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8:40-9:00 am Logging On & Networking
9:00-12:00 pm Program
Kimberley Barker
With a passion for teaching, learning, organizational development (OD), advocacy, and planning for the future of work, Kimberley Barker, PhD, received her doctorate in Organizational Development from Benedictine University. She also has her MBA and BSBA from Hawai'i Pacific University. Dr. Barker has taught at the university level since 2010. She has also spent 5 years in human resources, 10 years in commercial banking, and 15+ years in hospital administration. She has been the recipient of the Beryl Institute Scholar Grant and is currently serving as the vice president of the International Society for Organization Development and Change (ISODC.org).
In addition to being published in both scholarly and practitioner publications, Dr. Barker's research interests include:
- Living One's Best Life at Work
- Global Organization Development
- Cultural Competence and Dilemma Reconciliation
- Gender Equality in Organizations
- Servant-Humble-Compassionate-Lean Leadership
In this session we will discuss:
- The Four FUSEs in creating positive change at work.
- How to Get Creative and Problem Solve with your team.
- Creating a Dynamic Work Environment - a toolbox for staff and managers.
Dr. Barker may be contacted at:
"Whether you are a manager or a front-line worker, this book is a must read! The authors have a gift for taking the most advanced work in the field and translating it into very usable and constructive strategies for creating positive work and organizational experiences. We were captured from the very first illustration - an illustration that many have likely experienced. The practical strategies provided by Barker and Ceccanese provide readers with helpful tools to thrive in today's world of work. And for those of us who want to make a positive difference, this book delivers the needed steps. In our former lives as ‘front-line workers,’ so many of us would have appreciated these practical strategies to create and empower.
If you want to learn about positive organizational change, this is the book. If you want to learn about how you can create positive change, this is clearly the book! This is an important and especially timely book. The Toolboxes, whether for Staff or Managers, provide sound bites of practical wisdom. Even the actions at the end of each chapter offer suggested steps with useful timelines to encourage us to move from reading and reflecting, to action and outcome. Read it, you will enjoy it, but more importantly, you will use it!!!"
Peter Sorensen and Therese Yaeger
Benedictine University’s Doctor of Philosophy in Organization Development (O.D.) program
"This book provides tools and practices to improve your work life and make sure you are thriving, not just surviving in the workforce. The end result is to create a more positive life for yourself and those you serve!"
Jackie Stavros and Cheri Torres
Co-authors of Conversations Worth Having: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement
"I highly recommend this book for creating high-engagement thriving organizations. It is full of proven practices for bringing out the best of people and teams."
Diana Whitney,
Author, The Power of Appreciative Inquiry and Thriving Women, Thriving World
