Association for Strategic Planning next breakfast talk is Jan. 20
Brian Gabbard, service unit leader for Cargill Financial Shared Services and I.T. platform leader for Cargill Financial Services, will talk about "Strategic Planning to Build on Your Positive Core" at the next event in the Association for Strategic Planning spring breakfast series.
The event begins with registration at 7 a.m. and breakfast at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, in Room 202, Opus Hall, Minneapolis campus. Gabbard will speak from 7:45 to 9 a.m.
Learn more about the wisdom of stopping and stepping back to help determine the best way forward during times of transition. Often, without much thought, organizations will adopt a traditional strategic planning approach. These approaches are based on the deficit theory of change with extensive focus on fixing what is wrong.
There is another way, appreciative inquiry, which shifts the focus to the positive core of the organization and uses that as a platform for future success. Find out how to create a strategic planning approach that leverages appreciative inquiry and transforms your organization.
Gabbard has more than 15 years of shared services leadership experience and has been with Cargill since 2007 as the service unit leader for the Value Services Organization serving financial businesses. His 20-year career has spanned multiple industry segments, including telecommunications, consumer electronics, consumer packaged goods and legal publishing.
The cost for this breakfast presentation is:
- $25 – students and members
- $35 – standard prepaid guests
- $40 – guest rate at the door
Register by Friday, Jan. 16. Call (952) 457-6396 or register online.
