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DC Area OD Practitioners CoP

Description:
The DC Area OD Practitioners CoP provides a supportive and learning community for new and experienced practitioners, both internal and external.

Our mission and vision is to:
● Provide an opportunity for people to learn from the presenters and their colleagues.
● Share successes and challenges in working with clients.
● Enhance participants’ competence and confidence in their OD work.

Meeting Frequency:
First Thursday of the month, September through June.

Leader: Mark Sachs
email: admin@cbodn.org

Mark Sachs has been an external OD consultant and executive coach for more than 15 years and he works with clients in the areas of organizational diagnosis, managing change, teamwork, and boundary management. He holds a Masters degree in Organization Development from the American University/NTL Institute Program, and BA and MA degrees in Sociology from Rutgers University. Mark is an International Coaching Federation, Professional Certified Coach (PCC).


Upcoming events

    • 07 Nov 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Zoom link and password will be included in the registration confirmation email
    Register

    Working With God: The Ten Modes of Elevated Leadership

    What would it be like to involve God in your consulting? Does it sound interesting? Exciting? Daunting?  Statistics tell us that a large portion of our clients believe in God. Integrating God into work, however, is generally a very private matter. Beyond recommended traits and behaviors such as humility, caring, and ‘doing the right thing’, we have precious few tools to help leaders integrate the enormity and power of God into their work.

    This session pilots a conceptual and tactical method for working with God. Dr. Eliyahu Lotzar, author of the soon-to-be-published Working With God, will explore the Ten Modes of Elevated Leadershipwith examples and action steps to apply the method in real life OD situations. Bring your thoughts, questions, and soulful contributions.

    Presenter: Dr. Eliyahu Lotzar

    Dr. Lotzar is a soft skills expert and organizational therapist. He founded and runs the organizational development consultancy Reframed Reality. Starting as an individual and group therapist, he moved on to helping organizations and their individuals utilize stressors at work to grow stronger, kinder, and more effective. Consultant, trainer, and executive coach, his international cross-sectoral experience includes associations, not-for-profits, healthcare, higher ed, and commercial sectors.


    Eliyahu’s formal education includes a Doctorate in Executive Leadership from St. John Fisher College, a Masters in Social Work from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a BA in Political Philosophy from Michigan State University. And he has spent a lifetime working at integrating God into daily life.

     


    • 05 Dec 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Zoom link and password will be included in the registration confirmation email
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    I Bet My Holiday Cultural Tradition Is Stranger Than Yours

    The holiday season opens the door for us to explore our cultural diversity through bridges, connecting us with people from all walks of life. Do you look for similarities to share between holiday traditions or seek out unique differences in other cultures to better understand our friends around the globe? 

    The Intercultural Development Continuum is a developmental model made up of five orientations toward cultural differences and similarities. It is a culture-general model, which means that it can be applied to any and all cultural groups. As individuals and groups move along the continuum, their capacity to experience cultural similarities and differences with more complexity increases.

    Denise Marques will walk participants through the 5 stops along the Continuum and provide some context for each stop, tying them to the holiday season so they can think about where they might fall on the continuum. Once you know your starting point, you can begin to consider opportunities for growth based on your own self-development goals. 

    Presenter:  Denise Marques

    Denise spent 31 years working in Federal Service before launching her own leadership coaching and facilitation business. While her focus for many years was on financial management, her lengthy career provided opportunities to work in professional development through supervising, as well as serving as a career development officer.

    She also managed and taught a rigorous leadership course for 2 years where she attained certifications in a myriad of self-assessment tools to include DiSC, Conflict Dynamics Profile, Change Style Management, Benchmarks 360, and the Intercultural Development Inventory. This assignment is where Denise found her passion to enable others to showcase their strengths while also discovering their areas of development to improve where they want to focus. She became a certified leadership coach and has logged over 100 coaching hours with numerous clients.

