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• Leading Transformational Change: A Conversation with Gervase Bushe

  • When
    04 Oct 2023
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    8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Leading Transformational Change: A Conversation with Gervase Bushe

  Wednesday October 4^th, from 8:00-10:00pm EST (5:00-7:00pm Pacific)
  

  Speaker: Gervase Bushe

  What do YOU want to know about Dialogic OD? 

  What might you want to know about 40 years in the field of Organization Development, leading and transforming systems and organizations around the world?

  Join us for an evening of dialogue with the founder of Dialogic OD, Gervase Bushe. Bring your questions, your love of OD, and a desire to explore in community what it means to use language to connect and build new ways of being.

  Speaker Bio:

  Gervase Bushe is an OD Scholar-Practitioner with over 40 years of experience at creating great teams and organizations. He got his PhD from Case Western Reserve where his dissertation looked at the implementation of Quality Circles while employed by the corporate OD group at General Motors. Since then he has consulted to large and small companies, public and private, in a variety of sectors. His research and writing focuses on the creation of highly collaborative organizations and the transformational change processes that help to create them.  He has written over 100 articles and books and won numerous awards. His Clear Leadership book and course has been translated into 10 languages and after 20 years is being used in ever more countries and organizations to produce the personal growth and vertical development required to lead more agile, self-organizing systems. 

  With Bob Marshak, he has developed the theory of Dialogic OD, identifying the key enablers that successful use of a wide variety of transformation OD methods require. He edits and publishes the BMI Series in Dialogic OD. His most recent contribution has been to describe the differences between high engagement and generative change strategies, and the kind of leadership and consulting required of rapid, transformational, generative change. 

  Among his current clients he is consulting to the Center for Transformation in Africa at the Africa Business School in Morocco, in developing leaders and change agents to transform public education in Morocco and support the evolution of the largest firm in Morocco, OCP, toward self-organizing operations.

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• DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Above the Line: Effective Thinking for Today's Workplace Challenges

  • When
    05 Oct 2023
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom link and password will be included in the registration confirmation email

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  October 5, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Eastern

  Above the Line: Effective Thinking for Today's Workplace Challenges 

  Today's work world is uncertain, complex, highly demanding, and full of emotional triggers. Unless we're intentional, these conditions can cause us to "armor up" and lead with ego. When we show up to work this way, we create or worsen all the things we don't want on our teams: ineffective communication, conflict and resentment, trouble navigating change, lack of common vision and purpose, decreased performance, disengagement, and burnout. This presentation introduces three simple but powerful concepts participants can use to generate effective thinking, respond to emotional triggers, bring their best selves to the workplace, and create a team where candor, collaboration and innovation are the norm.

  Presenter:  Lisa Loggins

  Lisa is an organizational culture consultant, leadership trainer and executive coach. She is the CEO of LeadWell Coaching Strategies, LLC, a consulting and training company with a focus on leveraging the interconnectedness of organizational and employee well-being. Blending her educational background in health and human performance with the practical knowledge she has gained from 25+ years of experience in healthcare and corporate well-being, Lisa brings a unique perspective and skillset to her work to create workplaces where everyone can thrive and show up as courageous leaders. Lisa has a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership and is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC). She is also a licensed Thriving Workplace Culture Consultant and Developing a Leadership Mindset Facilitator.

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• DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Lewinian Social Science and Racism

  • When
    02 Nov 2023
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
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  November 2, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Eastern
  

  Lewinian Social Science and Racism

  Kurt Lewin did groundbreaking training-action-research (as he put it) on what he called “minority relationships” (meaning imbalances of power). His methods demonstrated the power of group dynamics, local action, inclusion of all who are willing to be included, and how to change inaccurate beliefs such as prejudice. His methods worked, and there is no good reason we can’t apply them in the present. That is the thesis of Gilmore Crosby’s new book, Diversity without Dogma. Gilmore will lead this dialogue using the framework that emerged as he has applied Lewinian social science to understanding and addressing racism and other forms of prejudice. 

  At the end of the training, participants will:

  • Have a practical understanding of Lewinian social science and its implications for facilitating any type of change.

  • Be able to adapt and apply Crosby’s framework for DEI education and action.

  • Derive implications from Lewin regarding how to lead training that intentionally explores and impacts beliefs.

  • Be better equipped to manage and avoid the pitfalls of dogma. 

  • Have an integrated theory to guide action.  

  BIO:  Gilmore Crosby

  Gilmore has been a Social Scientist and Organization Development (OD) practitioner since 1984. His mission is to better the world by spreading Kurt Lewin’s methods. Crosby guides us in understanding and applying Lewin’s universal theory of social science, including leadership, group dynamics, the social construction of reality, minority relations, re-education, and field theory. These concepts form a systemic approach that can be used by hourly workers, community organizers, and PhDs alike. Mr. Crosby’s OD career follows in the footsteps of his father’s, which began in 1953, and yet he remains on the experimental edge, delivering virtual T-groups and more. He is the author of six books, with the most recent being Diversity without Dogma: A Collaborative Approach to DEI learning and Action. Mr. Crosby is a husband, a father, and a grandfather. His clear thinking and strong track record of measurable results keep him in demand as a teacher, consultant, and a speaker.

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• DC Area OD Practitioners CoP: Collaborative Communication Workshop

  • When
    07 Dec 2023
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom link and password will be included in the registration confirmation email

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  Thursday December 7, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Eastern

  Collaborative Communication Workshop

  This highly experiential, hands-on workshop is based on Marshall Rosenberg's work on communicating and listening more effectively using Nonviolent Communication (NVC). We will cover the four fundamental steps of nonviolent communication: observing without judging, expressing feelings when observing, expressing and clarifying one's needs to the feelings one observes, and expressing specific requests. 

  Participants will:

  • Learn the four easy steps of collaborative communication;

  • Practice communicating in small groups;

  • Participants will learn how to use language and dialog to improve  performance, reinforce positive behaviors and improve negative ones

  Presenter:  Lorne Epstein

  Lorne, SHRM-SCP, MSOD is a social scientist, keynote, and Vistage speaker who consults with senior leaders on methods to improve the ROI of decision-making by reducing biases. He has been leading experiential workshops since 1993 and has been an HR professional since 1996. As a leader in Talent Acquisition, he built recruiting teams in the U.S., India, and Brazil. His research focuses on improving decision-making and reducing the impacts of unconscious bias in the workplace. His book, You're Hired! Interview Skills to Get the Job has been downloaded over a half-million times worldwide. Lorne is currently studying cognitive neuroscience at the master’s level at George Mason University.

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