Starting Right for Sustained Success - R&D University at Procter & Gamble
When: Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
During the start up of a Corporate University, the project team can set up systems which can improve the chances for long-term success of the program.
By the end of this webinar, you should be able to:
- 1) Name 3 things that can be done during start up to create a sustainable program
- 2) Describe 2 new ideas for overcoming resistance to change within the organization relative to a new Corp. University program.
- 3) Tell how a University Program can increase networking and communication across organizational silos.
Presenters:
Edward Klein:
Edward Klein, Ph.D. is Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Cincinnati. He co-authored Seasons of a Man's Life and co-edited the Psychodynamics of Leadership (1998), Organizational Consultation in a Changing Workplace (2000) and Relatedness in a Global Economy (2006). He has been an organizational consultant and an executive coach for over two decades.
Lisa Owens:
Lisa Owens is a Georgia Tech Chemical Engineer (1977) with a Masters in Education (University of Cincinnati, 1996). She was an R&D researcher in the late 1980's, giving her first-hand knowledge of the R&D organization, its culture and its people. Later, she moved to Human Resources as Instruction Designer for P&G's Global Learning organization. As the HR ID Lisa was called upon to be the a consultant of the RDU task force and later asked to be the R&D University's Dean of Operations & Learning Sciences. She has presented at several training conferences, including Corporate University 2005. Her article "Executive Guide for Becoming a Leader-Trainer" was published in the November 2005 edition of Leadership Excellence.