     


    • 09 Jan 2025
    • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Zoom link and password will be included in the registration confirmation email
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    Building Bridges In An Organization: What Can Allies Do? How To Make A Difference Together

    In today’s intersectional world, almost everyone has the potential to become an ally, but its meaning is far from self-evident -- and the status cannot be self-proclaimed. As we navigate the balance between intent and impact, face the challenges of communicating across differences, and consider the nuances of calling out vs. calling in, it can be easy to dismiss the concept of allyship, which has the potential to do more harm than good if not grounded in relationship.

    What Attendees Will Learn:

    • Intent vs. Impact: How allies can productively face the difference between intention and impact in a range of contexts and build genuine support that can lead to positive change.
    • Communicating Across Differences: Tools to navigate complex conversations around identity, privilege, and intersectionality, with an emphasis on bridging gaps in understanding.
    • Leveraging Allyship for Shared Goals: Learn actionable strategies to shift allyship from a passive role to active support that contributes to common goals and community progress.

    Ideal for Anyone Who:

    • Is looking to make a meaningful difference as an ally within their organization or network.
    • Seeks to build deeper self-awareness and develop effective communication skills across cultural and social differences.
    • Wants to move beyond surface-level allyship to become a genuine advocate for shared values and equity.

    Presenter: Kate Neville

    Kate is an experienced presenter, facilitator, and leadership coach focused on helping organizational leadership, teams, executives, and managers maximize their potential to produce excellent results. She is a co-founder of Inclusive Leadership Strategies, a consulting and coaching firm that “walks the walk” of collaborating across differences on a daily basis, works with a range of initiatives to diversify leadership and management, and designs and delivers training, presentations, and programs related to leadership, change, and inclusivity.

    A former attorney and management consultant, Kate has years of experience advising private and public entities to design and implement change, incorporating best practices into tailored recommendations and programs. She has facilitated a range of high-stakes conversations in the workplace and coached many high-performing leaders to help them expand capacity in
    increasingly visible roles and make key decisions in an ever-changing environment.

    Kate graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University and cum laude from Harvard Law School. A Certified Professional Diversity Coach (CPDC), an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and a Certified DEI Professional, she has served as a Chair of the Diversity Committee of
    the Women’s Bar Association of DC, a Mentor Coach for the Coach Diversity Institute (CDI), and in numerous initiatives to diversify and develop inclusive leadership in organizations.

     


