IMC Southern California — Monthly Meeting

Dinner Meeting

What Generational Differences Mean for Your Client Engagements

When you take on a consulting assignment, you agree to complete certain business or organizational objectives. Your agreement or contract often maps out the business aspects of the assignment, including timelines, the processes, tools, and methodologies you will use, and the expected outcomes. But agreements and contacts don’t address the biggest obstacle to achieving results – that people resist change. Furthermore, people are not all alike, and leading them to change requires special knowledge and understanding of how to influence them.

At this IMC SoCal dinner program you will learn how different generations react to change and how to influence each generation successfully. In addition to learning about the different generations, The Interchange Group will share its new research on how generations differ in the U.S. versus other countries. Our speaker, Annika Hylmo, is a partner at The Interchange Group, which has been conducting groundbreaking research and analysis in generational differences within the United States and globally. The Interchange Group specializes in helping organizations and individuals grow and embrace change through purposeful planning, culture alignment, and leadership development programs.

A presentation on generational differences was the highest rated at last year’s Confab, and Amy Robinson of The Interchange Group has presented on the topic at the IMC LAX breakfast meeting to rave reviews. Don’t miss this opportunity to add to your consultant’s toolbox with this important knowledge!

About Annika Hylmö, Ph.D., Partner, The Interchange Group

Annika Hylmö, Ph.D., is a partner with the Interchange Group. She is professional business speaker, a coach and consultant with an extensive research background in organizational systems. Annika specializes in diversity and demographic shifts in the workplace and the impact of rapidly changing communication and technologies on all forms of business, especially with an eye toward international and global operations. Her work has helped Fortune 500 corporations, governments, non-profit agencies, and other organizations to successfully recalibrate and align workplaces and employee expectations to meet the demands of a competitive marketplace.

Annika Hylmö has taught courses in Organizational Communication, Diversity in Organizations, and Interpersonal Communication at distinguished universities such as Purdue University, George Mason University, and Loyola Marymount University, giving her unique insights into the mindset of younger generations in the United States and beyond. Annika Hylmö was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition about recent college graduates’ expectations for work and careers and continues to share her insights in white papers and other publications. Annika Hylmö earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Communication from Purdue University, Indiana, her M.A. in International Communication from The American University, Washington, DC, and her BA in Media and Communication Studies from Lund University, Sweden.

Afternoon Workshop

Leading Change: Change Management Methodologies for Consultants

One of the biggest challenges consultants at all levels of experience face is helping their clients make changes to achieve their objectives. Without adequate change management skills, consultants are unable to complete successful engagements and fail to create positive reputations from client testimonials. Improve your success ratio with your clients by attending this interactive workshop. Join Dr. Jeremy Lurey, Principal of Plus Delta Consulting, LLC and advocate of his firm’s proven Positive Change approach, as he steps the audience through an overview of the stages of successful change management. At this workshop, you will work through the stages of change and learn how to develop a change strategy to lead your organizational change initiatives. Jeremy presented at IMC SoCal several years ago in one of our most well-attended sessions, so don’t miss this opportunity to learn new skills from this dynamic speaker.