1. MANAGING THE BUSINESS CHANGE CYCLE IN THE AGE OF RADICAL CHANGE

This interactive seminar is designed to help decision makers better plan and manage in a period of unprecedented change-radical change. The seminar is from three hours to one or one half day in length. It may also be abbreviated for a one to one & one-half hour presentation with limited audience interaction.

Topics covered include:

I. Understanding different change forces and how each impacts business performance

II. Looking at how change impacted specific industries and companies

III. Understanding the Business Change Cycle (using OSI's proprietary change model)

IV. Plotting your company on the business change cycle as well as your competitors

V. Understanding the crucial importance of corporate culture on change management

VI. Understanding the relationship between leadership and change

VII. Key requirements for better managing change within your company

VIII .Recognizing and overcoming barriers to effective change management

2. CORPORATE CULTURE BUILDING IN THE AGE OF RADICAL CHANGE

This is an interactive seminar ranging in length from three hours to one or day in length. It may also be abbreviated for a presentation of one to two hours in length. It is designed for organization decision makers and department managers from both the corporate and non-profit sectors.

Topics covered include:

I. Developing an in-depth understanding of the components of corporate culture

II. Understanding OSI's proprietary Hierarchy of Corporate Culture

III. Aligning your company's culture to the Hierarchy

IV. Looking at the impact of culture on specific companies and industries

V. Recognizing the barriers to corporate culture building

VI. Identifying goals for culture building-first and foremost, it's about performance

VII. Key ingredients for building a better, performance driven culture

VIII. What kind of culture should you have within your organization?

This is an interactive seminar for decision makers.  It is designed to help decision makers understand alternative decision making processes and leadership practices in response to the age of radical change, with the goal of improving business, organization and people performance.

I. The wrong leadership and the consequences

II. The role of leaders in changing a business culture

III. Leading vs. managing

IV. Alternative decision making and communications practices

V. Building the right leadership team for the age of radical change

This seminar is offered by the firm to non-consultant's from a variety of professional backgrounds as well as to internal consultants and entry level consultants who wish to improve their consulting skills. It is also an excellent experience for those seeking to make a career change by moving into consulting from their current professions. The seminar is designed to help professionals develop their consulting skills and practices as well as a systematic consulting approach (service delivery model). The seminar extends over a three to four day period, pending size of each class.

Topics include:

I. An overview of the consulting profession and how the industry is structured

II. The rationale for the consulting process-a step by step approach

III. The communication and feedback interaction between clients and consultants

IV. Understanding and developing a proposal (the key product of the seminar)

V. Evaluation and needs assessment processes in consulting-guarding against bias

VI. Negotiation skills

VII. Pricing your consulting

VIII. Organizing and managing multi-consultant engagements

IX. Marketing your services (internally as well as for external consultants)

Each participant will develop and present a final consulting proposal to the seminar audience. An extensive list of consulting resources and materials will be provided.