ABA Senior Executive Program
Outline for Corporate Reinvention, Change and Team Development

Program Specifics

Who: ABA will accept 12, no more than 15 participants.  Applications will be considered on a first come, first served basis
 
What: Five related sessions that will focus on different aspects of “Corporate Reinvention, Change and Team Development.” Each four-hour session will be interactive, stimulating, and facilitated by an outstanding professional.
 
Cost: ABA Member: $800 (Includes all materials/ meals/recognition plaque)
 
When: Five sessions; 7:30am-11:30am.
 
Where: ABA Conference Room, 2702 N. 3rd St., Suite 2020, Phoenix, AZ

Program Courses

Overview of Change and Reinvention
     Gary Allhiser, Great Visions Consulting
  • Human need for stability versus corporate need for change
  • Entrepreneurialism versus Institutional Thinking
  • The impacts of change
  • The process of systematic change
  • Creating the incentive to change
  • The wages of stability is organizational death

Organizational Diagnosis and Intervention
     Charlie Tombazian, AVNET Strategic Planning
     University of Phoenix Department Chair

  • Organizational Development
  • Start from solid data
  • Determining the stakeholders
  • Creating a team to champion the change
  • The role of the "internal change agent"
  • Analyzing the Status quo
  • Flowcharting current management systems
  • Strategizing improvements and change
  • Evaluating alternative scenarios
  • Pilot Projects versus the "Just Do It" approach

Human Side of Reinvention
     Bill Woodward, Organization Development
     Consultant and former Director of the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice

  • Resistance to change and how to overcome it
  • Critical understanding in group dynamics
  • Retraining: planning and accomplishing
  • Real Motivation versus Illusion
  • Continuous feedback
  • Changing a culture

Reinvention as a Continuous Process
     Dan Wooldridge, FMI

  • Cultures that protect and encourage change
  • Corporate Culture: What it is
  • Corporate culture: How to determine the nature of the culture you have
  • Linkages of the reinvention process to corporate planning and accountability systems
  • Anti-lethargy strategies