If you’re a new manager reading this – congratulations! Your company has spotted your potential and believes you’re going to do a great job. But unless you’re supremely confident, you’re probably wondering when HR is going to send you on a manager training course. And if you’re in HR, you’re probably weighing up the financial…
There are many types of organizational development interventions that are useful for OD practitioners to have in their practice. In our recent blog we explored the role of OD practitioner and the range of projects that they would lead from defining and implementing a corporate learning strategy through to designing value propositions or improving employee satisfaction. For…
See the jobs offer you can work on after finishing your MSc in Organisational Development Taking a MSc in Organisational Development is a big investment in your future. You’ll learn to think in a different way, considering and tackling all the factors impeding and working for change in your organisation, and considering the human factors…
And would you like to become one, or hire one for your organisation? Let’s start with the basics: do you know what an Organisation Development practitioner is? Back in 2015, Roffey Park’s Management Agenda survey investigated the main barriers to effective organisational development, and found the most common response was “managers don’t know what it is”. Four…
Roffey Park is an international executive education institute that provides high impact leadership development, management development, OD and HR, through open and customised development programmes, training programmes, qualifications and research. We’re expanding our international operations by creating a base in Ireland to serve our clients across Europe. Here we interview our Head of Faculty, Dr Arlene…
The capability of organisations to avert crisis, respond quickly and effectively when crises do emerge and to be able to see into the future and not get caught out by changing trends and disruptive innovations is critical in a fast changing world. This capability is resilience. Research has demonstrated that resilience emerges from an organisation’s…
“When I grow up I want to become a professional facilitator,” said no-one, ever. But once you get into the complicated world of the workplace, and begin to understand that the skills in helping organisations make decisions in complicated situations are crucially important, then it begins to look like a more attractive role. So –…
“Start every question with the word I. It gets you out of the problem of creating something that’s a truth for you. You might say ‘it’s really hot in here’ but that’s closing down the conversation. If instead you say ‘I think it’s hot in here,’ you’re not.” Our Associate, Ken Ingram, introducing a practical…
Roffey Park Institute is an international centre of excellence for organisational development with a history of defining and developing innovative organisational development practice. This year, as part of our own ongoing practice development, we’ve created a new map of organisational development and here we interview Tom Kenward about this unique learning tool that you can download free…
When it comes to invitations, probably half of the UK would currently accept one for an event titled “Forget Brexit: get your leaders ready for global Britain.” While the idea of forgetting Brexit for a bit is enticing, sharing leadership styles and leadership development which might help UK companies to not only survive but thrive…
What is all the fuss about Brené Brown? Ever since someone asked for one of her leadership titles to be bought for our Learning Resource Centre at Roffey Park, I have noticed her name seems to be cropping up everywhere in the field of organisation development and leadership. Bookshops have her titles on bestseller displays, and internet…
When I was 29 someone thought it sensible to give me the keys to an organisation. And so it happened that authority and responsibility was conferred to me for lots of people and slightly more predictable things like finance, governance and organisational processes. I remember walking to work on the first morning of my newly…
