• • • Leaders who want to understand the culture of their organization more holistically
    • Organizational leaders who seek to undertake a planned organizational culture change process
    • Organizational development consultants who want to add the Process Consulting approach to helping Clients with culture change initiatives to their practice

• • • Equipped to understand the concepts associated with organizational culture 
    • Aided in learning how these concepts and their dynamics influence your organizations culture
    • Supported to design a process that you can lead that helps your organization and its leaders evolve culture

Schein's Culture Beach Metaphor

Monday (10 November)
4:30 pm - Drinks and social gathering

6:00 pm - Session #1 - Dinner and fireside chat with Peter A. Schein and panel of leaders on key insights from Humble Inquiry Third Edition and their application to leadership in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous, and anxious world.

Fireside chat panel includes: Linda Milanowski-Westdorp, Senior Consultant, Design Group International; Skip Steward, Chief Improvement Officer, Baptist Memorial Health Care; Chad Horning, Senior Vice-President, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, Everence.

Tuesday (11 November)

8:30 am - Session #2 - Understanding organizational culture, its structure and practice.

Presented by Peter Schein, Strategic Partner, Design Group International and Lon Swartzentruber, Co-CEO, Design Group International

Panel includes: Matt Brayman, Vice President Solutions Development, KION/Dematic and Meredith Keller, Director, Solution Consulting, KION/Dematic

10 am - Session #3 - Understanding cultural forces that enhance or restrain high impact women at work. 

Presented by Dawn Graber, Senior Consultant, Design Group International

Panel includes:  Lukie Wells, Senior Partner, Design Group International; Noele Stith, Co-CEO and Senior Partner, Design Group International; Madalyn Metzger, Chief Marketing Officer, Everence; Sandra Upton, Founder and President, Upton Consulting Group. 

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Lunch - Break and downtime with colleagues

1 pm - Session #4 - Hands on tools to use that will aid you in the process of culture change.

Participants will be provided with facilitated support to build out your next steps in evolving your organization’s culture. Hands on tools include relationship mapping, forcefield analysis, helping trios, and more.

2:30 pm - Formal content will is concluded.

Until 5 pm - Our working space is available for you to continue your planning for the rest of the afternoon.

Here are some suggestions on where to stay

Prince Conference Center - Room rates starting at $125

Hilton Garden Inn Grand Rapids East - Room rates starting at $146

Residence Inn by Marriott (downtown Grand rapids) - Room rates starting at $170