MPPAW Program Archive

2009 - 2010 Presenters

September 15, 2009
Anna Erickson. PhD., Director - Consulting Services, Organizational Insights Group, Questar
Jack O'Regan, Ph.D., Dean, College of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
Argosy University Panel Discussion: “Psychologically Healthy Workplace Program”

In 2008. the Minnesota Psychological Association granted a Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award to several organizations. Anna Erickson and Jack O'Regan will kick off the meeting with an overview of the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Program, followed by a panel discussion among representatives from the organizations who were recognized at both the state and national levels: Orion, Loft Literary Center, Next Level Cafe, and Clockwork.

The Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award (PHWA) provides recognition for organizations that integrate and promote a healthy workplace for their employees. Award winners must show strength in all five areas related to psychological workplace health: Employee Involvement, Work-Life Balance, Employee Growth and Development, Health and Safety, and Employee Recognition. In addition, winners need to demonstrate exceptional strength in two of these areas.

Featured Winners:

• Orion Associates was awarded for employee involvement with its “River of Hope” project, facilitating employee volunteer work in New Orleans.
• Loft Literary Center was awarded for its flexible work schedules, facilitating the creation of personal work-life balance.
• Next Level Café (NLC) was strong on all five award criteria, but particularly shined in two areas: Employee Involvement and Employee Growth and Development, including a 10-week Leadership Training Course for all its team members.
• Clockwork’s culture emphasizes that employees are respected as peers, trusted to focus on delivering excellent products to clients, and able to choose how work is accomplished.

September 15, 2009
Anna Erickson. PhD., Director - Consulting Services, Organizational Insights Group, Questar
Jack O'Regan, Ph.D., Dean, College of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
Argosy University Panel Discussion: “Psychologically Healthy Workplace Program”
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October 20, 2009
Tammy Allen, Ph.D. - University of South Florida
“Occupational Health/Work-Family Balance”
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November17, 2009
Sue Lindgren Hawkes - YESS! Your Extraordinary Success Strategies
“Speaking of Leadership: How to Inspire, Influence and Get Results”

January 19, 2010
Lisa Griebel, M.Ed. - Crescendo, Inc
“Emotional Intelligence (EQ)”
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February 16, 2010
Michael J. Benson, Ph.D. - Johnson & Johnson
Managing Critical Talent Pools: A Process-based Approach to Leadership Development

March 16, 2010
Radostina Purvanova, Ph.D. - Drake University
Telecommuting and Virtual Teams

May 18, 2010
Scott Boyd – Best Buy
“Linking Employee Engagement and Satisfaction to Measurable Outcomes”

2008-2009 Presenters

October 21
Elise Amel, Ph.D. - University of St Thomas
Plugging into the Green Movement in Organizations

November 18
Rod McCloy, Ph.D. - HumRRO
Unproctored Internet Testing: Issues and an Applied Example

January 20
Carol Lynn Courtney, Ph.D. - Courtney Consulting Group               
Panel on Her Work in South Africa                                                            

February 17
Fred Fishback - ePsychometrics
Recession, Restructuring and Reselection

March 17
Ken Lahti, Ph.D.- PreVisor Inc.
Competencies: The Bridge between Human Capabilities and Organizational Performance.

May 19
John Fennig, Ph.D. - Managing Partner, DRI Consulting
Katie Olson, M.A., L.P.P. - Consultant, DRI Consulting
Megan Brogger, M.A. - Consultant, DRI
Consulting LDP 101: Closing the Upcoming Leadership Gap through Leadership Development

Speakers in 2007-2008

September 20
Bob Eichinger
CEO of Lominger International,
Trends in I/O Psychology

Bob Eichinger is CEO of Lominger International, A Korn/Ferry Company and cofounder of Lominger Limited. He is cocreator of The LEADERSHIP ARCHITECT® Suite of management, executive, and organizational development tools. During his 40+ year career, he has worked inside PepsiCo and Pillsbury, and as a consultant in Fortune 500 companies in the U.S., Europe, Japan, Canada, and Australia. Bob lectures extensively on the topic of executive and management development and has served on the Board of the Human Resource Planning Society. He has worked as a coach with more than 1,000 managers and executives. Bob’s books include The Leadership Machine, written with Mike Lombardo, and 100 Things You Need to Know: Best People Practices for Managers & HR, written with Mike Lombardo and Dave Ulrich.

October 18
Dr. Mitch Kusy
Toxic Personalities at Work: Implications for Practice

Mitch has had 25 years experience in leadership and organization development. A Registered Organization Development Consultant, he is a full professor in the Ph.D. Program in Leadership & Change at Antioch University. He is a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Auckland (New Zealand). Internationally, he has consulted in Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, The Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay. He recently received the international honor of being selected a Fulbright Scholar for international organization development. In 1998, he received the prestigious award as Minnesota Organization Development Practitioner of the Year. Previously, Mitch was a full professor for 17 years in the master’s and doctoral program in OD at the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis. Before entering academia, Mitch worked in industry and directed the leadership development area at American Express Financial Advisors; previous to this he managed the OD area for Health Partners. Mitch Kusy’s specific areas of consulting include leadership development, strategic planning, team development, 360-degree feedback, executive coaching, and organization development.

