Recently we sat down with Gavin Deadman, Learning and Development Partner at Manchester University who spoke about his journey on the Organisation Development Practitioners Programme (ODP). Gavin, alongside some of his colleagues, attended the OD Practitioners Programme as part of an in-house programme targeting their specific context and needs. Gavin shared some valuable insights into…
Following on from our previous article explaining what development and assessment centres are, their benefits and how they differ, here we will go one step further and explore how these centres can be utilised in the context of a merger or acquisition. Development and assessment centres can play crucial roles in the post-merger or acquisition…
You might be grappling with your talent management strategy; needing to make decisions to inform workforce development; or maybe you’re going through a merger or acquisition and need to harmonise organisational cultures. These contexts and many others will benefit from using either assessment or development centres as part of your approach. But what are assessment…
‘Inspire Inclusion’ is the theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2024. It is important for individuals to hold themselves accountable and understand how we can all inspire inclusion, and to not sideline this responsibility just for those in leadership positions. Especially when, as reported in the latest Women in the Workplace report of 2023, only…
Graham Curtis ran a fascinating session at Roffey Park Institute’s annual OD Conference not long ago where he spoke about complexity theory and what that means in organisational practice. He joined us post-conference to explain it further. Complexity theory emerged in the early 90s with the use of computer simulations and entities within a computer…
During the 26th-27th of October, Shelly Hossain will be one of the keynote speakers at Roffey Park Institute’s OD Conference. Shelly has been awarded 5 national awards over the years for her EDI work, so it comes as no surprise that her announcement as lead speaker is incredibly exciting for all those who plan on attending.…
By Emma du Parcq and George Barnes. To be agile, in any sense, is to be able to move quickly and easily and adapt to a current situation. In organisational terms, it is about responding to a sometimes complex, uncertain and ever-changing business environment. It is also the ability to predict the near future, and…
Historically, patriarchal and colonial influences have heavily contributed to the exclusion of women and other minority groups from the professional sphere. It is enticing, and to a certain extent still appropriate, to attribute the view that women are the ‘forgotten voices’ of OD to such influences. This was certainly my own opinion before my research…
Last week we sat down with valued Roffey Park alumnus and former participant of the Organisational Development (OD) Practitioners Programme, Rebecca Gane. Rebecca shared some fascinating personal insight into her journey on the programme, her thoughts on the course content and how it related to her experiences within her organisation as well as any advice…
Linda Holbeche will be one of the keynote speakers at Roffey Park Institute’s upcoming OD Conference occurring on the 26th – 27th of October 2023. She comes armed with a wealth of varied sector experience, which includes co-authoring the must-read book, ‘Organization Development – A practitioner’s guide for OD and HR’ with the globally renowned…
Chris Mowles will be one of the keynote speakers at Roffey Park Institute’s OD Conference on the 26th to 27th of October 2023. Being an academic, Chris is looking forward to meeting those from the OD community and having conversations about helping people manage the uncertainty of everyday organisational life. Chris hopes to bring some…
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…
