Leadership Development

Back in 1946 Roffey Park was set up to help those traumatised by the war years to return to and thrive in the workplace. The people helped then were suffering from a range of mental health illness including depression, anxiety and PTSD.  It was a revolutionary concept as participants were encouraged to share their experiences…

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…

“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…

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…

HR is perfectly positioned to create a thriving innovation culture For many years, innovation was the domain of the research and development department. It was a mystical activity that took place behind closed doors, only revealing itself when a new product or process appeared, which everyone was expected to get behind. As an HR director,…

It’s an old adage but a good one: people don’t leave organisations they leave managers. Successful managers have strong people management skills to know what their team needs to work effectively and how they can encourage them to be more successful.  As a result, strong and effective people management skills are crucial for organisations to…

By Julia Wellbelove – Head of Research, Roffey Park Walking recently along a Devon beach on a warm autumn day, with my hand being grasped by a little hand, I reflected that this was surely what life was all about? And yet, I thought, this was just a fleeting moment, a short relaxing break, punctuating…

At Roffey Park, we start most development programmes and workshops by a process of so-called “checking-in”: the invitation to participants to speak in the group, and share anything that might get in the way of them being fully present to each other.  Often, these are thoughts, niggles, feelings, worries, unresolved tasks from a previous meeting, or from…

We all know that England didn’t make it all the way and that football, on its way home, is enjoying a well-deserved layover in France… For now. The real win might well be for the role of compassionate leadership in teams. Whilst compassionate leadership is no new thing, it has often been relegated into a lower category…