has been providing service for over 20 years to a variety of clients in the public and private sectors in both union and non-union environments. Joseph is adept at leading teams, consensus building and developing creative yet pragmatic solutions to difficult organizational challenges. As a highly skilled Certified Integral Coach™, Joseph works holistically with clients to help bring about fundamental shifts in their ‘way of being’ to produce powerful results.

Staffan Rydin is an executive coach and organizational and leadership development consultant with more than six years experience in international business. He has consulted for and coached individuals in both a personal and professional environment in Scandinavia and Canada. He is passionate about facilitating the emergence of untapped potential in people and organizations. He works with clients to create more effective and inspiring new possibilities, and support them in developing the roadmaps and tools to realize them.

For more information go to: www.businessintegral.com or visit their LinkedIn profiles.

Mentoring and the Building Community Organizations (BCO) Program

Presenter: Patti Gilberson

This will be an interactive dialogue on the subject of mentoring, exploring best practices of mentoring and the potential gains for organizations and mentors who are involved in mentoring programs.

In this session, you will:

• Share your most satisfying mentoring experiences and what made them so effective,
• Identify your strengths as an Information Age mentor, and
• Learn how to participate in BCO projects in the role of Mentor.

Patti Gilbertson is a graduate of Fielding Graduate University in Organizational Development, practices psychotherapy and change consulting in health care and co-chairs the Building Community Organizations Committee (BCO). BCO is a program linking emerging consultants, mentors and not for profit clients under the sponsorship of BCODN.

Note: While some mentoring fundamentals will be discussed in this session, its primary purpose is somewhat different than the other sessions of the evening as it will be to dialogue around mentoring, the BCO, and how to more deeply engage BCODN members as Mentors in projects.