Upcoming events
Thought Leader Series: The Importance of Discovery: Innovative Strategies that Deepen Understanding with Cheryl Duval (MGT ’06: MPOD 1) and panelists Jessica Pearson and Gensler Raleigh
The discovery phase that launches each new OD engagement requires humble and deep listening. Yet it is often challenging to refrain from bringing preconceived ideas, personal biases, and impatient solution-making during this critical introductory chapter. Join this webinar to learn from four OD practitioners who employ unique strategies and tools to foster profound connections during discovery. Real-life examples will be shared and will include exemplars that led to transformational outcomes across a variety of industries.
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This session will be recorded; the video will be posted on the Department News page a few days after the event.
Thought Leader Series: The Currency of Conversation - Mastering The Art and Science of Meaningful Exchange with Andrew Pek (MGT '87, MOD 6)
Understanding both old and new mediums of exchange (in-person, on-line, text, video, social media etc) and how mastering these conversation currencies can help to reduce tension, influence others, spark creativity and build more positive human connections.
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This session will be recorded; the video will be posted on the Department News page a few days after the event.
Thought Leader Series: Sustainability and ESG: Business Opportunity or Mostly Hot Air? with Chris Laszlo, PhD
Sustainability is more than a buzzword; it’s a market trend impacting large and small businesses in business-to-business and consumer markets. Faculty member Chris Laszlo, PhD will present.
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This session will be recorded; the video will be posted on the Department News page a few days after the event.
EME/IAF Conference in Berlin, October 2023
International Association of Facilitators, Germany: Entering Brave Spaces: Facilitating Beyond Beaten Tracks:
Beach Mitte, Caroline-Michaelis Str. 8, 10115 Berlin (in the center of Berlin-Mitte, close to the subway "Nordbahnhof").
Find details at: https://www.iaf-world.org/site/events/eme-conference-2023-berlin-entering-brave-spaces-facilitating-beyond-beaten-tracks
Times and dates are local to Germany.
If you attend this conference please tell us about your experience in our LinkedIn or Facebook groups!
Thought Leaders Series: The Leader's Role in Equity, Race and Opportunity with Jim Rooney, MPOD Class of 2023 and N. Jeremi Duru, JD
Get inspired to create change! Listen in on this candid conversation from two noteworthy speakers whose sports background is ideal for discussing how leaders advance racial equity. Learn about meaningful events leading up to today’s diversity discussions at sports organizations. And hear an analysis of the Rooney Rule, the NFL policy requiring league teams to interview ethnic-minority candidates for head coaching and senior football operation jobs.
N. Jeremi Duru, a Professor of Law at American University’s Washington College of Law, is among the nation’s foremost sports law authorities. He is a co-author of one of the field’s premier casebooks, Sports Law and Regulation: Cases and Materials (3rd edition) (Wolters Kluwer), as well as one of the field’s premier explorations of sports agency.
Prepared remarks and a live Q&A session will provide you with a stronger perspective for what YOU can do as a leader of opportunity for all.
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This session will be recorded; the video will be posted on the Department News page a few days after the event.
Career Conversations: The Power of YOU: Leveraging Your Personal Brand To Promote Your Career Development
Join us for this Career Conversations session on Personal Branding with MPOD 17 alum Brittany Neish, Founder and CEO of What You Do Matters. Email me for a personal Outlook Calendar invitation. We will update with the Zoom link soon. No need to pre-register.
Event time is EST USA; We will record this session and post the video on the Resources page (under Career Conversations Recocrdings) a few days after the event.
Thought Leader Series: An Interview with Professor Frank Barrett
Spend an hour with hosts Professor David Cooperrider and Alum Loretta Randolph (MOD 6) talking with Professor Frank Barrett, the newest faculty member of the Department of Organizational Behavior and Faculty Director of our MPOD Program at Case Western Reserve University. Listen as Frank shares past experiences and talks about his book, Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz, and his vision for the field of OD and for the MPOD Program.
Time is Eastern Standard USA. If you cannot attend live, the session will be recorded and posted here on the Resources tab a few days after the session.
Preregistration is required: register at this link: https://cwru.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArf-ytrDMrHdIgnDl71l74gbxKuJbw6SkV#/registration
IPPA’s 8th World Congress on Positive Psychology in Vancouver
“Bringing you the latest innovations from leading experts in the science, practice, and education of positive psychology and the broader field of wellbeing.”
IPPA (International Positive Psychology Association) will hold its World Congress July 20-23, 2023 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
MPOD will be a sponsor at this conference and information on how you can connect will follow.
