Organizational Development (2-Day Workshop)

Tuesday & Wednesday, November 29 & 30, 2016
8:30am – 5:00pm
15.0 “Business” Credits for HRCI & 15.0 PDCs for SHRM

Program Leader: Charles Walsh, President, HOPS International LLC

EAF Members – $299
Non-Members – $349

Level 1 Program – Aligning the Performance of People, Process, & Organizations in the 21st Century

Today’s organizations – both public and private – operate in a rapidly changing and often challenging environment.   Consequently, one of the most important assets for any organization today is the ability to manage evolving and sometimes unpredictable change – for both the organization itself and the people who work for the organization.  The ability to accurately assess and develop the optimum level of performance  –  the right culture, the right people, the right positions, the right skills, the right processes – all of these require critical alignment and often realignment during challenging times.  The disciplines of Organizational Development provide a structured approach to influence and guide an organization’s desire to expand capacity, capability, sustainability, thereby improving overall performance by enabling people to be more collaborative and interactive regarding their perspectives of the organization, and to take greater responsibility for their own actions in making the organization simply work better.  Simply put – Organizational Development is the planned systematic process of enabling an organization to become more effective in achieving its desired goals and fulfilling it’s destiny.

The practice of Organization Development (OD) is comprised of a body of knowledge, skills, and tools that enhances both individual development and organizational performance, viewing the organization and people as a complex system of linkages that exist within a larger system, each of which has its own attributes and degrees of alignment necessary to make the organization work.   The OD practitioner provides interventions in these systems through specific tools, methodologies and prescriptive interventions to strategic planning, organizational structure and design, leadership development, change management, performance management, coaching, diversity, and work/life balance – just to mention a few.

Organization’s today need a successful approach to implement the basic tools of Organizational Development in addressing critical human performance and work process issues.  A successful OD process, integrated into existing Human Resource Management and operational structures, can provide organizations with:

• Aligned and efficient strategic and operational plans
• Increased leadership capacity & capability
• Team development and performance effectiveness across all functions
• Improved value and quality in products and services
• A winning culture of excellence with focus on sustainable results

Level 1 Organizational Development is a 2-day 15 hour introductory program designed to provide participants the baseline knowledge and skills to effectively apply the tools and practices of Organizational Development based on the following:

• Understand the Basic Concepts &Practices of Effective Organizational Development
• The Role of the Organizational Development Practitioner
• The Language of Organizational Development
• Alignment of Vision & Strategy
• The 7 Phases of Organizational Development
• Understanding Organizational Culture – Measuring Cultural Performance
• Identifying Opportunities for Organizational Development Interventions
• Practitioner Tools for Effective Organizational Development
• Leadership Development & Organizational Change
• How To Design, Implement, & Facilitate an Organizational Intervention