2008 OD Network Award Recipients
Peter Block, Lifetime Achievement Award
Peter Block is an author, consultant, and citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a partner in Designed Learning, a training company that offers workshops designed to build the skills outlined in his books. He wrote the seminal book on OD consultation, Flawless Consulting, recognized by the Organization Development Network with the 2004 members' Choice Award for the most influential book for OD practitioners over the past 40 years. His book, Community: The Structure of Belonging, came out in May 2008. Peter is the author of several other best-selling books about ways to create workplaces and communities that work for all. They offer an alternative to the patriarchal beliefs that dominate our culture. His work is to bring change into the world through consent and connectedness, rather than through mandate and force. Peter's other books include: Stewardship;The Empowered Manager; The Answer to How Is Yes, which won the 2002 Independent Publisher Book Award for Business Breakthrough Book of the Year; Freedom and Accountability at Work, co-authored with consultant and philosopher Peter Koestenbaum; and Flawless Consulting Fieldbook & Companion. With other volunteers, Peter began A Small Group, a network of citizens engaged in the restoration of their community through the powerful tools of civic engagement.
Anne H Litwin, Larry Porter Award for the Best OD Practitioner Article in 2007
Anne Litwin works with public and private organizations in the areas of executive coaching, leadership development, change management, teaming across global cultures, and cultural competency. Her clients have included: Siemens; Pfizer Pharmaceuticals; Parsons; Accenture; EDS; Hasbro; Health Care for All; and The Union of Concerned Scientists. She has been an internal and external consultant, executive coach, and trainer for more than 25 years in a wide variety of organizations in the U.S.A., Europe, India, Africa, Canada, Mexico, People's Republic of China, Burma, Singapore and Malaysia. Anne recently completed her Ph.D. at the Fielding Graduate University. Her dissertation is entitled, “Shadow and Light: A Study of Patterns of Relationship Among Women in the Workplace.” A member of the NTL Institute, Anne is co-author of the book, Coaching for the Edge (in press), along with numerous journal articles.
Peter F. Sorensen, Jr., Sharing the Wealth Award
Peter F. Sorensen, Jr., Ph.D., is Professor and Director of the Ph.D. and M.S. programs in Organization Development at Benedictine University. He was instrumental in developing one of the first Masters Level programs in OD in 1967, and one of the first Ph.D. programs in OD in 1996. He has authored more than 200 articles, papers and books. His work has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Group and Organization Studies, Leadership and Organization Development Journal, Journal of Management Studies, and Organization and Administrative Sciences, among others. In 1996, he was Guest Editor of a double issue of the OD Practitioner on Appreciative Inquiry. He was also an invited Guest Editor for the first New Millennium issues for both the OD Journal and the OD Practitioner. He is Past-Chair of the Organization Development and Change Division of the Academy of Management.
Therese F. Yaeger, Ph.D., Sharing the Wealth Award
Therese Yaeger, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in Benedictine University's Organization Development and MS in Management and Organizational Behavior programs, teaching at both the graduate and doctoral level. Therese has served in a number of managerial roles during her more than 20-year professional career, and she has authored over 100 articles and eight books. Her recent publications include “Global Organization Development: Managing Unprecedented Change” with Peter Sorensen and Thomas Head, and “Strategic Organization Development: Past to Present” with Sorensen (OD Journal, 2006). She has been Editorial Associate of O.D. Journal, Guest Editor of the OD Practitioner, and Editorial Board Member of Journal of Management Inquiry, Revue Sciences de Gestion (France), and OD Network's OD Practitioner and Seasonings. Therese has also served as Executive Board Member of the Southwest Academy of Management and is a past board member of the Management Consulting Division of the National Academy of Management. She is currently incoming 2010 President of the Midwest Academy of Management.