MAPping Performance – A New Path to OD Interventions

DESCRIPTION:

Although motivational and attitudinal patterns (MAPs) were identified over two decades ago, their application to organizations and leadership only emerged on a larger scale basis since the beginning of the 21st century.  MAPs are different, for example, than personality and do not represent a competency.  In addition to being unique in the realm of human constructs, MAPs have a broad range of applications from marketing, recruiting, hiring, coaching, development, managing, to succession planning.

First, Dr. Harshman will describe what MAPs are and how they apply to human and organizational performance including a summary of the two assessment tools used to measure MAPs.  He will present an overview of the range of applications including presentation of 4 case studies: team development, leadership development and succession planning, modeling excellence for performance management, and culture/communications and change. Carl will bring Tom Etzkorn of the

After hearing the case studies, we will conduct table discussions focused on topics related to the implications of the case studies for organizational development followed by group summaries and a Q&A wrap-up.

NOTE:  After the program registrants/attendees receive an email with a link to the program materials.  For this program, we will collect the points from the table discussions and group Q& A and them publish along with the presentation materials.

PROGRAM LEADER: 

Carl Harshman is the founder and president of Carl L. Harshman & Associates, Inc., an organizational, leadership, and professional development consulting company headquartered in St. Louis. Harshman & Associates has more than 30 years consulting to major corporations, government, and education in leadership and organizational development. Clients included corporations such as Ford, John Deere, General Dynamics, Goodyear, McDonnell Douglas, and Boeing as well as with public sector clients such as the United States Navy and the State of Washington.

In 2005, Carl created The Institute for Work Attitude & Motivation to provide education, research, certification, and support to professionals and organizations who want to raise human performance to new levels.

Dr. Harshman's academic background includes a master's degree at Wright State University and a doctorate from The Ohio State University. Prior to founding the consulting company in 1981, he spent ten years with Saint Louis University, the last seven as a professor and the dean of a new, innovative undergraduate college for working adults.

In addition to consulting and speaking, Carl is the senior author on four books pertaining to organizational leadership, and team development. He is the primary contributor to a video entitled "Troubled Partnerships: When Labor and Management Can't Make It Work." Most recently, he published Decoding Behavior to Improve Results, a book dedicated to understanding and using the iWAM assessment. In addition to his other achievements, Carl has co-authored and published a series of articles on ethics and leadership.