Leadership & Organizational Development
What you'll learn
- Specific OD techniques as they apply to a Conscious Leader
- The importance of a purpose driven culture
- How to lower staff turnover, increase engagement and improve knowledge retention
- An overview of popular OD diagnostic models
Requirements
- An interest in organizational development (OD) and its application
Description
In this course, we discuss various Organization Development (OD) topics and how proper application helps people within a company develop vision, understanding, clarity, agility and more.
The lectures in this course may be viewed in any order and support a prescriptive approach to OD problem/resolution scenarios.
For more information about what's included, see the detailed curriculum below.
Who this course is for:
- Leaders who want to better understand the dynamics of OD and how they can positively affect change
Instructor
Tom Eddington has spent the last three decades in business as a consultant, educator, entrepreneur, and strategic advisor. He is a student and teacher of Board, leadership and organization effectiveness – focusing on how they grow, achieve and sustain effectiveness while remaining stewards for their stakeholders.
He has lived, worked and studied on six continents, working with leaders across all industry sectors and organization stages of development. As a student, mentor, coach and advisor, he has focused on the area of consciousness and conscious leadership over the past two decades.
Tom is a pragmatic optimist and driven by intellectual curiosity, he has sought out opportunities to teach and work in the private, public, academic and non-profit sectors working with industry leaders and most-admired organizations including HP, W.L. Gore, MBNA Corporation, Royal Dutch/Shell and Taproot Foundation.
He holds B.A. degrees in Business and Psychology and an M.S. degree in Organization Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania.
He has worked with Board members and senior executives at hundreds of organizations. In addition, he has been an adjunct professor in the City University (London) M.B.A. program. Tom has also been a guest lecturer at MBA and M.A. courses and institutions including UCSF, JFK University, Meridian University and Sonoma State.
Tom founded and co-founded four organizations including FutureShapers, My Broker Donates and Eddington Advisory Services.