Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Ted Nguyen
Elena Feliz
MISSION
Accomplishments To Date
1. Literature Review
An extensive analysis was conducted synthesizing business challenges and opportunities from more than 80 recent
research documents.
2. SWOT
A survey was sent to over 6,000 OD practitioners with over 900 responses.
3. Business Leader Interviews
Business leaders from the companies represented by the Advisory Board members were interviewed one-on-one.
4. Business and Academic Advisory Board Interviews
OD Leaders represented on the Business and Nonprofit Advisory Board as well as the Academic Advisory board
members were interviewed one-on-one.
5. Knowledge Management Portal
An electronic tool has been developed to connect people worldwide in the creation and sharing of knowledge.
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6. Established Advisory Board of OD Executives from business, government and non-profit sectors.
7. Established Communities of Practice for business, government and non-profit sectors.
Q3-03
Advisory
Boards
Q4 - 03
Research
Q1 - 04
SWOT
Survey
Communities
of Practices
KM
Portal
Q2 - 04
Q3 - 04
Knowledge Management
Portal Design
Set up Boards:
Business/Academic
Business Advisory
Board Mtgs.
Q4 - 04
Knowledge Management
OD Body of Knowledge
Knowledge Management
Portal Launch
Government/Non-Profit
Board Mtgs.
Business/Academics
Interviews
Literature Review
Marketing
Marketing&&Communications
Communications
Change
ChangeManagement
Management
Business/Academic
Business/AcademicPartnerships
Partnerships
Q1 - 05
Research
(Jeana Wirtenberg, PhD)
OD Practitioner
Build skills and competencies in multi-cultural sensitivity and diversity
Focus on addressing most formidable business challenges and adding value (based on
understanding of basic business theory)
Foster collaborative relationships across traditional organizational
boundaries
Implications
OD Profession
Embed and Leverage OD strengths to foster employee engagement
Enhance skills around fostering innovation and flexibility in workforce
Increase focus on what it takes to build a performance culture (e.g., training in
productivity and quality methods)
OD Practitioner
Partner with business leaders to build great workplaces
Focus on enhancing productivity and performance
Ensure work is linked to business imperatives around speed, customers,
innovation, etc.
Implications
OD Profession
Marry capabilities of technology with individual and organizational needs
Understand best practices in technology integration and implementation
Model virtual training and learning in professional activities
Recognize and address challenges of technology from a people perspective
(e.g., virtual teams and meetings)
OD Practitioner
Support business leaders in implementing new technologies
Build resiliency into organizations as they integrate new technologies
Foster continuous learning and knowledge sharing in organizations
Stay current with technology advances and incorporate them in our practice
Implications
OD Profession
Identify best practices in socially responsible business practices
Develop skills and competencies in supporting socially responsible business
practices, ethics and governance
Embed socially responsible values and associated results in corporate
drivers and key metrics (e.g., balanced scorecard)
Use our values based heritage to create a paradigm shift in the way
business is perceived and conducted
OD Practitioner
Coach and support business leaders in shifting/enhancing socially
responsible orientation and actions (show them whats in it for them)
Build expertise in skills, competencies and understandings re ethics,
governance, and socially responsible practices
Implications
OD Profession
Ensure business leaders have basic understanding of OD theory and
practice
Build competencies in leveraging diversity for business advantage
Leverage conflict mediation and appreciative inquiry skills and
competencies among OD professionals around the world
Create HR/OD collaborative relationships and partnerships
OD Practitioner
Coach leaders to find meaning and purpose and provide an environment
that supports the whole person
Work with HR and business leaders to actively advocate our beliefs and
values for individuals and workplaces
Model leadership courage, decision making and problem solving
Implications
OD Profession
Research best practices and new models in public-private partnerships
Stimulate interest and awareness about emergent organizational forms
Do action research/action learning with pioneers in collaborative cross-sector
emergent organizational forms
OD Practitioner
Be open and opportunistic in identifying emerging organizational forms
Explore new organizational forms through experimentation (e.g., high potential
experiences on special projects)
Leverage high potential talent to fuel interest and awareness
Use OD win-win values to shift paradigm from adversarial to partnerships across
traditional boundaries (organizations, sectors, industries)
Phase II Research
Client Survey Research Goals
1. Validate Business Success Factors:
Understand the relative importance of the factors driving business
success from a people and organizational perspective, and current
organizational effectiveness in each of the key areas
2. Determine Future Intentions to Utilize OD in key areas
3. Identify Preferred Sources of Expertise and Support
4. Ensure Capacity to sort Data by Key Demographics
e.g., Industry, Size, Region, Function
Phase II Research
Action Learning: Guiding Questions
Phase II Research
Action Learning Outcomes
Design and implement a plan to identify and capture learning
relative to:
Communities of Practice
(Elena Feliz)
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