The Dec. OD Book SIG will meet Thrs. Dec 8th, 8:00- 9:30 am at Insperity in Rockville MD (Address: One Preserve Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852). This program is FREE and all are welcome. Register by going to the CBODN website.
Program Description:
This is a session about poetry and how it is used effectively in organizational development work. We invite participants to bring a favorite poem or quote and to be prepared to tell when and how it has helped them move a group forward. We welcome poetry written by the participants and will send a compilation of what we discuss to those who would like copies.
Facilitator Bios:
Both Susan and Susana are Partners in COPIA Coaching and Consulting, a small women-owned business in Northern Virginia.
Susana Isaacson is an experienced and accomplished organizational executive coach, leadership development consultant and public speaker. Prior to retirement in 2007, she served as director of leadership development, organizational learning and professional coaching at the National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency. Since that time, she has built an independent, robust practice in such areas as organization change interventions through effectiveness studies, designing and leading organizational retreats, leading programs to clarify work/life integration issues and through executive coaching, facilitating focused conversations that lead to happier people in more inclusive work environments. Susana holds an MS in Organization Development from Johns Hopkins University. She is an International Coach Federation (ICF) credentialed Master Certified Coach (MCC).
Susan Symington is a former officer with the Central Intelligence Agency for 31 years who retired to begin full time work coaching and consulting on leadership development in the public and private sectors. She has considerable experience living and working overseas, mostly in South America and the Caribbean. In the CIA, Susan managed human resources, including recruiting, training, employee development, coaching, mentoring, and succession planning. She has designed and taught extensively in leadership programs and courses. In 2007 she completed the Newfield Coach Training Program. Subsequently she became one of the CIA’s internal coaches, as well as starting her own business with private sector clients. She is a member of the Washington chapter of the International Coach Federation, the International Consortium of Coaching in Organizations, as well as the Conference Board and Linked2Leaders.
For questions about the Dec. program format or content, contact the facilitators directly:
Susan Symington ; 703 606-2340 ; srsymington@gmail.com
Susana Isaacson ; 571 338-2117 ; ssisaacson@verizon.net
For directions or meeting location information, contact our host Lauren Schoon - Lauren.Schoon@insperity.com
All other questions about the OD Book SIG, contact Linda Ferguson - ljfergusonphd@gmail.com