Maureen Clarry of CONNECT: The Knowledge Network presented at the Ownership Thinking Conference on September 14 - 15, 2007, at the Inverness Hotel and Conference Center. Maureen Clarry presented to business owners and senior managers coaching them how to build partnerships in lateral relationships with their peers and create exciting new synergies. She also gave insight as to how business professionals address issues systemically rather than personally.

PMI Mile Hi Chapter, PMI Loveland Chapter, and PMI Pikes Peak Regional Chapter hosted CONNECT’s Maureen Clarry to coach project managers on “Managing Accountability for Project Success.” Maureen shared insights on how to recognize types of accountability, a model for managing tension that optimizes productivity, and strategies for creating accountability.”

Members of TDWI’s Local Minnesota Chapter learned how “Great Minds Think . . . . Differently.” CONNECT’s Maureen Clarry offered practical tips and techniques for managing change readiness in business intelligence teams, improving communication up, down and across the organization, and gaining insights into people that irritate us.

Maureen Clarry, President and CEO of CONNECT spoke on “Anticipating and Communicating Change in Data Governance Initiatives.” Business organizations and data governance initiatives exist in an environment of on-going change that create challenges for data governance initiatives. Organizational silos yield data silos and cross-functional collaboration and communication become significant issues for data governance success. Many of these organizational and individual patterns of communication and reaction to change can be accurately predicted and more effectively managed by understanding organizational dynamics and interpersonal change styles. Although there is frequently conflict between different perspectives in implementing data governance processes, the possibility exists for great synergy if people are more aware of underlying organizational system patterns and individual change styles.