Center for Effective Organizations

Beyond Change Management: Accelerating Transformations and Building Agile Organizations, October 2013

Los Angeles

October 1-3, 2013

With Chris Worley and Sue Mohrman

Beyond change management...

Corporate executives know that their company's competitive leadership and sustainable effectiveness depend on accelerated change implementation and agility.

Traditional linear change models no longer work in an era of relentless change. Accelerated change implementation must become a core organizational capability. It must be enabled by the way we organize and the way we lead.

This seminar provides new frameworks and approaches to:

• accelerate organization transitions
• deal with the demands for ongoing transformation
• implement agile organizations
• build robust change capabilities

In this workshop, you will learn how to

• Accelerate large-scale transformational change
• Design high impact pathways through complex change situations
• Build the capacity to continually change and adapt throughout the organization
• Leverage culture, values, and identity
• Build change into the core processes of your organization

Take-aways from this workshop

• Frameworks, intervention approaches, and tools for dealing with complex changes
• New understandings of the roles of those who lead and enable agile and ever-changing organizations
• Case examples of organizations that have developed sophisticated change capabilities and agile designs
• Diagnostic feedback on your organization's agility profile--and knowledge of design features that promote agility
• CEO's research based findings on what works and what doesn't

Who Should Attend?

• Teams of line managers, organization development practitioners, and human resource professionals responsible for carrying out complex change in their organizations
• Senior change professionals looking to build advanced organization design and development competencies
• Line managers who want to add change competence to their leadership repertoires

The Faculty

Chris Worley and Sue Mohrman are known around the world for their research, teaching, and consulting in developing effective, high performance organizations that are able to change and adapt through time. This seminar builds on 30 years of CEO research in these areas, including the current research on organizations that are Built to Change (Lawler and Worley, 2006).

High-Level Workshop Agenda

Day 1
Agility and Change Acceleration
Ongoing Self-design Processes

Day 2
Pathways to deal with Complexity
Embedding "Routines" of Agility and Adaptability
Building Sustainable High Performance

Day 3
Putting It All Together

Register

• Register via mail

Hardcopy of registration form. If you can't or don't want to register online, print out this form and fax it to us (213-740-4354.)

Registration Deadline

• August 31, 2013

Team Discount

Teams of 3 or more people from the same company who register at the same time receive a 15% discount. Call 1-213-740-9814 or email ceo@usc.edu for details.

Past Participant on the Course

"The faculty brings together a great blend of real-world experience backed by research. The principles, models, and tools provided were very helpful in applying the material to my organization."
- workshop participant

Location

Portofino Hotel, Redondo Beach, CA (Los Angeles area). Special room rate: $199/single per night. Hotel reservations should be made by the participant - call 800-468-4292. Must mention "USC CEO Beyond Change" to receive special rate.

Hotel reservation deadline is August 30, 2013. Get more hotel info...

Cancellations

• Before or on 9/9/13 the cancellation fee is $200.00.
• From 9/10/131 to 9/23/13, 50% of the fee will be refunded.
• Registration fees are non-refundable for cancellations received after 9/23/13 and for no-shows.

Credits/CEUs

• 2 CEUs
• Course #: CEO-004
• Faculty: Chris Worley and Sue Mohrman

Additional Questions?

• Event FAQ
• Email Alice Mark or call (213) 740-9814