Triangle Organization Development Network upcoming events

OODN Partnership Series: Improv Mindset Craft Your 3-Sentence Strategy for Better Opportunities, Referrals & Relationships (11/12/2026)

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT

Improv Mindset

Craft Your 3-Sentence Strategy for Better Opportunities, Referrals & Relationships

Improvisers create without the benefit of a script or plan. The ways they do this can be used offstage. In fact, when you act like an improviser, work gets better. Adding more improv skills helps you create, communicate, and collaborate at a higher level.

In this highly experiential (and joyful) Masterclass, you will learn the “advanced basics” of improvisation, ideas that can be applied immediately to your life and work.

It helps you:

Respond constructively to whatever happens.
Turn the unexpected into something you use, not something that stresses you out.
Generate new ideas with ease and learn to build on the ideas of others.
Enjoy the creative process even more.

About On Your Feet:

For 25 years, On Your Feet has been creating content for some of the world’s best brands. Our clients include firms like Disney, Nike, Google, Uber, and many others.

These are interactive workshop experiences to teach and apply some universally helpful tools, like listening, providing clear feedback, dealing with uncertainty, collaboration, and creative problem-solving.

These concepts can be tailored to specific organizations and applied in ways that give leaders tools that they can begin using immediately.

Questions? Contact Feargal Moorhead, feargal.moorhead@buckleymoorhead.com

Leadership SIG: What Does It Take for a Leader to Hear the Truth? (11/18/2026)

Wed, 18 Nov 2026 21:00:00 GMT

TODN Leadership SIG: What Does It Take for a Leader to Hear the Truth?

In our last SIG meeting, we explored how AI is changing what leadership requires. This month, we turn to a question that becomes even more consequential as change accelerates: How do leaders discover what is really going on in their organizations?

Having authority doesn’t guarantee an accurate picture. Between the culture leaders describe and the culture employees experience, there can be a significant gap. Concerns get softened, disagreements go unspoken, and reassuring messages travel upward. Even well-intentioned leaders can become insulated from the realities they most need to understand.

Join us for a participatory conversation exploring:

What creates the gap between an organization’s stated values and everyday experience?
How do leaders unintentionally make themselves difficult to tell the truth to?
What makes speaking honestly feel safe—and worth the effort?
What is HR/OD’s responsibility when the reassuring story and the lived experience diverge?

Come prepared to reflect on a situation in which leaders’ understanding differed from what others in the organization were experiencing. No names needed—just your observations and what you learned.

Together, we’ll explore what it takes to become a leader people can tell the truth to—and who acts constructively on what they hear.

*Participating in this session will earn attendees 1.5 International Coaching Federation CCEs.

Discussion Facilitators

Bob Stapleton is President of Live Oak Leadership, a leadership development and coaching practice focused on helping leaders and teams perform at their best in complex, real-world environments.

In addition to his coaching practice, Bob co-hosts a podcast, Bob ‘n Joyce Talk HR 'n OD, a highly rated podcast on Spotify, Apple and other popular platforms.

Cherisa Zafft is the founder of CoreShift Development. With 25+ years of experience in leadership development, she designs and facilitates programs that strengthen how leaders communicate, build trust, and navigate change—bringing clarity, humor, and practical expertise across healthcare, tech, higher education, and nonprofits.

About Leadership SIG

The Leadership SIG, launched in June 2015, is a community committed to exploring best practices, processes and new models of leadership required in an ever-changing volatile world. The very definition of leadership and skills needed to be successful are evolving. Old models and training processes are quickly becoming obsolete at a time when the need for effective leadership development solutions is urgent.

The meetings are interactive discussions of leadership topics. The Leadership SIG facilitators are Cherisa Zafft and Bob Stapleton.

The Leadership SIG typically meets once a month, usually on the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 4:00-5:30 PM via Zoom .

For questions about this event, please reach out to Bob Stapleton at rstapleton2011@gmail.com or Cherisa Zafft at cherisa@coreshiftdevelopment.com.

OD Peer Mentoring Case Clinic & End-of-year Celebration (12/08/2026)

Tue, 08 Dec 2026 14:00:00 GMT

OD Peer Mentoring Case Clinic & End-of-year Celebration

You help clients think through complex challenges. Who helps you think through yours?

Join TODN for a morning of real cases and conversations that reveal how differently thoughtful practitioners can see the same situation. Your experience might spark a perspective someone else missed. Their questions might open up a possibility you hadn’t considered.

Together, we will:

Work through two member cases: one past experience with lessons to share, and one current challenge where your fresh perspective could help
Compare notes at our tables: hear how others read the same case, challenge your own assumptions, and sketch out what to try next.
Connect over breakfast and celebrate the year: reconnect with colleagues and get to know the people behind the practices.

Everyone brings expertise, and everyone has something to learn. Whether you’re newer to OD or bring decades of experience, your perspective belongs here.

Location: Frontier RTP, 800 Park Offices Dr, Durham, NC 27713

Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 8th from 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Tickets: $15 for members / $25 for non-members (includes breakfast)

Come for the learning. Stay for the celebration.

Interested in presenting a case?

Apply here by end of business on November 17th.
The committee will select two cases and
confirm presenters by November 20th.