ODR - Training and Development

Training and Development

ODR's consultants approach training and development with the deliberate intent of aligning the capability being built with corporate strategy, providing competency development that enables people to enact and implement the learning with immediate impact upon their work scene. Our success lies in blending knowledge or content delivery with applied skills development through experiential group exercises, case study examples, role plays, videos and discussion groups. In addition, our specialist organization development consultants are skilled in the psychological processes of learning and assist participants to restructure their thinking and tap into motivational factors to embed learning in behavioural commitment. Where clients elect to measure the return to work application of learning, we design and assess tailored projects and on the job assignments to suit the particular client’s working environment.

Choose from our range of 80 experiential training programs including learner workbooks and facilitator guides to enable internal staff to deliver the program. Or choose one of our highly qualified and experienced consultant facilitators practiced at engaging participants to maximize learning. From strategic initiatives to operational execution, our consultants keep abreast of contemporary issues and techniques to enhance and evolve our training services.

Professional and Personal Development

Leadership and Team Building

Training Needs Analysis and Evaluation

Professional and Personal Development

Our selected range of workshops capture the core competencies required to maximize human capital in any organization. See our Resources page for more detail.

Alternatively, when specific organizational issues or a capability gap needs to be addressed, ODR's organization development consultants tailor individual, group and organization wide learning strategies. We provide contextually designed approaches to address a number of important workplace cultural and behavioral issues including those challenging motivational, attitudinal, accountability and performance enhancement behaviours critical to sustaining success.

Leading cultural and transformational change
Team dynamics and challenging behaviour
Resolving cross functional barriers
Creativity and innovation
Communication and effective interpersonal skills
Managing change execution and employee psychological transition
Stakeholder engagement
Workplace bullying and harassment reduction
Internal and external customer service frameworks and strategies
Stress management and building workplace resiliency
Facilitation and team building skills

Leadership and Team Development

Much of our work in cultural and behavioural change, planning and execution involves a key component of coaching managers in leadership and team building. In addition to the range of diagnostic tools we use to assess current functioning, we have a suite of leadership and team building workshops that incorporate practical ‘hands on’ activities to enable leaders to achieve success within the context of their unique environment. Our experiential workshops engage participants in intra personal awareness of their style and approach and in negotiating the intrapersonal synergies gained from each of the contributing team members to enhance cohesive teamwork across functional business units.

Training Needs Analysis and Evaluation

In today’s competitive markets, getting it right the first time and measuring return on investment are important to ensure that valuable resources are being utilized efficiently. Often overlooked, diagnostic needs analysis can prevent the application of training and development resources that either 1) do not target the required competency development or 2) disengage staff when perceived as an imposition or irrelevant rather than addressing specific organizational or professional development requirements.

Similarly, an assumption of skills acquisition following training can derail organizational initiatives and potentially lead to inefficiencies such as replication, redundancy and ultimately poor return on investment. Needs Analysis and evaluation are essential assurance mechanisms in the continuous improvement cycle of organizational capability and sustainability.

ODR provide a cost effective and objective third party approach to determining the effectiveness and efficiency of training resource budgets. To evaluate the value add and return on investment of training initiatives, our consultants select or design a proven structured and systematic Assessment and Evaluation methodology and ensure it's appropriateness to each organizational context.