November 15
Dr. Jeff McHenry
Succession Planning

January 17
Dr. Nathan Kuncel
Faking on Assessments

February 21
Phil Schechter
What can a psychologist learn from an HR professional about hiring and selecting talent for the future talent shortage?

March 20
Dr. Dan Sachau
Motivation

May 15
Bill Blanski
Jon McTaggart
The relationship between design and building a high performance culture. In this presentation, Bill Blanski, AIA, and Jon McTaggart will discuss the impact that design (application of color, natural light, and interaction of spaces) have on the productivity and creativity of workers.  This talk will look at the interplay of these issues and how they work together to define today's successful work culture.  Bill is a Vice President and the Director of Design at Hammel Green and Abrahamson, Inc (HGA).  Jon is currently the COO of MPR.

Speakers in 2006-2007

Oct. 19th
Kevin Nilan, Manager, HR Talent Mangement, 3M
Driving Higher Performance within Your Consulting Practice

Nov. 16th
Rick Aberman, Managing Partner, Lennick Aberman Consulting
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The Behavioral Science behind Effective Leadership and Organizational Success

Doug Lennick consults with Fortune 500 companies on developing high performing leaders, individuals, and organizations.  Before he founded The Lennick Aberman group, Mr. Lennick was previously the VP-Advice and Retail Distribution for American Express Financial Advisors, where he led his organization to multiple national sales records.  He has co-authored three books:  Moral Intelligence:  Enhancing Business Performance and Leadership, The Simple Genius (You), and How to Get What You Want and Remain True to Yourself.  He is a frequent speaker for organizations such as Motorola and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  He was recently honored by the Center for Social and Emotional Education at Columbia University and belongs to the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations.

Dr. Rick Aberman works extensively with both business executives and collegiate and professional athletes. His extensive consulting experiences involve emotional intelligence, effective leadership, optimal performance, coaching, team dynamics and the dynamics of family –run businesses. He is on the board of directors of the Family Firm Institute. He also consults extensively with sports organizations and professional sports teams and has a private practice specializing in sports psychotherapy. Dr. Aberman has a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology and Family Therapy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where is was the sports medicine He recently published a book entitled, “Why Good Coaches Quit: How To Deal With The Other Stuff.”

Jan. 18th
Jenifer Kihm, Ph.D., Operant
Tom Barrett, PDG Consultants
Sandy Hebert, Operant Consultants
Transforming Talent Acquisition with Lean Process and Standard Work
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Jenifer A. Kihm has 20 years of professional experience within business-to-business enterprises, with over 10 of those being in the human capital industry. She has served in start-up, turn-around, strategy, consultant and senior leadership roles. Her work has been credited with meaningful business improvement for her clients and employers. She holds a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Bowling Green State University and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin. She has authored articles that were published in both business and academic journals. Jenifer is currently the Vice President of Talent Acquisition Outsourcing for the Bartech Group.

Tom Barrett is the Co-founder of PDG Consultants, Inc., where he is responsible for Consultant and Client development. PDG is a Midwest-based Lean Consulting firm serving manufacturers, service providers and educational institutions in lean transformation. PDG’s model for lean transformation uses the tools of the Toyota Production System along with PDG’s exclusive model for culture change. Tom holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering & Management, and an M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering and speaks frequently on local, regional and national levels on how to apply lean in any environment. Tom has over 15 years of operations experience in Engineering and Continuous Improvement and over 10 years of lean transformation experience with manufacturers, distributors, banks, sales and other organizations.

Feb. 15th
Jose Cortina, Associate Professor, George Mason University
Trust in newly formed work groups: Antecedents and consequences

Dr. Cortina is an Associate Professor in the I/O Psychology program at George Mason.  He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Michigan State.  His research interests include meta-analysis and the use of personality to predict job performance.  He has published extensively in the top journals of our field and is currently Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology.  In 2001, Dr. Cortina received the Ernest J. McCormick Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions from SIOP.  In 2004, he received the Robert O. McDonald Best Paper Award from the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management. 

March 15th
Jim Beaty, PreVisor
Unproctored Internet Testing

May 17th
Jason Shaw,Voluntary
Turnover and Organizational Performance

Speakers in 2005-2006

September 15, 2005
Paul Sackett, Professor, University of Minnesota
Topic: Testing in the Workplace
This presentation will be based on an invited presentation Paul is making at APA this summer.
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October 20, 2005
David Peterson and Marc Sokol, SVP and VP, PDI
Topic: Coaching Leaders Around Critical Choices
This presentation is a reprise of David and Marc’s 2005 SIOP Master Tutorial
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November 17, 2005
Jeff Johnson, Senior Research Scientist, PDRI
Topic: Applying Relative Weights Techniques
Jeff will give an applications-oriented tutorial for using this technique in regression analyses.
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January 19, 2006
John Budd, Professor, Carlson School of Business, UM
Topic: Employment with a Human Face
This presentation is based on John’s recent book, which takes an economist’s view of engaging employees in the workplace.
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February 16, 2006
Kevin Murphy, Professor, Pennsylvania State University, MPPAW Keynote
Speaker
Topic: I/O Psychology's Greatest Hits and Misses
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March 16, 2006
Jody Thompson
Work Environment Manager and
Implementing a Results-Oriented Work Environment at Best Buy.
Best Buy recognized the need to develop a more flexible and adaptable
work culture while maintaining its strong emphasis on results. Jody
will discuss the development and implementation of Best Buy's
Results-Oriented Work Environment initiative as well as ongoing research
on its impact at Best Buy.

