...a learning journey, beyond the words
Converge Consulting Group Inc.
Calgary, AB CANADA
REAL PARTNERING is the foundation of Practitioner of Change™
An internal consulting engagement led to the creation of the Practitioner of Change™ (POC™)extended learning journey. A client asked if we could design something to teach his people how to do what I did, because it was what he needed. It is founded on a comprehensive partnering value proposition. This means owning your expertise (whether it is people, processes, technology or anything else that requires you to work with, not unintentionally against the organization), anything to do with Practitioner of Change has always been about making a difference through what you know.
Since it's launch in 1993, POC™ has graduated more than 1000 participants from the full Practitioner of Change journey, and thousands of business partners from a foundational, two day partnering workshop. Throughout the world, from all functional areas within organizations and from the C Suite to the shop floor these two learning journeys are designed to shift how people partner. It has done just that; helped people own their technical expertise to think big, facilitate change and, to truly engage and support the achievement of business outcomes.
Built on applied organization theory, this learning journey is more than just words...it provides the theoretical foundation needed to understand the complex systems we work in and more importantly, teaches practitioners how to use their knowledge to make organizations more effective.
Two Learning Options
Two Day Partnering Workshop
Designed to specifically build a partnering mindset through foundational models, tools and approaches, a stand alone 2 day workshop introduces core foundational models. Transformational in nature, and offered from the C Suite to the shop floor, this workshop has graduated thousands of participants around the world. Built around a solid partnering value proposition, these two days challenge participants to understand their role in delivering on strategy and provides real tools to enhance partnering impact.
Full Practitioner of Change Journey
Five core sessions for a total of 15.5 days followed by project presentations and graduation. Send us a note for a full learning journey map. All sessions incorporate prework, pre-reading, experiential learning and community development and application. Designed on triple loop adult learning theory, we combine theory with practice, knowledge with skill building, and the community itself becomes an organizational learning lab.
Action learning team consulting projects provide POCers the opportunity to design and lead an applied change project.
The POC Vision
The vision is simple...to deliver a learning journey...beyond the words. And we know it works. POC™ is transformational because it focuses on three levels; the individual, the team and the organization.
It's designed to:
-make a real difference and provide a solid return on your investment in your people.
-bring applied, deep learning in-house through a community based, extended learning journey.
-build useable and proven organization development skills that blend theory with real outcomes...approaches that result in real change.
Why Do It
Why not? Not only do you invest in your people, you build the types of skills needed to excel in our constantly changing world.
POC can (and has) been customized for in house delivery to client organizations without any sacrifice to foundational design principles that make it such a unique learning journey.
The action learning team projects provide their own return on investment. While learning (and applying that learning), practitioners work on real business issues and opportunities; saving you dollars that might have been spent hiring external consultants.
The POC Founder
Shelley McLean, a M.Sc.O.D graduate of Pepperdine University designed and delivers the learning journey. Since 1993 she has graduated more than 1000 practitioners and delivered an innumerable return on investment through applied change projects that teams complete as part of the learning journey.
She is a founding partner of Converge Consulting Group Inc., a boutique organization located in Calgary, AB, Canada dedicated to aligning people, purpose and performance. Her reach is international having worked extensively throughout North America, Australia, and Europe
Converge has many years of experience and expertise in designing and delivering organization capability processes. While her passion and dedication to the POC learning journey is immeasurable, ongoing consulting work keeps her honest current and knowledgeable in what practitioners need to know to partner successfully. She provides ongoing coaching to participants, helping them pragmatically strengthen and apply their skill in their organizations.She integhrates real organization situations into the learning process as a way to connect the content to real application.
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Drop us a note for much more information or a chat about the Partnering Workshop and the full Practitioner of Change journey.
