The work really gets done with the hidden employee networks that develop naturally. Now you can ‘see’ your organization in a new way and balance the formal and informal aspects for efficiency, innovation, performance and collaboration. There are key people that are creating the culture and it is powerful. If you do nothing, they will control the direction.

Participants will learn about a new way to understand and manage their organization. You will learn that informal employee networks are more powerful than the traditional hierarchy.

There are three critical types of people that hold positions in the informal network – they are the culture carriers that hold it in place, know where innovation exists, where there are barriers or trust. These three types of people that exist in every employee network are driving the human communication, information flow and really running the business.

Participants will learn how to identify these three types, if they are one of these three types and how identifying the employee networks can be used to make informed objective decisions that affect business results.

You will leave with an understanding of how formal and informal networks can work together to balance the productivity and effectiveness of the business. Managing these networks can significantly impact business results but you can’t manage what you can’t see.

This session will offer you a new way to ‘see’ your organization and address the causes, not just the symptoms of issues you are experiencing.

About your presenter:
Deborah Peck__________________________________________

Deborah Peck, President of Seity Insight provides management consulting to improve organization effectiveness with methods that emphasize a systems perspective and organization-learning principles to sustain change and improvements that meet business results and improve productivity.

Deborah is a recognized expert in organization network analysis, a process that offers a clear understanding of how people interact in the workplace and provides a cultural scan with a focus on trust as an economic factor.

Deborah’s background in data network engineering and design and over 20 years business experience in technical and management positions in start-up and Fortune 100 companies influence her perspective and techniques. Coupled with her doctorate degree in Organizational Psychology and research regarding trust in organizations, Deborah developed KĒS (Knowledge, Experience, Skills) Network Analysis™.

KĒS is a method to identify the social capital along with the human capital to provide a systems view of the organization with objective data of interdependencies and relationships developed by all employees in their human networks. This gives a visual of the way work really gets done and results in cost reduction and savings. Deborah uses her research on trust in leaders from an employee perspective to bring insight and value to organizations.

Deborah continues to provide leadership in many associations that she is a member including IMC-AZ, AZ Tech Council, ACG, SIOP, Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce and E-women network. She also contributes to the community as a judge for several K-12 science and math fairs and volunteers to the ‘Your Experience Counts’ program for 4-6 grade students.