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Organization Development as a Profession: Will Certification or Licensing Help You Choose Your Consultant?
Should the profession of Organization Development (OD) require professional certification or licensing for practitioners to practice? As we look to the future of OD, some questions come to mind : – Should anyone wanting to “hang out a shingle” as…
Posted in business, OD Insights, OD Network Tagged with: executive coaching, future of OD, Leadership, Management, OD, OD Network, Organization Development, organizational culture, workplace, Workplace Policies
Best Recognition and Rewards Programs for the Post-Recession Economy
At Plus Delta Consulting, we are committed to creating a brighter future for those seeking to improve individual, group, and organizational performance as well as those focused on transforming organizations in ways that produce better business results. Broadly speaking, we…
Posted in Accelerated workplace, business, economic recovery, Groups/Teams, topical, Workplace Culture, Workplace Policies Tagged with: blogging, employees, future of OD, HR, incentives, Leadership, Management, new media, OD, Organization Development, organizational culture, post-recession economy, punishment, recognition, recovery, remix culture, rewards, workplace, Workplace Policies
Lessons from an Organization Development Professional: Staying Centered and Clear on Values at Work & in Life
click on photo for donation information Entertainment. It’s all around us. The late night talk show wars between Jay, Conan, and Dave. The new TV season is starting with American Idol and 24, and SuperBowl Weekend is just on the…
Posted in OD Insights, topical, Work/Life Balance Tagged with: authenticity, centered, future of OD, haiti, information overload, OD, on purpose, Organization Development, personal development, personal growth, self assessment, values, workplace
Organizational Culture and Success: Dave Logan gives TED talk on Tribal Leadership
Click here for larger video, a full transcript, discussions, and extra information. This link will be provided again at the end of this entry. Have you ever considered the possibility that the language we use in organizations can have a…
Posted in Accelerated workplace, business, Collaboration, Groups/Teams, OD Insights, Workplace Culture Tagged with: authenticity, Dave Logan, executive coaching, future of OD, global collaboration, Halee Fischer-Wright, John King, Leadership, Management, OD, Organization Development, organizational culture, stage 5, Tony Hsieh, Triads, Tribal Leadership, workplace, Workplace Policies, Zappos
Future: Unconference! Interview with Juliette Powell from OD Network Conference ’09 – Part II
As promised in part I of my Interview with Juliette Powell, in the video below Juliette discusses the future of conferences. If there was any misconception about the nature of the “unconference” versus the “conference” arising from her keynote address,…
Posted in Collaboration, Groups/Teams, Social Media Tagged with: authenticity, conference, future of OD, juliette powell, leadership engine, OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, online networking, Organization Development, unconference
What Makes Ordinary Groups Extraordinary? An Interview with Geoffrey Bellman and Kathleen Ryan, authors of Extraordinary Groups
I recently had the honor and privilege of sitting down with Geoff Bellman and Kathleen Ryan, co-authors of the new book Extraordinary Groups: How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results. What a treat! Geoff has been a personal idol of mine…
Tweeting the Organization Development Network Conference: Collaboration, Transparency, & Engagement
In a time of decreasing attention spans partially due to the flood of information many of us experience, it has become an important skill to encapsulate the main point of a complex idea in as few words as possible —…
Posted in Collaboration, Events, OD Insights, Social Media Tagged with: Edie Seashore, future of OD, OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, online networking, Organization Development, Seattle, social networking, twitter, web 2.0
Juliette Powell Interview on Social Media in Organization Development: Part 1
[youtube]idEZ9lO6owI[/youtube] I recently conducted a two-part interview with Juliette Powell (author of 33 Million People in the Room) at the OD Network Conference in Seattle, just after she delivered the final keynote speech, titled “The Technology of Relationships: Social Networking and…
Community – Online and Offline: A guest post from OD Network Conference 2009
We have a strong commitment to provide the Organization Development community with a series of conversations highlighting the use of social and collaborative media within organizations. We believe that these technologies can be an empowering and enabling force for human…
Posted in Collaboration, OD Insights, Social Media Tagged with: future of OD, OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, online networking, Organization Development, social networking, social networks, web 2.0, workplace