Past events

03 Oct 2024 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - The Human Element
05 Sep 2024 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - Change vs Transformation: What's the Difference? Why You Should Know.
06 Jun 2024 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - Unlocking Organizational Growth: A Practical Approach to Demonstrating Impact. Enhancing Client Perceptions of How Our Work Drives Profitability and Success
02 May 2024 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - Is Future Search In Your (Or Your Client’s) Future?
04 Apr 2024 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - The Business Of OD: Learning From Each Other
07 Mar 2024 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - Unlocking Human Potential: Redesigning Work with Generative AI
01 Feb 2024 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - How To Revamp A Meeting!
04 Jan 2024 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - Action Planning: The First Step in Operationalizing A Strategic Plan
07 Dec 2023 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Collaborative Communication Workshop
02 Nov 2023 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Lewinian Social Science and Racism
05 Oct 2023 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Above the Line: Effective Thinking for Today's Workplace Challenges
07 Sep 2023 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: How Identifying and Leveraging Our Strengths Leads to More Self-Awareness and Engagement With Others
01 Jun 2023 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Professional Presence: Showing Up When We're Distracted, Exhausted, and Uncertain Ourselves
04 May 2023 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Don't Just Have the Soup: How Analogies Support Coaching and Leadership
06 Apr 2023 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Exploring How Discomfort Can Benefit Your OD Work & Coaching
02 Mar 2023 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: How Do Coincidences Show Up In Our Work?
02 Feb 2023 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: The Science of Exclusion
05 Jan 2023 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Do Your Organizational Values Help or Hurt?
01 Dec 2022 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Putting the Poetry in Professional Development
03 Nov 2022 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Write A Bestselling Book - LIVE Masterclass
06 Oct 2022 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Stress Management and Self-Care for OD Professionals
08 Sep 2022 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Learning Lab Clinic - Sharing and Learning About Sticky Client Issues
09 Jun 2022 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: What If We Loved Conflict?: How Deep Democracy Invites Healthy Conflict At Work
05 May 2022 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Feeling Not Enough and Yet Longing to Be Seen. How Does That Work for You?
07 Apr 2022 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Having More Courage to Set Better Boundaries
03 Mar 2022 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Leading Virtual Teams
03 Feb 2022 CANCELLED: DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Inclusive Facilitation for White Professionals: Bringing Your Best Self to Your Work
06 Jan 2022 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Epic Failure – Colossal Learning
02 Dec 2021 Becoming More Brave in Our Work as Change Agents
04 Nov 2021 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - Planning Hybrid Meetings for Facilitators
07 Oct 2021 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "How to Create Digital Wellness in the Hybrid Workplace"
02 Sep 2021 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "8 Steps to Consensus in Meetings"
03 Jun 2021 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Reframing Teambuilding Using Art Materials and Creative Processes"
06 May 2021 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Navigating Messy Conversations: Ways to Cross the Divide"
01 Apr 2021 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "DRiV – Learn What Drives and What Drains You"
04 Mar 2021 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Hit Refresh: How to Tune Up Your Online Presence for the Work You Want in 2021"
04 Feb 2021 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "What Is “Gestalt” and How Might It Advance Your OD Practice?"
07 Jan 2021 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Looking for an OD Job? Need to Find OD Practitioners? OrgDevJobs Can Help!"
03 Dec 2020 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "No Need To Panic...OD Is Here: Crisis Management Through An OD Lens"
05 Nov 2020 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "The Role of Our Bodies in Our OD and Coaching Work"
01 Oct 2020 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "How to Conquer Technology Distraction and Burnout: Be More Present for Yourself and The Organizations You Serve"
03 Sep 2020 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Technology and the Future of Work"
04 Jun 2020 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Starter Kit: Essential Steps to Starting Your Consulting Business"
07 May 2020 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "From the Stage to the Organization: Applying Improv Principles as an OD Practitioner"
02 Apr 2020 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Embodied Business: Bringing Body Awareness Into Our OD Work"
05 Mar 2020 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Getting Past Negativity in the Workplace"
06 Feb 2020 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Facilitating Change from the Inside Out: A Systems Approach to Improving Performance at the Individual and Organizational Levels"
09 Jan 2020 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Strengths, Values and Story-Types Exploration for the Intersection of OD and Coaching"
05 Dec 2019 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Working with Difficult Client Situations and Ones that Were Easy"
