Online Webinar  – Recorded March 18 2020
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If you work in a large organization, then chances are better than good that you work on at least one ‘virtual team,’ possibly more. If you’re like most people, you find this ‘difficult,’ if not almost impossible from time to time.

The obstacles to performance are many; they include time zone differences, matrix management, the blurring of the work/life boundary, and cultural differences that are totally hidden until you’re ensnared in some conflict that no one really understands.

Welcome to the modern world!

In the past, a ‘meeting’ was something personal. We could see the people we worked with – we knew the people we worked with – we might even have a personal relationship with the people we worked with. Today, we work with complete strangers. People we’ll never meet. People we have nothing in common with. Yet? We expect virtual Teams to operate as effectively as ‘real’ teams.

This presentation builds on some recent work with a multinational organization. It will summarize the issues surrounding virtual teams, paying specific attention to the unexpected issues. It will also offer some possible solutions to the discovered problems.

Peter will summarize the observations/findings by relating the nature of Virtual Teams to Dr. David Rock’s SCARF model.

Presenter:  Peter De Jager

Peter de Jager (LinkedIn profile  @pdejager)  is a very highly respected keynote speaker/writer/consultant on the issues relating to managing change of all shapes and sizes in all types of organizations. He has published hundreds of articles on Problem Solving, Creativity and Change Management – to the impact of technology on areas such as Privacy, Security and Business Issues appearing in publications such as The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Futurist and Scientific American.

Peter is best known to IT audiences for his efforts to create responsible awareness of the Y2K issue – For which he received several awards from IT associations and Govt. Agencies.  He has also written several regular columns and presented sessions to world class organizations.

Peter has spoken in over 35 countries recognized worldwide as an exciting, humorous, provocative and engaging speaker.

Peter’s Kindle publications include A Pocket Full Of Change about Organizational Change,  So? You’re a Manager… Now What?, and Truth Picks Vol I. A Truth Pick is a short, pointed commentary on a popular quote – For Peter these “Truth Picks” was a personal morning meditation he was publishing – which  blossomed until several thousand people were reading them on a daily basis.

Peters presentations and workshops are highly interactive, fun, irreverent to mistaken ideas and most distinctively – provocative. He entices the audience, by demonstrating conflicts between their stated beliefs and behaviors, to think differently about what they thought they knew. You can read much of his work in the publications section of www.technobility.com and view his videos at Vimeo.com/technobility.

This webinar series is a de Jager & Co Limited  and Interthink Consulting production.

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Virtual Teams – Real Problems – Possible Solutions

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Online Webinar – Recorded Jun 25 2020
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The COVID-19 crisis left many retailers with low or limited cash reserves, putting the business in jeopardy.

In this webinar Max Hammond (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Sr Director Analyst explores using a disciplined approach to continuous cost optimization as a major back-to-work strategy.

The approach allows retailers to strike a balance between supporting cost efficiencies and contributing to innovation investments to create competitive advantage for long-term business success.

Discussion Topics:

• Optimize costs across product availability, merchandising, workforce and collaboration
• Cost optimization as a back-to-work strategy
• Develop a balance between cost efficiencies and innovation investments

Return to the web page to watch both the live and on-demand webinar.

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Beyond COVID-19:
14 Ways For Retailers To Use IT
To Optimize Business Cost

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Live Webinar – August 14th, 2020 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

You have something important to teach people, but they’re not paying attention. And surveys have shown that only 25% of course material actually improves learners’ performance.

Why aren’t people learning from or engaging with your coursework? Turns out, it’s likely because you’re not letting people fail enough.

In this session, award-winning instructional designer Scott Provence discusses the surprising studies and research that shows how we actually learn more when we get things wrong.

You will:

• Compare your rate of failure to world experts and innovators
• Understand how failure-based courses can quadruple success rates
• Learn a model for designing playful, “fail-safe” courses from the ground up

Perfect for designers, trainers, and L&D leaders, this session will give you the data and tools you need to improve any material, leveraging the effective and underutilized approach of trial and error.

Presenters:

Scott Provence (LinkedIn profile) is an award-winning instructional designer and author. He has delivered programs throughout the U.S. and Canada, and built material for everyone from one of the world’s largest private employers to the U.S. Department of Justice. Using a unique combination of instructional and game design, Scott’s passion is turning expert-level concepts into engaging products for a general audience. He is the author of the new book, Fail to Learn: A Manifesto for Training Gamification.

Monica Cornetti (LinkedIn profile) CEO of Sententia Gamification, is a gamification education & design consultant based in Austin, TX, & Gamemaster of GamiCon, an annual international conference for the gamification of learning.  An influential speaker, and author of:

1. Deliberate Fun: A Purposeful Application of Game Mechanics to Learning Experiences – co-authored with Jonathan Peters, Ph.D
2. Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide Book: How to Put Gamification to Work for You
3. What Were You Thinking: Learn How to Change the Way You Think… Fast!
4. Your Face Isn’t Finished Until Your Lipstick Is on: Rule of the Women’s Success Game
5. Totally Awesome Training, Discover how to Deliver Dynamic Small Business Training!
6. By Monica Cornetti Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide Book: How to Put Gamification to Work for You (2nd Second Edition)

Monica was rated #1 among the “Gamification Gurus Power 100” by RISE in 2015-2019; and was also recognized as a Top 3 Finalist in the “Gamification Guru of the Year Award” by the World Gamification Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.  A graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology, and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned an MS in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship. Monica is at the top of her field in gamification design for corporate learning.

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Fail To Learn!
Training Techniques From The Lost Art Of Trial & Error

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Live Webinar August 12th, 2020 – 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

Culture will make or break your organization’s strategy. However, too often, culture-building is seen as a nice-to-have and not a primary driver of business success.

What if there was a different way to view culture?

With culture as a key business strategy, organizations can respond to changing demands and market conditions while aligning the employee experience, core values, and business needs.

What steps can you and your organization take to develop a positive, communitive, and engaging culture?

In this research partnership between the Human Capital Institute and Quantum Workplace, Jenna N. Filipkowski, Ph.D. (LinkedIn profile) Director of Research, Human Capital & Shane McFeely (LinkedIn profile) Lead Researcher Quantum Workplace, identify the six practices and approaches to organizational culture that successfully drive results.

Join Jenna & Shane as they reveal insights from our latest study. All registrants will receive a copy of the research report.

In this research webcast, you will:

• Assess how well your organization aligns strategy, HR practices, and culture
• Learn why culture is a strategic imperative and how it can drive business results in your organization
• Uncover the six practices of culture-centric and high-performing organizations
• Determine ways to measure and monitor strategic and cultural outcomes
• Identify your challenges and find solutions for creating and promoting culture

Note:

SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 General recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, and SPHRi™ recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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Six Practices For Developing Culture-Centric Organizations
That Drive Business Success

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