I am honored to be the moderator of this panel discussion!
Performance improvement initiatives—the introduction of new methods, processes, tools and/or skills—mean change. But often people resist change or have difficulty changing old habits, causing them to revert soon after the training session ends. This session offers you the opportunity to learn from a panel of L&D professionals who use change management principles and tools to help drive performance improvement within their organizations or as consultants. This session will have opportunities for listening, discussing and asking questions of the experts.
Panelists:
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Dawne Carlson is Senior DirectorOrganizational Effectiveness for Target, responsible for the Enterprise Organizational Effectiveness teams including Human Resources OE, Target Technology Services OE, Canada OE, OE Operations, Process Improvement and Sigma Operations. Dawne has been with Target for 27 years, and served in roles in Stores HR and Merchandising. She joined the OE senior leadership team in 2007 as the Director of Field OE and moved to her role leading Enterprise OE in 2012. |
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Steve Nguyen helps some of the world’s top companies be more successful through their implementation of Yammer. He has a passion for emerging technologies, social collaboration, and helping to make people’s lives more productive. Prior to coming to Yammer/Microsoft, Steve was a Technology Research Analyst at Cargill. |
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Tony Loyd, Vice President, Organization & Team Effectiveness for Buffalo Wild Wings, has extensive experience working public, private and government organizations to direct global initiatives that align learning solutions to corporate goals. Through his innovative approaches, he has enabled his clients to achieve significant improvements in processes, productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction while reducing costs and improving bottom line results. Before joining Buffalo Wild Wings, Tony worked with organizations including Medtronic, Diversey, John Deere, US Department of Energy, AT&T, Alcoa and the State of Colorado. |
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Dr. James Bohn is considered a ‘designated hitter’ for repairing broken teams. Dr. Bohn was the Global Director of Change Management for Johnson Controls prior to his retirement in 2013 after 33 years of service. Jim led significant change management projects including IT implementations, mergers and reorganizations. He has served in roles ranging from the shop floor, design, engineering, sales and service. “I consider my early operations experience to be invaluable for understanding change problems.” Jim has taught Organization Development at University of Wisconsin’s LUBAR School of Business, Business Ethics and Strategy at Concordia University and Leadership at Marquette University. |