Public Practitioner of Change™ - Calgary 2008

Converge Consulting Group is launching its third annual Public Practitioner of Change™ (POC™) community. Launch is targeted for March, 2008. Designed to accommodate organizations that may like to sponsor individuals or a learning group of participants (6-8), this diverse learning community will consist of participants from multiple organizations, providing participants with the opportunity to explore several corporate cultures. Public POC™ will be offered in the Calgary area and consists of 5, 3-day core sessions scheduled from March to November 2008. All workshops will be held in a residential off-site facility.

• Core Session 1 Strategic Business Partnering
• Core Session 2 Business Consulting
• Core Session 3 Being a Change Practitioner
• Core Session 4 Leading Effective Team and Group Processes
• Core Session 5 Having Influence with Personal Power and Impact

We are now accepting registrations from organizations or individuals. The deadline to register is December 31, 2007. The community size is limited to ensure an optimal learning design. If you would like to register or need more information please contact Converge Consulting Group today.

Email: poc@converge-group.com
Phone: (403) 266-0061 and ask for Tara Thornton
Web: www.practitionerofchange.com

Suncor Energy's POC™ in Progress

Suncor Energy launched its own customized POC™ program in November, 2004 by sponsoring two learning communities - one based in Fort McMurray, Alberta and the other in Toronto, Ontario. Participants were all part of the Human Resources and Communications (HR&C) Function and based in the Calgary, Fort McMurray, Toronto, Sarnia and Denver Suncor offices.

Suncor's leadership team was deliberate about framing the POC™ launch as directly aligned with their overall strategic plans for HR&C as well as the organization. Converge worked with the leadership team real-time to link POC™ learnings to Suncor’s ongoing major company-wide change initiative, Cornerstone, both during and in between core sessions.

As POC™ grads, these participants will be positioned to face the challenges of being an internal Business Partner and be equipped to help their leaders; co-workers and employees facilitate organizational change.

Suncor is committed to enhancing the Human Resources and Communications (HR&C) function's role as a strategic business partner within the organization by continuing to arm their practitioners with the tools and skills they need to positively impact the business. With this goal in mind, Suncor launched their third POC™ Community in early 2007.

Qantas takes Practitioner of Change™ Down Under

While POC™ is well known in its birthplace of Calgary, Alberta, it has also gained exposure internationally. The learning process has been successfully delivered in Canada, the US, England, France and now... Australia!

Along with Converge Consulting Group, Qantas Airlines, located in Sydney, Australia, launched a significant learning process for its HR organization in August, 2004. More than 200 HR practitioners participated in a workshop called The Spirit of Business Partnering. It was custom designed for Qantas to introduce its practitioners to the evolving role of HR and the knowledge and skills required to contribute to today’s complex environments. This design was directly aligned to Qantas‘s HR vision to collaboratively align themselves as partners with the various business segments.

It was also a prerequisite to an internal POC™ learning process also launched in August 2004. Twenty five HR leaders and practitioners participated in the learning process and the community graduated in March, 2005. Continuing to build and invest in their internal team, Qantas then launched its second POC™ Community in March, 2006 and their third POC™ Community in August 2007.

Several of the participants commented on the personal impact of POC™, for example, one participant commented that "The Practitioner of Change™ in general is the best learning process I have experienced in my career. Why – the applicability of the content, the structure and the presentation by Converge".

The experience in Australia has confirmed for us once again that these critical business partnering skills are universally applicable and globally needed.

Practitioner of Change™ Goes Global

Nancy Brown-Johnston has partnered with Practitioner of Change™ and Converge Consulting Group to continue to bring POC™ to the global market.

As a former Director of Global Change Management for General Motors and founder of TripleWin Consulting based in Tennessee, she brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as well as global networks to the POC™ team.

In recent years, Nancy has facilitated many POC™ Core Sessions in both internal and public POC™ communities.

For more information please contact us:
Email: poc@converge-group.com
Phone: (403) 266-0061
Web: www.practitionerofchange.com

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