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5 Steps to Improved Performance As You Kickoff the New Year
January 13th, 2010 by Jeremy Lurey
All of us at Plus Delta Consulting have been reflecting on what we will do as we enter the New Year to improve performance in our organization – and with our client organizations. 2009 was a rocky year for many, and I for one am very glad to put it behind me. With that said, I’d be remiss if I simply said, “Thank God it’s over!” without doing any planning for 2010.
As we enter the New Year then, we’d like to recommend 5 simple steps for you to drastically improve performance in your organization. What steps have you taken or do you plan to take as you begin the New Year to produce better results? Please take a moment to comment below and share your own actions and ideas with us and all of our readers. Until then, here’s our list!
1. Plan your future from the future:
If anything was possible for you and your organization in one year from now (or even 10), how would you have the future be? Suspend reality for just a moment, and don’t worry about being practical or even reasonable. Focus on defining your ideal future based on your most important values and longer-term business objectives. And don’t frame this as “fixing” something that already exists or working within your current constraints. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: executive coaching, goals, high performance, Management, management processes, mentoring, mentorship, new year, OD, online networking, Organization Development, organizational culture, productivity, social networking, transparency, workplace, Workplace Policies
Posted in Accelerated workplace, business, Collaboration, Groups/Teams, OD Insights, Social Media, topical, Work/Life Balance, Workplace Culture, Workplace Policies | 1 Comment »
Future: Unconference! Interview with Juliette Powell from OD Network Conference ’09 – Part II
November 3rd, 2009 by Michael Liskin
As promised in part I of my Interview with Juliette Powell, in the video below Juliette discusses the future of conferences. If there was any misconception about the nature of the “unconference” versus the “conference” arising from her keynote address, or about the future of how people will interact in such settings, this video will bring clarity to that and might inspire you to go to an unconference in your city this year. I also asked Juliette to discuss more about the Leadership Engine and how that was created. We are looking forward to our next collaboration with Juliette!
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Tags: authenticity, conference, future of OD, juliette powell, leadership engine, OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, online networking, Organization Development, unconference
Posted in Collaboration, Groups/Teams, Social Media | 1 Comment »
Tweeting the Organization Development Network Conference: Collaboration, Transparency, & Engagement
October 29th, 2009 by Michael Liskin
In a time of decreasing attention spans partially due to the flood of information many of us experience, it has become an important skill to encapsulate the main point of a complex idea in as few words as possible — especially if one is “tweeting” on Twitter.com, limited to 140 characters or less per tweet. Laura Horwitz not only excels in this regard, but has written an insightful guest post drawing connections between new technology and its implications for conference interaction and the foundations of OD. After reading her post, please share your reactions (in our comments section).
Edie Seashore (left) and Laura Horwitz (right)
As organizational psychologists, we look at human interactions as comprised of content and process. The OD Network conference was certainly chock full of great content, sessions that re-explored foundational theories, highlighted innovations, and introduced new applications at the boundaries of the field. And, with 800 participants, including many of organizational development’s leading theorists and practitioners, the conference offered a rare chance to connect with others who share my interests and values. Yet, as I reflect on my time in Seattle, what stands out about my first OD Network conference is not so much what I learned or who I met, but how I engaged with the content and process… through Twitter.
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Tags: Edie Seashore, future of OD, OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, online networking, Organization Development, Seattle, social networking, twitter, web 2.0
Posted in Collaboration, Events, OD Insights, Social Media | 3 Comments »
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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Tags: authenticity, future of OD, juliette powell, OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, online networking, Organization Development, Plus Delta, social networking, social networks, transparency, twitter, web 2.0, workplace
Posted in Collaboration, OD Insights, OD Network, Social Media | 5 Comments »
Community – Online and Offline: A guest post from OD Network Conference 2009
October 21st, 2009 by Michael Liskin
We have a strong commitment to provide the Organization Development community with a series of conversations highlighting the use of social and collaborative media within organizations. We believe that these technologies can be an empowering and enabling force for human potential. We have asked Jackie Alcalde Marr to write a guest post from the OD Network Conference 2009. Her new book, along with authors Arthur Jue and Mary Ellen Kassotakis highlight the use of new communication technologies in the workplace. After reading her post, please share (in our comments section) your experiences with these technologies in the workplace, or what you wish you could do for organizations with them.
This week at the OD Network Conference, organization development consultants – -seasoned and newly inspired – gathered to hear one of our favorite thought leaders, Peter Block. Block spoke of the “collective possibility” to “create a future distinct from the past.” This conference, like so many others, lives off of this premise – that people come together to share experience, debate new ideas, learn from each other in order to move their cause, profession or passions forward.
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Tags: future of OD, OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, online networking, Organization Development, social networking, social networks, web 2.0, workplace
Posted in Collaboration, OD Insights, Social Media | No Comments »
The Future Of OD and the Role of Web 2.0: A Tipping Point?
October 19th, 2009 by Cris Hagen
Are Web 2.0 and social networking technologies the next “great app” in the field of OD to enable self-organizing systems and to build better working relationships in the organization?
If I were a betting man, I would bet that half of the attendees at this year’s OD Network conference would click “Delete” on their email application if this showed up in their mailbox. The other half (or less?) would be intrigued and hit the “scroll down” button to read more. Are we at the “cutting edge” of OD by talking about the role of Web 2.0 technologies instead of talking about “authenticity”, “power and affiliation needs”, or “process facilitation”? Or are we so far off base in introducing this vernacular into the lexicon of OD professionals that we will see it fall off the radar screen of OD and into the abyss of other “flash in the pan” concepts?
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Tags: linkedin, Management, OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, online networking, Organization Development, organizational culture, social networking, social networks, twitter, web 2.0
Posted in Accelerated workplace, Collaboration, OD Insights, Social Media | 3 Comments »
Social Networking Sites in the Workplace: Generational Divide?
October 3rd, 2009 by Cris Hagen
A current Yahoo news story reports:
“A new survey developed by Robert Half Technology suggests people who like to use social-networking Web sites while they’re at work could be violating company policy. Fifty-four percent of the companies surveyed said they prohibit the use of social-networking sites, like Twitter and Facebook.”
“There are some places that allow social-networking, but not many. About 20-percent allow employees to use social networking sites for work purposes only. Only 16-percent allow personal use.”
I attended a conference on Talent Management about a year ago, and a panel discussion debated whether or not such social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Second Life should be allowed in the workplace. The consensus?
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Tags: facebook, Gen X, Gen Y, generational divide, linkedin, online networking, Plus Delta, social networking, social networks, twitter, workplace, Workplace Policies
Posted in Collaboration, Social Media, trends, Workplace Policies | 4 Comments »