May 18, 2006
Jeff Klausner, Dean, UM College of Veterinary Medicine Laura Molgaard, Asssociate Dean, UM College of Veterinary Medicine Tom Traub, VP-HR, Cenex Harvest States
Topic: Applications of I/O Psychology from the Client Perspective Participants on this panel have implemented a variety of I/O psychology-based ideas and practices and worked with a variety of consultants.
Each will share perspectives on the value of I/O psychology and how to further enhance and sell that value to decision-makers outside our field.

Speakers in 2004-2005

September 16, 2004
Speaker: Fritz Drasgow and William Shepherd
Topic: Current Trends and Innovations in Computerized Assessments
Location: Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Minneapolis Campus View photos
This presentation is an overview of current trends and innovations in computerized employment testing. The presenters will provide an overview of current issues in Internet-based testing, referencing both the recent American Psychological Association's Taskforce on Internet Testing's report and an invited Personnel Psychology paper (in press) on unproctored Internet testing to which they both contributed. They will also discuss alternative delivery formats, including telephony and PDAs. New advances in authentic assessment adopted by accounting and medical certification boards will also be covered.

October 21, 2004
Speaker: John Kulas, Assistant Professor, St. Cloud State University
Topic: RASCH Modeling: I/O Psychology Applications
Location: Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Minneapolis Campus
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November 18, 2004
Speaker: Harry Brull, Senior Vice President of Public Sector Services, PDI
Topic: Building a Bridge: Integrating Measurement Results Into Compensation--A Public Sector Case Study
Location: Room 83 of the Continuing Education and Conference Center on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus
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January 20, 2005
Speaker: Bruce Sevy, VP, Sales & Marketing, Saville & Holdsworth
Topic: Beliefs and Misbeliefs: What Really Matters in Selection
Location: Room 135AC of the Continuing Education and Conference Center on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus

February 17, 2005
Speaker: Ann Marie Ryan, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Topic: Meeting the needs of the business and producing publishable research: challenges and opportunities
Location: Room 135AC of the Continuing Education and Conference Center on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus

March 17, 2005
Speaker: Dr. Andi Lassiter, Minnesota State University,
Topic: Training for Team Effectiveness: Theories, Models, and Recent Findings
Location: Room 135AC of the Continuing Education and Conference Center on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus

May 19, 2005
Speaker: Scott Gregory, MDA Consulting and Jody Illies, St. Cloud State University
Topic: Panel discussion on value-centered leadership
Location: Room 135AC of the Continuing Education and Conference Center on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus

Speakers in 2003-2004

Thursday, September 18, 2003
Speaker: Steve Motowidlo, Professor, University of Minnesota
Topic: Personality and situational judgment tests: Extracting trait information from judgments about behavioral effectiveness
Room: West Bistro, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
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Thursday, October 16, 2003
Speaker: Rob Schneider, Research Scientist, Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, Inc.
Topic: Social Competence: Current research, history, and links to Emotional Intelligence Part I (195 KB .pdf file) and Part II (207 KB .pdf file)
Room: West Bistro, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
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Thursday, November 20, 2003
Speaker: Filip Lievens, Professor, University Of Ghent, Visiting Fulbright Scholar
Topic: Competency modeling and European perspectives on I/O Please contact Filip Lievens for a copy of this presentation.
Room: Room 180, Hubert H. Humphrey Building
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
Speaker: Gordy Curphy, President, C3 (Curphy Consulting Corporation) Topic: What We Really Know About Leadership (But Seem Unwilling to Implement) Room: Room 180, Hubert H. Humphrey Building Click here for photos! Thursday, February 19, 2004 Speaker: Frank Landy, CEO, SHL Litigation Support Services Topic: Can we protect psychology from the law? Can we protect the law from psychology? What’s new in employment litigation? (97 KB .ppt file)
Room: Main level auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Building
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Thursday, March 18, 2004
Speaker: Scott Brooks, Executive Consultant, Director of Research and Development, Gantz Wiley Research
Topic: Employee attitudes: Ethics, the economy, and links to customer and business results (2380 KB .pdf file; file may take several minutes to download)
Room: Room 180, Hubert H. Humphrey Building
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Thursday, May 20, 2004
Speaker: Ann Eilbracht, Director of HR for UM Physicians, Other panelists TBD
Topic: Panel Discussion: What have you done for us lately? An open discussion between MPPAW members and executives regarding the role of psychology in business. What do we do well? What should we do more of? How can we better communicate with business executives?
Room: Room 180, Hubert H. Humphrey Building
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