If one is to lead an organization to sustainable success, then one needs to learn the skills, values, and daily habits of two organizational gardens.
The first garden, the technical garden, is where everyone focuses first. The second garden, the culture garden, is less tangible and measurable but is equal in importance to the technical garden.
Successful organizational leaders know how to tend both gardens and do so with a consistency that ensures both gardens bloom with success. Human Resource professionals serve as the Culture Coaches to healthy, growing, vibrant organizations. It is the essential role of human resources to ensure that leaders and managers maintain culture as a priority with habits and systems to support all elements of culture.
Greater Cleveland ASTD welcomes Leslie Yerkes, President of Catalyst Consulting group, who will share her perspective on culture and leadership in this thought-provoking program.
Who should attend? Organizational Development Professionals, Human Resource Professionals, Organizational Culture Leaders, Training Managers, Learning & Development Specialists, Directors of Training/Learning & Development, Change Management Professionals, and for those responsible leading culture and change at any level and in all types of business.
About Leslie Yerkes
Leslie Yerkes is a consultant, author, thought leader, and keynote speaker.
She has been advancing the cause of positive organizational culture for over twenty-five years, ever since she started The Catalyst Consulting Group with a mission to do “consulting with a conscience.”
Leslie's perspective on culture and leadership is complex but practical, sophisticated, and deeply humane.
She focuses on optimally building business success by appreciating and supporting the strengths of the people and culture which make up the human core of the organization.
Leslie is co-author of the best selling 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work (Berrett-Koehler) and is the author of Fun Works: Creating Places Where People Love to Work (Berrett-Koehler); Beans: Four Principles for Running a Business in Good Times or Bad (Jossey-Bass); They Just Don't Get It: Changing Resistance Into Understanding (Berrett-Koehler); and in 2008, Beyond Kicks & Carrots: Motivation for the 21st Century (Norma Sustenere Publishers).
Leslie earned her Master of Science in Organizational Development at Case Western Reserve University after graduating cum laude from Wittenberg University with a BA in education. Leslie has taught at John Carrol University, Baldwin Wallace College, and, she is on the faculty at the Weatherhead Dively Center for Executive Education at Case Western Reserve University.
Program Details & Agenda
| Date: |
Thursday |
February 20, 2014 |
| Time: |
5:30-6:00PM |
Check In & Light Refreshment |
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6:00-8:00PM |
Welcome and Program |
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8:00-8:30PM |
Networking |
Event Registration Details*
$25 Current Greater Cleveland Chapter Members
$25 Current Members of any ASTD Chapter in Ohio
$35 Non-Members & Guests
*Registration is required; space is limited and walk-ins will be charged $35, regardless of membership status. Registration for this program will close the morning of the event.
Location:
Embassy Suites Cleveland/Independence
5800 Rockside Woods Blvd.
Independence, OH 44131
Parking/Directions: Click here for directions to the Embassy Suites Cleveland/Independence. Free parking is available.
Please contact Camille Baron at office@clevelandastd.com with event/registration questions.
Please see the Event Registration Details page for more information about Greater Cleveland ASTD's registration & cancellation policy. Please note that Greater Cleveland ASTD is unable to accomodate special dietary requests.