Thought Leader Series: Emotionally Intelligent Leaders and the Sense of Belonging in the Virtual & Hybrid Work Environments
Laura Guilliam, MSPOD Class of 2018 will present an in-depth review of a longitudinal study conducted within a Fortune 100 organization between October 2020 and November 2022. She will share findings on the direct and measurable influence leader EI levels had on over 1,000 employees' human need to belong in physically disconnected work environments and what these findings have to offer leaders supporting modern work environments.
Pre-registration is required: https://cwru.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwoceutqD8rEtW5Ph1stNN5mNjD8zqeGUJI#/registration
Times are Eastern Standard Time, U.S. The session will be recorded and posted here on the Resources tab within a few days of the session.
SHRM Annual Conference and Expo – July 11-14, 2023 – Las Vegas, NV
For 75 years, SHRM has served millions of HR professionals who-in turn-helped/impacted the lives of BILLIONS of workers across the world. As we come together for SHRM23, our Diamond Anniversary Conference, we will celebrate the relationships formed over those years and move forward together to tackle the continuous challenges facing our industry. Join us to enhance your skills, evolve with industry changes and get the insights and best practices you need to continuously make a positive impact on the workplace. Your work. Your passion. Your career as an HR professional.
Be part of this special event and join your peers June 11-14 in Las Vegas and online for SHRM23.
MMAC Steering Committee Meeting
All Alumni are welcome to attend Steering Committee meetings. We do not record these meetings; we encourage you to be on camera if you join us!
Same Zoom link for all meetings: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/95943130736?pwd=VGFOL2ptYmorQ2MxblNuVEd4RElxdz09
Meetings are generally 75 min, including a short learning segment
We meet generally monthly on the 3rd Saturday:
Eastern time US: 10-11:15 am
Central time US: 9-10:15 am
BRAZIL: 12noon - 1:15 pm
INDIA: 7:30 - 8:45 pm
· Contact MMAC Steering Committee Co-Chair Sarah Spengler for more info: sarah@gracepartnersllc.net
OD Network Annual Conference; Social Impact: Addressing the Challenges of Now
2023 International ODN Summit (Annual Conferende) in Raleigh North Carolina USA
See conference details at: https://www.odnetwork.org/page/summit
There is an option to “attend” virtually for a cost of about $80
For those who attend in person, Dr. David Cooperrider and MPOD 5 Alum Argerie Vasilakes will be receiving awards! MPOD will have a booth in the exhibit area, so that is our alum meet-up location. Look for Pat Petty there. Please email her if you are attending: pxp36@case.edu
Thought Leader Series: Advancing Women Leaders with Diana Bilimoria, PhD
What facilitates women and minority group members becoming full participants in organizations, top management teams, and boardrooms? How can workplaces tap into all the capabilities of leadership and diversity?What facilitates women and minority group members becoming full participants in organizations, top management teams, and boardrooms? How can workplaces tap into all the capabilities of leadership and diversity? Diana Bilimoria, Chair of the Department of Organization Behavior will share her insights.
Register for this event at: https://cwru.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqdemhqD4pG92aGt4AWS0aXqN25RSKRCG7#/registration
Career Conversations: Telling Your MOD/MPOD Story
In this Career Conversations session, hosts Goren Dillard (MPOD 17) and Sarah Spengler (MOD 6) were joined by Jeohanna Martinez-Bigles (MPOD 17) for a conversation about how to explain your degree and skills to a hiring manager or recruiter. We are experts at change which is in high demand these days, along with the ability to work in and shift cultural elements. See the recording of this conversation at https://youtu.be/yaTKTqngen8
MMAC Steering Committee Meeting
All Alumni are welcome to attend Steering Committee meetings. We do not record these meetings; we encourage you to be on camera if you join us!