07 Nov 2019 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Peer Learning Circles: A Simple Yet Powerful Tool for Building Trust and Supporting Change"
03 Oct 2019 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Resilient Leadership - Approaches and Tools"
05 Sep 2019 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "The Creative Force of Resistance - a Gestalt Perspective for OD Practitioners"
06 Jun 2019 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "How to Help Your Clients Create Extraordinary Outcomes"
02 May 2019 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Non-Violent Communication (NVC): A Framework for Navigating Conflict and Discovering Alignment"
04 Apr 2019 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Coaching and Organizational Development: What Is the Relationship?"
07 Mar 2019 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "You've Hired a Graphic Recorder, Now What? The Why, What, How, and When of Partnering with a Graphic Recorder"
07 Feb 2019 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "The Brain and Body Connection to Behavior, Connection, and Change"
06 Dec 2018 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Getting What You Want: Setting and Maintaining Boundaries with Others"
01 Nov 2018 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Time to Expand Our OD Discipline? Here Comes Knowledge Management and Conversational Leadership!"
04 Oct 2018 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Working with Difficult Client Situations"
06 Sep 2018 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Increase Internal Capacity - Build Peer Coaching and Learning Skills"
07 Jun 2018 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Resilient Leaders Build Resilient Organizations"
03 May 2018 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Storytelling: A Powerful Tool for Professional Success and Personal Fulfillment"
05 Apr 2018 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "What It’s Like To Do International OD Work"
01 Mar 2018 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Objectifying Trust: Seven Key Considerations"
01 Feb 2018 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Moving Dialogues: A Movement-Based Methodology"
04 Jan 2018 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Can Mindfulness Practices Enhance Your Use-of-Self?"
14 Dec 2017 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Having Fun Learning: Team Development Games That for Some Reason Work Around the World – Part II"
05 Oct 2017 DC Area OD Practitioners Community of Practice - A New Look at Use of Self
07 Sep 2017 DC Area OD Practitioners Community of Practice - An Appreciative Approach for Thriving through Conflict
01 Jun 2017 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - Having Fun Learning: Team Development Games That for Some Reason Work Around the World
04 May 2017 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - Neurology for OD Practitioners
06 Apr 2017 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "So, Are You Interested in Becoming an External OD Practitioner?"
02 Mar 2017 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - The Focused Conversation Method - Reclaiming Conversations in Diverse Stakeholder Groups
02 Feb 2017 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "How to Be a Better Collaborator"
05 Jan 2017 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Food for Thought"
01 Dec 2016 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "External OD Consulting - Managing Work and Career Uncertainties"
03 Nov 2016 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Journey Management Workshop..."
06 Oct 2016 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Your Development..."
01 Sep 2016 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "From Science to Practice..."
02 Jun 2016 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Doing the OD Tango"
05 May 2016 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "The Five (Simple) Practices of Exemplary Leadership"
07 Apr 2016 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "What Happens After You Leave?"
03 Mar 2016 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Crafting a Partnership that Works"
04 Feb 2016 DC Area OD Practitioners CoP - "Using Simulated Experience to Develop Managers"
07 Jan 2016 New OD Practitioner's CoP - "Case Study of a New Performance Feedback Program"
03 Dec 2015 New OD Practitioners CoP - "Three Inextricable Links Between Leadership & Organizational Development"
05 Nov 2015 New OD Practitioners CoP - "Aspects of Life"
01 Oct 2015 New OD Practitioners CoP - "Design Thinking"
03 Sep 2015 New OD Practitioners CoP - "Deliver Workshops That Bring In Clients"
04 Jun 2015 New OD Practitioners CoP - "Swimming in Symbolism: Using Imagery as a Change Tool"
07 May 2015 New OD Practitioners CoP - "Powerfully Agile Thinking"
02 Apr 2015 New OD Practitioners CoP - "Setting and Maintaining Boundaries with Others"
05 Mar 2015 New OD Practitioners CoP - "Design Thinking"-CANCELLED
05 Feb 2015 New OD Practitioners CoP - "Building Your OD Reputation One Piece At a Time"
08 Jan 2015 New OD Practitioners SIG - "Ethical Dilemmas for OD Practitioners"
04 Dec 2014 New OD Practitioners SIG - "Constellations - A Sea Change in Change Methodologies"
06 Nov 2014 Cancelled: New OD Practitioners SIG - "Design Thinking"
02 Oct 2014 New OD Practitioners SIG - "The Case for OD Partnership During Executive Transitions"
04 Sep 2014 New OD Practitioners SIG - "Action Learning for Leadership Development"
05 Jun 2014 New OD Practitioners SIG - "Navigating Personal and Professional Change with Robust Support Systems"
03 Apr 2014 New OD Practitioners SIG - "What Leads to Success!"
06 Mar 2014 New OD Practitioners SIG - "The Metrics of Any Organizational Performance"
02 Jan 2014 New OD Practitioners SIG - "How to Help Leaders and Organizations Get Unstuck Using Hersey & Blanchard’s Situational Leadership Model"
05 Dec 2013 New OD Practitioners SIG - "Your Brand As an OD Practitioner"

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