JobEQ Conference: 19-21 August 2011

An overview

1/ The conference itself

• Friday, August 19^th: Case Study Day: “How Work Attitude and Motivation Make a Difference” . 
  9 speakers from 6 different countries will be presenting how they have been successfully applying iWAM. We close the day with a jobEQ BBQ evening
• Saturday, August 20^th: Exchange Day:
  A day packed with sessions about new marketing & product developments, research, Q&A with JobEQ, overview of publications & products, and closing of with a learning exchange to round up the 2 days
• Sunday, August 21^th: Appreciative Inquiry / Open Space Day:
  A day of learning: “What do we and our customers like about jobEQ and would like more of?”. This day will be based on principles of Appreciative Inquiry & there will be room for an Open Space session around the topics of marketing & selling the iWAM.

2/ pre-conference training

• Monday, August 15^th - Thursday 18^th: iWAM trainer certification process
• Tuesday, August 16^th - Thursday 18^th: iWAM certification course: professional & associate level
• Thursday, August 18^th: iWAM coaching day (an update for certified professionals)

3/post-conference training

After the conference, you have the opportunity to attend accelerated certification workshops, allowing you to use additional jobEQ product lines:

• Tuesday, August 23^th: 1-day VSQ certification training
• Wednesday, August 24^th: 1-day COMET certification training
• Thursday, August 25^th: Model of Excellence Training
  (additional modeling certification for iWAM or VSQ professionals

Venue

Join us in jobEQ's headquarters in Belgium - in the convent in Eeklo. The picture to the right shows the choir, which now is the library and training room, but in the case that this room would be too small, we’ll move the conference to the chapel, which can easily seat over 100 persons). (want to see more? -> look at the pictures of the previous conference

There is hotel accommodation in the neighborhood (see http://jobeq.com/where_to_stay).
We are also able to offer rudimentary “bed & breakfast” accommodation for up to 8 people in the convent (mail us to ask details).

For more information about the venue and accommodation, see the following pages:

• Pinehurst website: Locations Page
• jobEQ website: Directions Page

Conference Pricing

• iWAM Discovery Program: August 16nd-19nd: iWAM Certification + Case Study Day
  799 Euro - 699 Euro when paid in full by July 1st
• Case Study Day Only: 199 Euro - 145 Euro when paid in full by July 1st
• The 3 Conference Days: 449 Euro – 349 Euro when paid in full by July 1st
• Post conference workshops: 299 Euro/day - 239 Euro/day when paid in full by July 1st)

Prices for all training days include coffee breaks and a meal at lunch time – depending on the number of attendants or a particular day (and the catering logistics) , this will be a full lunch or a sandwich lunch. Unless if you have a Belgian VAT-registration, the quoted price also include the Belgian taxes (VAT).

Other pricing options -> see: conference leaflet, registration form, or ask by mail!

More details

jobEQ Conference 2011 – Case Study Day

jobEQ Partners from 7 different countries present a series of successful cases and research findings they have been working on since the last jobEQ conference. At the end of the day, jobEQ hosts a BBQ to celebrate our success around the world.

Morning Sessions (50 minutes each, including time for questions)

• Patrick Merlevede (Belgium): Using iWAM to help a mobile phone operator select, coach & manage salespeople
• Marilyn Powell (Australia): Utilizing and gaining further credibility for meta-program profiling and research in the Medical community in Australia
• Carl Harshman (USA): Developing Leadership and Leadership Teams: Expanding the Scope and Value of the iWAM – This session will give an update on the ongoing research on meta-programs & leadership and present the results of a project where the iWAM helped to tackle “culture wars” in a division where a new leader had been brought to “save the business”.

