Wednesday, September 10, 2008

ASTD Nebraska Monthly Program: Eight fundamentals for Organizational Change

Using John Kotter’s model, Elizabeth Haley will discuss the eight fundamentals to facilitating organizational change. Some corporate change efforts have been very successful. A few have been utter failures. Most fall somewhere in between, with a distinct tilt toward the lower end of the scale. The lessons that can be drawn are interesting and will probably be relevant to even more organizations in the increasingly competitive business environment. The most general lesson to be learned from the more successful cases is that the change process goes through a series of phases that, in total, usually require a considerable length of time. Skipping steps creates only the illusion of speed and never produces a satisfying result. Perhaps because we have relatively little experience in renewing organizations, even very capable people often make at least one big error.

About our Speaker:
Elizabeth Haley is a Senior Manager at ConAgra Foods in Omaha, NE where she manages the Organizational Development and Learning function for Customer Service. Beth focus at ConAgra is providing the best in class training for employees as well as assisting management with organizational change and development. Previously, she was Manager of Workforce Planning at Union Pacific Railroad. Prior to her experience in I/O Psychology (the study of businesses), Ms. Haley was associated with Monsanto Company, working in manufacturing, sales, and marketing. She is active with the Omaha Organization Development Network as Member Chair, the Project Homeless Connect Omaha as the training coordinator and an adjunct professor in the MBA program at Bellevue University. Ms. Haley has spoken at many conferences throughout the United States on topics such as employee engagement, workforce development, customer service, and leadership in today’s organization.

Registration required.