Same Zoom link for all meetings: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/95943130736?pwd=VGFOL2ptYmorQ2MxblNuVEd4RElxdz09
Meetings are generally 75 min, including a short learning segment
We meet generally monthly on the 2nd Saturday:
Eastern time US: 10-11:15 am
Central time US: 9-10:15 am
BRAZIL: 12noon - 1:15 pm
INDIA: 7:30 - 8:45 pm
· Contact MMAC Steering Committee Co-Chair Sarah Spengler for more info: sarah@gracepartnersllc.net
MOD-MPOD Alumni Community Steering Committee Meeting
All Steering Committee meetings are open to any alumni who wish to attend. The Zoom link is always the same: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/95943130736?pwd=VGFOL2ptYmorQ2MxblNuVEd4RElxdz09
Thought Leader Series: From Burnout To Flourishing: Cultivating Wholeness At Work (Virtual Session)
with Erin Ricchio, MPOD Class of 2012
Understand the real symptoms of burnout across three dimensions: I-We-It (individual, relational, and systemic). Uncover the deep, persistent sources creating burnout across these dimensions. Design a personalized, holistic set of solutions to transform your burnout into wholeness at work, for you, your team, and your organization. Leave this session with a clear, thorough, and pragmatic “Roadmap to Wholeness"
Time
Apr 12, 2023 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID:
942 3661 3004
To Join the Meeting
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:
Please click this URL to join. https://cwru.zoom.us/w/94236613004?tk=6IiGj6Ylr2sK4HOj_8XrgegCv-Mk1hlk05UvH5Lux_U.DQMAAAAV8PCZjBZVZk9aVFhmWlIyMklPTHN4NEdOTTBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA&pwd=OUhUc2I2czR0UjNVRnBpZjFsYlJaQT09
MOD-MPOD Alumni Community Steering Committee Meeting
All Steering Committee meetings are open to any alumni who wish to attend. The Zoom link is always the same: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/95943130736?pwd=VGFOL2ptYmorQ2MxblNuVEd4RElxdz09
Career Conversations Launch: Celebrating Our Strengths
This first edition of our new Career Conversations series featured two alumni: Stacy Johnson (MPOD 7) and Scott Hinton (MPOD 8), both of whom had recently moved up in their OD careers. With hosts Goren Dillard (MPOD 17) and Sarah Spengler(MOD 6) they shared how they positioned themselves for their new roles and tips for explaining what they bring to the table. Watch this recording at https://youtu.be/NdT-MPrxarY
MOD/MPOD Alumni Steering Committee Meeting
All MOD/MPOD Alumni are welcome!
Get to know the steering committee and see how we work. Learn about current and future projects and events, and have your voice heard.
ACMP Change Management Summit: Charlotte 2023
“Reimagining Customer Experience Through the Lens of Change Management”
Forward-thinking companies are adopting new customer experience strategies, focused on optimizing and personalizing the experiences they create and deliver. As change and customer experience professionals, this intimate learning environment is the ideal place to learn how effective change management can unite employees and leaders in an effort to meet customers where they are and improve their overall business experience.
Held in Charlotte, NC.
MPOD will be a sponsor at this conference. Information on how you can connect will follow.
MOD/MPOD Alumni Steering Committee Meeting
All MOD/MPOD Alumni are welcome!
Get to know the steering committee and see how we work. Learn about current and future projects and events, and have your voice heard.
Thought Leaders Series: 3 Big Trends That Are Reshaping the Field of Organization Development with Nadya Zhexembayeva
Until recently, organizations could go for 75 years without needing to make any serious change. They could largely sell the same products and services to the same markets while keeping the same business model, and they’d do fine. Today’s businesses, however, don’t have that luxury. The research is clear: If you’re not reinventing your organization every 2-3 years, you’ll be dead — sooner rather than later. With disruption and uncertainty a constant, the work of organizational development professionals has to be re-imagined, re-shaped, and reinvented. In this interactive session, Dr. Nadya Xhexembayeva will share the latest insights from her proprietary research on the speed of change (previously featured in such publications as the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and the European Financial Review) – as well as her own experience at the executive table. Our goal in this session will be to explore challenges and solutions for making organizational development fit for the new world.
MOD/MPOD Alumni Steering Committee Meeting
All MOD/MPOD Alumni are welcome!
Get to know the steering committee and see how we work. Learn about current and future projects and events, and have your voice heard.
Reconnect with David Cooperrider and Ron Fry for updates on what’s new in Appreciative Inquiry
Catch up with David and Ron as they share what’s new in their courses and in the world of Appreciative Inquiry
MOD/MPOD Alumni Steering Committee Meeting
All MOD/MPOD Alumni are welcome!
Get to know the steering committee and see how we work. Learn about current and future projects and events, and have your voice heard.
Thought Leaders Series: Rampant narcissism, loss of motivation and engagement, deteriorating mental health with Richard Boyatzis
Are you feeling sad and lonely? Spending too much time scrolling TikTok? Has your dog started rejecting you for a neighbor?
Using his well-established Intentional Change Theory (ICT) and complexity theory, Richard has continued to research how people and organizations engage in sustainable, desired change. The theory predicts how changes occur in different groups of human organizations, including team, community, country and global change.
Reconnect with Richard Boyatzis and Melvin Smith for updates on what’s new in Emotional Intelligence and Executive Coaching
Spend an hour with Richard and Melvin as they review Emotional Intelligence and Coaching in the program and give updates on what's new and exciting in their courses.