Afternoon sessions (25 minutes each, including time for questions)

• Wim Thielemans (Belgium): Guiding a city-administration through a organizational change, including a merger of different services and the creation of a more customer-oriented culture
• Kim Laporte (Belgium): Investing in people development to support growth. Some highlights from a long-term project helping an Engineering consultancy to develop their human potential, where creative Training, Coaching, Feedback centers and Culture analyses have been used to shape the people in the organization ready for the future
• Marita Ryan (Australia): Recruitment, meta-programs and building capacity within organizations – a Consultant’s approach
• Ajai Singh (India): How iWAM compares to other tools
• Melvin Leow (Malaysia) Coaching an Executive Team of a Regional Bank – What can one do in 3 hours’ time?
• Sally Vanson (UK): Integrating iWAM into qualification programs. How The Performance Solution includes iWAM in the ICF ACTP and the MA in Applied Coaching – including examples from some dissertations.
• Anna Ivanova (Russia): Using iWAM and VSQ in coaching and development of leaders in Russia. Working with "blind spots", team building, communication issues and cross-cultural challenges.

jobEQ 2011 Conference – Pre & Post conference workshops

iWAM certification training, (Tuesday 16 till Thursday 18^th)

The iWAM certification training is a 3-day programme during which people learn to:

• distinguish the meta-programs measured by the iWAM,
• question them (in a similar way to what the LAB Profile training does,
• give feedback on them (to an individual or a team)
• use them in various applications, such as recruiting, assessment, coaching, teambuilding and modeling excellence
• use jobEQ's software to administer the iWAM questionnaire and generate the various reports.

iWAM coaching day (Thursday 18^th)

The iWAM coaching day is the last day of the iWAM certification program.  Open for certified users wanting to refresh their knowledge of coaching applications of the iWAM.  Applications that will be covered: individual coaching, working with pairs and team coaching. Principles covered will include the Offman model, iWAM’s communication language and focusing on strengths VS coping with development areas.  The training will be under supervision of Patrick Merlevede. The modules will be delivered by candidate trainers enrolled in the iWAM trainer certification process.

iWAM Trainer certification Process (Monday 15 till Thursday 18^th)

This program is not a "trainer's training" but offers candidate trainers a chance to get certified as iWAM Trainer, by proving their competence, under supervision of Patrick Merlevede. For more information, contact Patrick Merlevede directly.

VSQ certification workshop (Tuesday 23^th)

During this 1-day workshop with Patrick Merlevede you will learn the patterns measured by jobEQ’s Value Systems Questionnaire and how they help to map organizational cultures.  Applications include Cultural Modeling, aligning organizational cultures and organizational consulting.  You will learn how to use the VSQ questionnaire and will work on a case study showing the effect of  Value Systems on organizational cultures.  Recommended pre-reading: the book “Spiral Dynamics” by Don Beck & Chris Cowan (1996).

COMET certification workshop (Wednesday 24^th)

During this 1-day training program with Patrick Merlevede, you’ll learn how to use the COMET methodology to design a behavior based competency model and how to use this model for recruiting & assessment, either though behavior based interviewing or by using COMET questionnaires (either in self-assessment or 360°-feedback mode).  You will also learn to use the COMET method for coaching, as part of  jobEQ’s action oriented coaching approach. 

Modeling workshop (Thursday 25^th)

This 1-day program with Patrick Merlevede is open for experienced iWAM and/or VSQ users who want to use jobEQ’s toolset for modeling.[1]  You will learn to use the advanced modeling features available from jobEQ for making models of excellence for a job role and/or for modeling organizational cultures or even making standard groups.  The program includes the procedures to be followed to make a model and the underlying statistical principles.  We will either work on a case study from one or several of the participants who have already made models in collaboration with jobEQ or on some models jobEQ made for other projects.  Certification of this course gives you the right to create models of excellence using jobEQ’s toolset.  For being certified, we expect that you make a first model under supervision of jobEQ (this can be done prior or after attending this workshop).

[1] jobEQ’s tools have been designed around the principle of modeling excellence.  For that purpose, certified modelers can subscribe to extensions to the search engine and to team report (the subscription to the extension costs 50 credits a year, including help desk support by Patrick Merlevede).

Conference Registration?

• Download the Conference Registration Form (Word document) and send it to jobEQ
  ... Or Use the contact form, indicating what you want to attend
• Download the Conference Leaflet (PDF)