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Plus Delta’s Founder & CEO Delivers Workshop for Fellow Solopreneurs to Grow Successful Consulting Practices

January 24th, 2012 by Jessica Weinandt

Ready to focus on your own professional development and up your game this year? Plus Delta’s Founder and CEO Dr. Jeremy Lurey kicks off the New Year with the Organization Development Network Chicago and an exciting, interactive learning program you won’t want to miss!

Making It On Your Own: Launching, Running and GROWING a Successful Consulting Practice, Friday, February 24th – This is a perfect primer for skilled consultants who want to launch their own consulting practices and/or those who want to develop the critical skills needed to be successful “solopreneurs” and take their existing firms to the next level.

 

 This all-day workshop is being offered in Chicago, so if you are in the area sign up now. And if you don’t live or work in the Chicago area, contact Jeremy at +1.310.589.4600 x4612 or by email at jslurey@plusdelta.net for more information. He will share the schedule for future sessions and/or schedule additional ones for you and your organization whenever and wherever it’s more convenient for you!

Posted in Chicago, Consulting, Consulting Practice, Consulting Skills, Management Consulting, OD Network, OD Network Chicago, Organization Development, Professional Development, Soloing, Solopreneur, Training | No Comments »

Plus Delta’s Founder & CEO Kicks Off National Speaker Series for MNODN Chapter

September 8th, 2011 by Jeremy Lurey

MnodnReady to focus on your own professional development and up your game now that summer is almost over? Plus Delta’s Founder and CEO Dr. Jeremy Lurey kicks off this year’s National Speaker Series for the Minnesota OD Network with two exciting programs that you won’t want to miss.

  • Essentials of Change Management, Thur Sept 15th – Explore the key drivers for successfully implementing organizational changes and develop the critical skills you need to effectively lead complex enterprise-wide change initiatives
  • Making It On Your Own: Leading Practices for Running a Successful OD Consulting Practice, Fri Sept 16th – This is a perfect primer for skilled OD consultants who want to launch their own consulting practices and/or now need to develop the critical skills required to run their firms and become successful “solopreneurs”

Both programs are being offered in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area next month, so if you are in the area, sign up now. And if you don’t live or work in the Twin Cities area, contact Jeremy directly at +1.310.589.4600 x4612 or by email at jslurey@plusdelta.net. He can tell you all about these two targeted workshops and schedule additional sessions for you and your organization whenever and wherever it’s more convenient for you!

Posted in Change management, Consulting, Consulting Practice, Consulting Skills, Minneapolis, Minnesota OD Network, OD Network, organizational change, Professional Development, Soloing, Solopreneur, St. Paul, Training, Twin Cities | No Comments »

Organization Development as a Profession: Will Certification or Licensing Help You Choose Your Consultant?

March 12th, 2010 by Cris Hagen

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Should the profession of Organization Development (OD) require professional certification or licensing for practitioners to practice?

As we look to the future of OD, some questions come to mind :

-  Should anyone wanting to “hang out a shingle” as an OD practitioner be allowed to do so?

-  Should there be minimum educational requirements?  If so, what should they be?

-  Should OD practitioners be licensed through a formal licensing or certification process?

-  How would a governing body for licensing or certification be “selected”?

-  What risks to the OD profession are posed if licensing or certification is required?

-  How do you market your practice to differentiate and distinguish yourself?

Having practiced in the field for 30 years, now, I have seen OD grow to encompass a broad range of “specialty” areas beyond its origins in the area of “group dynamics”, “human relations research”, and “action research” back in the 1940’s and 50’s.  (See the Wikipedia article on OD here). Read the rest of this entry »

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Juliette Powell Interview on Social Media in Organization Development: Part 1

October 27th, 2009 by Michael Liskin

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I recently conducted a two-part interview with Juliette Powell (author of 33 Million People in the Room) at the OD Network Conference in Seattle, just after she delivered the final keynote speech, titled “The Technology of Relationships: Social Networking and the Future of Human Communities.” This first interview gives you a behind-the-scenes look into Juliette’s take on the field of OD after delivering the keynote and meeting with OD practitioners for several days. You’ll especially want to watch if you were at the keynote or you plan to watch it on YouTube when it gets posted by the OD Network. I highly recommend you watch that keynote address when posted; her points are crucial for OD practitioners to remain relevant in the shifting organizational and media landscape.

You won’t want to miss our upcoming blog post featuring the second interview. There she clears up the misconception from the keynote address around her provocative comment regarding the demise of traditional conferences. She also further elaborates on her upcoming Leadership Engine project – an exciting new development for OD.

Here is a quick glimpse of that comment regarding the future of conferences during the keynote address

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Posted in Collaboration, OD Insights, OD Network, Social Media | 5 Comments »

Relive the 2009 OD Network Conference with Plus Delta’s pictures from Seattle

October 23rd, 2009 by Michael Liskin

Click here to view more conference photos courtesy of OD Network staff photographer Robin Reid

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