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Conference Program

Wednesday, 2 April

5:30–6:00 p.m.
Registration and networking (outside the Timpanogos Rooms)

6:00–7:00 p.m.
Dinner (Emerald Dining Lodge)

7:00–8:00 p.m.

Welcome
Teppo Felin (OBHR Professor) (Timpanogos Rooms)

Influencer: The Power to Change Anything
Kerry Patterson (Co-founder, VitalSmarts) (Timpanogos Rooms)

8:00–9:00 p.m.
Plenary Panel

Legends Discuss "Leading Change in the Knowledge Economy" (Timpanogos Rooms)
Kate Kirkham (OB Professor), Bonner Ritchie (Emeritus OB Professor), Alan Wilkins (OB Professor), and Paul Thompson (Consulting Partner, RBL Group)

Thursday, 3 April

7:00–8:00 a.m. (Emerald Dining Lodge)

8:30–10:00 a.m. (Timpanogos Rooms)
"Sustaining High Performance in a Changing Team Environment"
Paul Gustavson (President, Organizational Planning and Design, Inc) and Bronco Mendenhall (BYU Head Football Coach)

10:15–11:15 a.m.
Parallel Sessions

  1. "Reference and Persuasion: Fundamental Mechanisms for Transferring Knowledge"
    Robb Jensen (Strategy Professor) (Spruce/Pine Rooms)

  2. "Cutting Edge Issues in Negotiation"
    Katie Liljenquist (OB Professor) (Fir/Aspen Rooms)

  3. "The Business and Operating Model: Pre-requisites to Successful Knowledge and Change Management"
    Curt Howes (President, Organization Performance Strategies) (Timpanogos C Room)

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Parallel Sessions

  1. "Epic Change: How to Lead Change in a Global Age"
    Timothy Clark (President, Clark Associates) (Timpanogos C Room)

  2. ıCan an Old Dog Learn New Tricks? Radical Change in Established Organizationsı
    Peter Madsen (OB Professor) (Spruce/Pine Rooms)

  3. Managing Employee Expectations under Conditions of Change: An International Perspective
    John Bingham (OB Professor) (Fir/Aspen Rooms)

  4. Business RPMsıItıs not just about measurement, itıs about movement! Feel the speed!
    David Russell (President, Consilient Consulting Group) (Timpanogos B Room)

12:30–2:00 p.m.
Lunch (Emerald Dining Room)

2:00–4:00 p.m.
Parallel Panel Sessions

  1. "Building Extraordinary Teams in a Global Economy"
    Gibb (OB Professor) and Jeff Dyer (Strategy Professor) (Fir/Aspen/Spruce/Pine Rooms)

  2. Implementing Transformational Change: Making the Change Stick
    Karen Vander Linde (Global Leader, People & Change, PwC), John Karren (Director, People & Change, PwC), & Duncan Harwood (Partner, People & Change Group, PwC) (Timpanogos B and C Rooms)

4:00–4:15 p.m.
Break with snacks (Timpanogos Rooms)

4:15–5:30 p.m.
Plenary ı Beau Parnell (Microsoft) (Timpanogos Rooms)
"Thirty Years After Team Building: Alternatives and Issues, A Practitionerıs Salute"

6:30–9:00 p.m.
Dinner and Dyer Distinguished Alumni Awards Banquet (Emerald Dining Lodge)

Friday, 4 April

7:00–8:00 a.m.
Breakfast (Emerald Dining Lodge)

8:15–10:15 a.m.
Plenary ı Stephen R. Covey (Timpanogos Rooms)

10:15–10:30 a.m.
Break with snacks (Timpanogos Rooms)

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Parallel Sessions

  1. Dave Hanna (Principal, RBL Group) (Fir/Aspen/Spruce/Pine Rooms)

  2. Developing Global Talent: Questions, Issues and How to Do It
    Panel: Val Christensen (General Manager of HR Operations, Chevron) Brooke Derr (Staheli Professor of HR) Norm Smallwood (Managing Partner, RBL Group), Lynn Giles (Director of International HR, LDS Church), Alisha Malcarne (OBHR MBA Student) (Timpanogos rooms)

12:00–1:30 p.m.
Lunch and closing remarks (Emerald Dining Lodge)

1:30–2:30 p.m.
"Leading Change in the Knowledge Economy"
Dave Ulrich (Partner & Co-Founder, RBL Group) (Timpanogos Rooms)