THREE Belmont ELN Sessions Offered This Fall!
The Problem With Change: And the Essential Nature of Human Performance
with Ashley Goodall
September 24, 2024
7:30 - 9:30 am
In Person + Zoom Options
Ashley Goodall is a leadership expert who has spent his career exploring large organizations from the inside. While shaking things up is the first thing a new leader is expected to do, and while generations of executives have been taught that change is an unalloyed good, the reality on the ground is very different. Change isn’t always good, and it often fails to achieve what we expect (resulting in yet more change) and a big part of the reason for this is that change makes it harder for people to do their jobs.
As Goodall says, “The ultimate job of leadership is not disruption and it is not to create change; it is to create a platform for human contribution, to create the conditions in which people can do the best work of their lives.”
Templosion: The Accelerator Effect and Thinking Like a Futurist
with Erica Orange
October 23, 2024
7:30 - 9:30 am
Templosion describes the fact that the biggest of things and the biggest of events are happening in shorter and shorter periods of time. And technological innovation is happening at breakneck speed. Time is being truncated, and our experience of time is in overdrive.
Being future ready requires not just lifelong learning…but forgetting. How do we begin to forget the stuff we’re holding onto that doesn’t serve us for where the future is moving? This requires getting out the “mental cobwebs” and seeing through new eyes. It’s about leaving past assumptions behind and approaching the ways in which we see the world and our organizations in a new light.
Erica Orange is EVP & COO of The Future Hunters, one of the world’s leading futurist consulting firms. Erica’s ability to spot patterns, think critically, and translate that into actionable strategies is what has made her an asset to clients for over 15 years.
Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business—and How to Fix It
with Malissa Clark
November 15, 2024
7:30 - 9:30 am
Malissa Clark—the preeminent researcher on the culture of overwork—examines overwork and burnout not just from the individual's perspective, but from an organizational perspective, too. She delivers a comprehensive, nuanced definition of workaholism and busting myths along the way. Working long hours, it turns out, doesn’t automatically make you a workaholic. She also helps you assess if you’re falling prey to the phenomenon, and if you're creating workaholics in your organization. Clark shows you how to escape the trap of putting work at the center of everything and thus losing your well-being or your company's performance in the process.
