Click on Create an account. Unlike most social networking spaces, here you will see a registration form. Every question has a reason and it is the basis of your profile and our OD community’s cultural integrity.
Once you complete the form, you will receive a Confirmation Email in your email account.
Be sure to check for this confirmation email as it contains a link which you will have to click on in order to validate your membership.
Once you confirm your account, log in using the system generated user ID and password you have also received in your email account.
NOTE: You will not be able to use this system generated password and user ID until you have confirmed your account. Once you log in, change your password to something you remember and start your connections and collaboration. Hope to be able to collaborate with you at Sedaa's GBT very soon.
For questions and more information please contact our Member Services Consultant, Fabienne, at fdoze@sedaa.net
GBT Community Updates and News
What are our members saying about GBT:
GBT is truly Global
GBT contains both Individual and Organization Voice
GBT is about Education and Sharing
GBT contains both Practitioner and Leadership Development
GBT Community of the Month
We are pleased to feature the OD World Summit as our selected Community of the Month. Please explore this global community and contact organizer Nora Szucs if you are interested in joining. Click here to view the ODWS newsletter, and here for more information about OD World Summit 2010.
We now have 260+ members in 26 countries? For more information please click here.
Did you get a chance to attend Linda Naiman's session "Corporate Alchemy - How art can be used as a catelist for transformation in organizations"? Click here to view her session online.
In the coming year, we will be holding webinars by:
William Kraus on Global OD
Julie Giesike around visual facilitation
And many more to come. Stay tuned...
Attaching Pictures to Blogs, Communities and Event Postings
The Global Brain Trust offers you the ability - and encourages you - to use photographs and other images to highlight the blogs, communities, and events that you create on this site. HOWEVER, please be advised that the use of copyrighted images without permission can put you and this community at financial risk.
If you download an image from the web, please be sure that it is in the public domain or that you have made appropriate arrangements with the image's owner. Sedaa Corporation does not accept financial liability for copyright infringements by members of the Global Brain Trust.
If you need an image for use within this community, you may upload one of your own or you may solicit other members for appropriate images. Contact your Country Facilitator or search on the keyword "photo" in the Member Search box to find members with Photography listed in their Interests; one of them may be able to assist you.
New Members
Connect with OD Practitioners Around the Globe. This section will be updated every 2 weeks. So please do join us in welcoming our new members:
Muhammad Ghazanfar Ali Khan from Pakistan joined us on February 23rd and wants to learn more about HRM and expand his professional network.
Mohammad Haseeb Yasin also joined us on February 23rd and wants to learn more about ideas and solutions for OD consultancy. In his words, “The market where I operate has a lot of potential for OD consultancy business since this is a new consultancy domain and there are not many consultants practicing OD.”
Neeharika Naveen joined us from India on February 23rd, and wants to develop network of mutually supportive OD practitioners.
Aarif Suhail joins us from Pakistan to exchange ideas and discuss the current problems and solutions. He would like to bring change in thinking, behavior and life style.
Muhammad Naveid Afzal joins us from Pakistan to provide consultancy to the industrial sector as a senior executive and believes that this community may benefit from his experience.
Greg joins us from the US with experience in Change Management projects involving organizational re-design, mergers and ERP implementations.
Adnan Ahmed Khan of Pakistan wants to grow his knowledge & develop more opportunity so he'll expand his horizons.
Abbas from Pakistan wants to stay updated with latest happenings in the industry and get connected with intellectuals and professionals.
Muhammad Salman Khan from Pakistan wants to collaborate with group members on different OD related issues and contribute experience and skills to help group members.
Furqan Saeed from Pakistan joins us to gain professional expertise through connection and knowledge sharing opportunities. Furqan brings us diversity and a global perspective.
Qazi Naseeruddin Ahmed wishes to connect with others in order to share experience and provide input. Since this is a multinational group, he can contribute from the experiences gained in Pakistan.
For more information on finding members to connect with see June 21st entry at our member services blog
Jobs and Positions for OD and Related Fields
New Positions:
Our client is looking for a part-time Senior Communications Manager (contractor) who could support the Data Center / Virtualization Corporate Board. The DC/V Board reports to the Enterprise Council and we are looking for a highly collaborative, senior communications professional, preferably with DC/V experience.
Please click to see the current job description, though the client is in the process of refining the role. Please email us at careers@sedaa.net if you are interested or have any suggestions on candidates.
With 7 events in the Seatle Area the client is specially looking for learning circle faciliators in the northeast. It is hoped that the list of subcontractors be finalized after which scheduling training sessions will begin. These training sessions will occure during Auguest or September.
Are you interested in a Consulting Position in US/Northern CA?
Summary of role: This role is a Lead Change Management Consultant Role. This person will play the role of the Change Management Lead for a major cross-functional program driving a high-level of change for a over 3,000 internal and external stakeholders, The CM Lead will be an integral member of the program team interfacing at all levels with executive sponsorship, PMs and functional SMEs and responsible for coaching, change managment plan development and execution. They will report into the CM COE, and matrix report into the program management for the project team.
Urgent update on this role: This position no longer requires ERP experience. Instead, the client wants to fill this position immediately with same requirement and more emphsais on the communication peice to help comms as needed. This position is now in interview process.
What are we looking for?
A seasoned Change Management practitioner (7+ years) with strong skills and experience in the following areas:
Change Communications (communication plan, messaging and deliverables)
Training
Project Management
Change Metrics and Assessments including focus group/surveys, etc.
Coaching
Available for 40 hrs per week for at least a 1 year engagement (could be extended beyond that timeframe for theis, or other programs
Instructional Designer: We're looking for expert Instructional Designers. Interested members please conect wtih Lynette Phillips and reffer to job posted at GBT home page.
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PC Change Management Lead: Our client's Employee Engagement Organization (under HR) is for a consultant to lead their change management efforts a new Performance Connection process and tool to replace thier existing ePM by FY11. This project will be full time for upwards of a year. If you are interested please see details. If you are interested please email careers@sedaa.net and type in PCCM Lead in the subject line.
What Is GBT
Brain Trust = Close group of advisors.
Global Brain Trust = Highly selective global network of senior OD practitioners who participate in and create an environment of trust.
GBT members have access to global resources, knowledge, community networks, learning opportunities, and services.
GBT fosters global relationships and connections through community values. We provide space for possibilities for a community of organizational development and human behaviorists to generously share knowledge through the gift of trust.
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