Topic: Breaking down complex organizational structures and encouraging collaboration across the business disciplines and functions seems a never ending task of OD professionals. It's a classic "can't see the forest for the trees." Dianne will present a simple facilitation tool for encouraging systems thinking and creating a new mental model for understanding the business.
Speaker: Dianne Reece, Regional Mgr. Talent Management | WR Subsea Systems
Dianne is an experienced international Human Resources OD leader managing talent programs and launching performance improvement projects for over 15 years in large, multi-national oilfield organizations such as Halliburton, Aker Solutions, and FMC Technologies. Her projects have included developing talent for new manufacturing and service facilities, optimizing shared services operating units, and solving complex performance improvement challenges within operating units. Having worked with operational leaders from around the world, Dianne brings a practical problem-solving skill to change/performance initiatives, business capability planning, and global talent management strategies.
As the HR leader responsible for the on-time startup of two international manufacturing facilities, she focused on developing local workforce capability to meet product quality, customer, and financial objectives. She’s led initiatives to strengthen operating excellence of HR service teams for energy infrastructure projects in more than 30 countries. Her hands-on experience brings unique insights and adept communication with highly diverse employee groups. A recent management development initiative produced not only a 20-point gain in employee engagement but unprecedented improvements in on-time delivery and financial performance.
Galleria CTN Updated Location: Verizon Wireless Destination Store (right next to the Whole Foods on Post Oak Blvd)
1700 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 110, Houston, TX 77056
Food Options: Whole Foods is right next door and there are several restaurants (e.g. North Italia, True Food Kitchen) nearby
Parking: FREE parking is available in the garage behind the Verizon Store as well as at the Whole Foods and along the street in front on North Italia
Tour: Verizon Wireless has graciously offered us usage of their state of the art meeting room facility in exchange for a short approximately 10 minute tour of their Destination Store. The tour will ensue upon the conclusion of our meeting at 1p. Please plan to stay for the tour and see all of the fabulousness they have to offer as this is not your “typical” Verizon store
