Gervase Bushe will be one of the keynote speakers at Roffey Park Institute’s OD Conference on the 26th to 27th of October 2023. This will be Gervase’s first in-person conference in the United Kingdom since Covid and he is excited to draw upon his knowledge to explore topics like self-organising teams, vertical development and the…
During the 26th-27th of October, Dr Graham Curtis will be one of the keynote speakers at Roffey Park Institute’s OD Conference. Graham will draw upon his doctoral research to encourage us to explore how we think about our practice which puts curiosity and doubt at the heart of how we work. Graham is passionate for…
We have a tendency to try and predict the future of OD but we can never be certain of what that looks like. What we do know is that people belong at the heart of the process but this has been dramatically challenged during the post-Covid world. Supply chains have been disrupted and the energy…
A new approach to nurturing great line managers is required to equip them with the competencies needed for today’s work environment. While events of the past few years might not have affected the fundamental skills that effective line managers require, they have changed the context within which those managers operate. A more politicised and sensitised…
On Tuesday I attended the Inclusive Leadership Navigator virtual event at Roffey Park Institute, led by the expert Sile Walsh, to explore how inclusive leadership contributes to psychological safety, organisational performance and employee engagement. The discussion began by asking the listeners to answer some questions about their experiences with inclusion and exclusion. The responses were…
In November of 1989, Roffey Park Institute looked like a completely different place than it does at present. The residential area was being built and so the bedrooms lay where the kitchen garden does today, the building of the atrium and the swimming pool had only just been commissioned and the neighbouring stud farm owned…
Roger Leek and the Board of Trustees are delighted to announce that Dr Arlene Egan has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer at Roffey Park Institute. Arlene has twenty years of experience working within executive education, higher education, sport, and local government sectors and in multiple corporate arenas including financial, tech and media. With a…
Roffey Park Institute has newly launched Roffey Park Academy. The vision for Roffey Park Academy is to fulfil the potential of people and organisations as well as equipping learners with a postgraduate diploma, which will boost their impact and career. Roffey Park Institute is a long-standing associate partner of the University of Sussex that function…
Roffey Park Institute is proud to announce that it is an ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) Approved Centre. Every year ILM qualify 70,000 leaders and managers, helping them develop the critical skills to succeed. Doing so makes a real difference to the present and future of workplaces in the UK and globally. ILM celebrate…
It is with great sadness and distress that I make this statement on behalf of our community at Roffey Park. We hold dear to the fundamental right of all human beings to live in peace and without fear. As I am sure all educators around the world do, we believe education, when conducted to open…
As we close out the year and say goodbye to 2021, we asked our team for their reflections of the past year. Throughout the last 12 months we were in the unique position of supporting our client community whilst also manifesting significant change ourselves. It has been a turbulent year with the constant need to…
National Tree Week is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, running from Saturday 27 November to Sunday 5 December. Across the country, people will be planting thousands of trees to mark the start of the winter tree planting season. But why is it important to celebrate trees? Indeed, trees are vital for our survival as…
