June 10, 2016 Bi-monthly Meeting

11th Annual Best Practices Session 

This is another exceptional year of presenters for our 11th Annual Best Practices session.  Our final program selections have been made to assure you a rich  mix of best practices, tips, tools and solutions.  We are delighted with the strong lineup we are able to offer you!

Our Program and Speakers:

"New Leader Assimilations and 'Health Checks' "

This assimilation accelerates a new leader's transition onto the team, and provides a methodology for collecting and discussing candid feedback, followed up by a "Health Check" 3-6 months later providing feedback on the leader's effectiveness.

Jerry Salsburg, M.S., Organization Development and Performance Consultant with Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems and Training 

“The Power of the Pause” 

Learn the importance of self-awareness and how to incorporate that into employee development & leadership programs. 

Temitayo Lawal, A.B.D., Organizational Development Manager at The Sawgrass Group  

“Optimizing Your Organization’s CSR Initiatives and Partnerships”

Explore the challenges and successes of Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives and how to optimize community partnerships.

Barry Altland; Writer, speaker, thought leader and author of the book, “Engaging the Head, Heart and Hands of a Volunteer” 

“Refreshing Leadership Competencies at Universal Orlando”

Through a variety of research-based methods, including literature review, internal & external benchmarking, and surveying, the OD team took a comprehensive approach to refreshing our existing competency model to heighten the impact within our culture.

Anisa Ali, M.S., Organizational Development Manager, Universal Orlando

“Executive Coaching Adapted from Sports and Performance Psychology”

The link between sports and business is underscored.  Sports is one of the most highly visible and measurable types of business in which to measure success.  Sports Psychology will be defined, and one aspect of it will be cited as an example that can be used in Executive Coaching.

Dan Vosgerichian, Ph.D., Owner and Lead Consultant at Elite Performance Solutions

“Best Practices in Employee Engagement Survey Initiatives”

The science, practice and current developments in employee engagement.

Michael Zia Mian, Ph.D., Founder and Principal Consultant, Mian Talent Solutions 

“Conversational Intelligence” 

Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ) is a framework to enhance our success in life and business. Based on 30 years of research, Judith Glaser has taken recent insights from neuroscience and created simple tools and practices that impact our conversational agility at the individual, team and organizational levels.

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