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LEADINGORGANIZATION CHANGE

building leaders. creating change.

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In an Ever-evolving Business Environment...Organizations must be able to adapt and change to meet the demands of customers, shareholders and employees. Pepperdine University’s Leading Organization Change program is a unique executive education program focused on best practices in leading organization change and design.

Designed and taught by Pepperdine’s leadership and organization development faculty, the sessions are highly interactive and provide attendees with frameworks, case studies, and applied learning exercises to maximize applicable learning and effectiveness.

Program Description:Participants will have the opportunity to bring their own challenges and opportunities in leading change into the class for discussions and application.

The program is comprised of a series of three modules (each session is two days) addressing Leading Change, Organization Design and Strategy, and Models of Change in Complex Environments. Participants who attend the entire three-module program will participate in a change project, receive personal coaching, and earn a Certificate in Leading Organization Change.

The program will be held at Pepperdine’s West Los Angeles graduate campus. Register early, as each session is limited to 25 attendees.

Who Should Attend:The Leading Organization Change program is designed for business professionals who are interested in or responsible for leading change in their organization. While there are no prerequisites or enrollment requirements for the class, the program will be taught at a graduate level and therefore attendees should have an undergraduate degree or the appropriate level of experience for the program.

PROGRAM INFORMATION / LEADING ORGANIZATION CHANGE

Thursday, February 28 – Friday, March 1, 2013

Thursday, March 28 –Friday, March 29, 2013

Thursday, April 25 – Friday, April 26, 2013

This two-day session is focused on emerging neuroscience based

individual change and development practices that increase professional

effectiveness in turbulent environments.

Session participants will:

• Learn how the brain and mind interact to influence thinking

and performance.

• Increase strategic clarity by assessing current mindset and

readiness for change.

• Understand how to create conditions for authentic and

effective collaboration.

This two-day session introduces practical organization change models

and frameworks appropriate for complex environments.

This session focuses on:

• The principles of leading change in complex environments.

• The strategies needed to shift the discussion from focusing on

problems to evaluating possibilities.

• The tools used to create meaningful dialogue for change.

During the two-day module, participants will learn the principles of

organization design based on the guiding values of sustainability.

The session will include:

• Experiential exercise that illustrates unconscious preferences

that drive organizational design.

• Design, culture, and leadership needed for agile organizations.

• Pragmatic workshop that will use a framework for assessing

and intervening in different kinds of organizations, geared

toward maximizing effectiveness.

• Review models and applications of how to imbed sustainability

and change in the strategy of the organization.

Leading Change: Lessons from Neuroscience

Module 1

Organization Design and Strategy

Module 2

Models of Change inComplex Environments

Module 3

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LEADING ORGANIZATION CHANGE / PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Julie A. Chesley, PhDAssistant Professor of Organization and ManagementPepperdine University

Dr. Chesley is an assistant professor of organization theory and applied

behavioral science at Pepperdine University where she is core faculty

for the Graziadio School’s top-ranked Master of Science in Organization

Development (MSOD) program. Dr. Chesley’s teaching focuses on personal

and group transformation as well as the critical thinking and analysis required

to successfully lead change. Dr. Chesley has also been on the faculty at the

United States Air Force Academy and at Colorado College.

Ann E. Feyerherm, PhDProfessor of Organization and ManagementPepperdine University

Currently, Dr. Feyerherm is the chair of the Applied Behavior Science and

Organization Theory and Management department. Before earning her

doctorate, Dr. Feyerherm spent 11 years as a manager of organization

development at Procter & Gamble, where she was involved in employee

relations, organization design, and corporate downsizing. As a consultant, she

has worked with Healthways, Honeywell, Monsanto, Frito-Lay, Two Chefs on a

Roll, and Boeing on projects such as improving multifunctional teams, creating

learning organizations, negotiating effectively, leadership development, and

managing change.

Terri Egan, PhDAssociate Professor of Applied Behavioral ScienceDirector, Master of Organizational Development Program Pepperdine University

Dr. Egan is academic director of Pepperdine University’s top ranked Master

of Science in Organization Development (MSOD) program and associate

professor of Applied Behavioral Sciences at the Graziadio School of Business

and Management. She has taught graduate and executive courses in

personal development, leadership, team effectiveness, organizational change

and development, creativity and innovation and international organization

development. She holds an interdisciplinary degree in social sciences, an MBA

and a PhD in Organizational Behavior all from the University of California, Irvine.

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PROGRAM INSTRUCTORS / LEADING ORGANIZATION CHANGE

Suzanne Lahl, MSODLeadership Development ExpertNeuroscience and Whole Person Leader Model

Suzanne Lahl is a specialist in strategic thinking, leadership and organization

development. For three decades she has created programs to enhance

human performance, powerful leadership and insightful life experience. Ms.

Lahl has been applying neuroscience discoveries to her international coaching

and leadership development practice for over a decade. She is an adjunct

faculty member in the globally top ranked Master of Science in Organization

Development program at Pepperdine University. She is the co-founder of Lahl

and Egan, LLC.

LEADING ORGANIZATION CHANGE / PROGRAM INSTRUCTORS

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