Please join us virtually on January 23 to hear Kate Elgayeva present Linking L&D to Organizational Strategy in the Age of AI.
Generative AI's rapid evolution demands a strategic response from L&D professionals in 2025 and beyond. This session will guide you through a structured approach to first understand AI's transformative potential in L&D, then identify strategic alignment opportunities with specific organizational goals, and finally develop a practical framework for implementation. Through guided reflection and action planning, you will evaluate your L&D context and develop concrete next steps for strategic AI integration that drives organizational value.
In this 60-minute session, you will:
Chicago OD Practitioners Network
Topic: The Mediator’s Toolkit: Resolving Workplace Conflict for Mutual Success
Date: Friday, January 31, 2024
Location: Virtual, via Zoom
Time: 7:45-8:00 AM, CDT networking
8:00-9:30 AM, CDT program
Join Us for a Special Program to Learn Conflict Management Techniques You Can Immediately Apply in Your Personal and Professional Life
Conflict can take a significant toll in the workplace, derailing careers, straining professional relationships, and hindering organizational success. Beyond the workplace, unresolved conflict often causes personal anguish, negatively affecting lives. Most of us lack training in conflict management, leading to default responses like aggressive confrontation, uneasy accommodation, or outright avoidance. Yet, with the right tools and techniques, workplace conflicts can be transformed into opportunities for mutual growth and stronger relationships.
This program introduces proven techniques from mediation—successfully used for decades in courts and diplomacy. These methods resolve a diverse range of disputes, including protection orders, parenting conflicts, estate disagreements, and even international conflicts. Now, you can apply these powerful tools in your professional and personal life.
What You’ll Learn in This Interactive Session:
Takeaway: You’ll leave equipped with a conflict resolution toolbox to navigate challenges in the workplace and beyond.
About the Speaker: Michael Kern Michael Kern has over 25 years of HR leadership experience, helping organizations earn "best places to work" awards, and scale from startups to global competitors. As a seasoned HR and OD consultant, as well as an attorney, Michael specializes in programs that enhance organizational success. He also serves as a mediator and trains new mediators through the Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago.
Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your approach to conflict resolution and elevate your personal and professional relationships.
Program Format:
Initial presentation, followed by large group & small group interactive discussions. Informal Zoom atmosphere. We ask that all participants keep their camera on during the entire program, to promote good involvement and interaction.
To register, email CODPNetwork@gmail.com by Tuesday, January 28th (free program). You will receive a Zoom link the week of the program.
This networking event will inspire meaningful conversations as you connect and share with other Talent Development professionals.
Register now to join us for a Monday morning virtual cup of coffee!
Please join us virtually on February 28, 2025 to hear Therese Miclot present Unlock Your Facilitation Superpowers: Enhance Your Leadership with Better Communication and Connection Skills
Facilitation is not just for trainers—it's a key leadership skill that drives collaboration, engagement, and results. In this session, we’ll explore practical skills with Therese Miclot, the author of The Facilitation Advantage. Walk away with specifics for how you can influence, reduce conflict, and accelerate team performance. Whether you're leading a team meeting, presenting to clients, or managing a virtual project, these skills will transform the way you lead.
Therese brings two decades of experience in leadership development. With insights drawn from exposure to the most intricate leadership challenges, she has a keen understanding of what is required to drive leadership performance. The core of Therese’s work enables her clients to be more incisive and impactful in how they lead their teams.
Known for her deep listening skills, she tailors her approach to her clients’ needs and challenges. She’s worked with all levels of leadership, from senior executives to new people managers, in a variety of areas - from skill-based leadership development to change management.
Her track record spans tech, manufacturing, banking, media, and retail including Meta, New York Stock Exchange, Madison Square Garden, FanDuel, Citi, Chanel, Toro, Rockwell Automation and BNY Mellon. With a master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, she brings a disciplined approach to leadership development, while finding joy in creating practical and simple solutions to clients’ needs.
Therese is the co-author of the book, The Facilitation Advantage, equipping leaders with the skills to collaborate, navigate complex challenges, inspire teams and achieve exceptional results.
Please join us virtually on March 20, 2025 to hear John Rood present AI Safety and Compliance: Implications for Talent Development
Implementation of AI technology is one of the hottest topics in TD. Along with very significant opportunity, AI also carries risk -- both risk of unfair outcomes, and compliance and regulatory risk. Attendees will leave this presentation with a usable understanding of the risks of AI, and what leading HR organizations are doing to get ahead of the AI challenges practitioners will face in 2025 and beyond.
Over the next several years, talent development will have responsibilities for the successful implementation of AI capabilities in people management. Understanding the challenges, from both a fairness and a compliance lens, will be critical to this successful transition.
Objectives:
John Rood is the founder of Proceptual, which provides software, training, and audit for the compliant implementation of AI. He has provided training for dozens of organizations on AI. He lives in the Chicago suburbs.
