1st Annual Culture Conference

Change Your Leaders To Change Your Culture

January 2018 – 5 Factors in Effective Competency Models

The Conference, which is going to be the Major Annual Event for Organizational Culture, is co-organized by Human Synergistics U.S. and Achieve Performance Consulting Group S.A., and aims at being a Forum for all the high-level executives in Greece and Turkey so as to be informed on the rapid developments in Organizational Culture and Leadership around the world.
Distinguished speakers, experts, professionals and company executives will be attending and will exchange Knowledge, Best Practices, Ideas, and Concerns on corporate culture, its transformation, capability and its impact on business results.

Join us and you will have a rare opportunity to enjoy and learn from presentations on a variety of current organizational development topics, including:

✓ The scientific methods by which culture and the impact of leaders can be assessed in order to develop effective coaching and development strategies, presented by Human Synergistics CEO Dr. Robert Cooke.

✓ Sharing of experiences and insights from distinguished executives or case studies who carried out culture change and leadership development initiatives and the results they achieved within their organizations.

✓ The opportunity to participate in the 1st most breakthrough and Interactive Culture Workshop in Greece and abroad.

✓ To identify the desired culture of your company and the steps required to make it happen through Organizational Culture Inventory Assessment.

During the Conference all participants will be able to:

• Be informed about all the new global developments on how and in what degree the Organizational Culture can affect the business results of a company.

• Discover the crucial role of the leadership team when transforming or changing the culture of its organization.

• Learn about practical methods for measuring the current and the ideal culture of their organization or its Departments.

• Discover specific parameters that shape the current company culture, as well as the levers through which they can implement their desired one.

• Hear about real experiences (success stories) and insights from distinguished executives or case studies who carried out culture change and leadership development initiatives, and the results they achieved within their organizations, at individual (e.g. engagement, stress), team (e.g. teamwork, inter-unit coordination) and organizational (e.g. external adaptability) levels.

• Identify and design their desired company culture by participating in the 1st most breakthrough and Interactive Culture Workshop in Greece and abroad and by using the unique Organizational Culture Inventory Assessment.

Robert A. Cooke, Ph.D.

CEO and Director of Human Synergistics International and Associate Professor Emeritus of Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago Robert A. Cooke is CEO and Director of Human Synergistics International and Associate Professor Emeritus of Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Cooke was previously an Associate Research Scientist at the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Center (Institute for Social Research) and a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, where he was a National Defense (Title IV) and Commonwealth Edison Fellow.

Dr. Cooke specializes in the development and validation of surveys used for individual, group, and organization development. His surveys include the Organizational Culture Inventory®, Organizational Effectiveness Inventory®, Leadership/Impact®, and Group Styles Inventory™. These instruments have been translated into numerous languages and used throughout the world by consultants and trainers for organizational development and research purposes. Cooke personally has used his materials with hundreds of organizations, including GE, Motorola, Ford Motor Company, the U.S. Department of Defense, and CINergy.

Cooke has served as Study Director on numerous research projects on management, organizational change, and human subject experimentation. His research has been supported by such agencies as the National Science Foundation, the National Center for Health Services Research, the National Institute of Education, and the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects. He has conducted applied survey research projects for various corporations and government agencies including Ford Marketing Institute, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Merck, the Federal Aviation Administration, Northwestern University’s Readership Institute, and the U.S. Government Accountability Organization.

The author of more than 75 articles, chapters, and technical reports, Cooke’s research has appeared in such journals as Psychological Reports, Science, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Educational and Psychological Measurement, and Group & Organization Management.

Cooke’s research has been selected for the William Davis Memorial Award for outstanding scholarly research and the Douglas McGregor Memorial Award for Excellence in the Applied Social Sciences. His teaching has been recognized with the MBA Professor of the Year Award and the Alumni Award for Outstanding Teaching at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Early-bird (payment latest on 10/2/2018) :
• per person: 190 €
• per team of 6-8 participants: 1.100 €

Participation cost (after 10/2/2018) :
• per person: 260 €
• per team of 6-8 participants: 1.600 €

The team participation packages are limited and therefore, if interested, book your seats immediately.

Your participation in our Conference can be funded by the OAED Program (LAEK 0.24)

Please fill out the participation form and send it to: info@achieveperformance.gr

For more information contact us: Tel: (+30) 210 68 35 473