Advanced Organizational Development (OD) Practitioners Programme
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Advanced Organizational Development (OD) Practitioners Programme Course
Introduction:
In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving business landscape, the ability of an organization to adapt and thrive is crucial for its survival and success. However, it is not the organization itself that determines when, why, and how to respond—it is the individuals within it. Organization Development (OD) recognizes the profound connection between effective business processes, structures, and the people who work with them.
Practicing OD involves striking a balance between economic growth and impact and adopting a human systems perspective. It entails cultivating an agile, resilient, and emotionally intelligent workforce, fostering compassionate, ethical, and sustainable leadership, and establishing a clear sense of purpose. The ultimate goal of OD is to create exceptional organizations and nurturing cultures.
Our OD Practitioner Program is specifically designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding of OD as a discipline. It provides you with opportunities to develop practical skills and acquire tools that can be directly applied in your professional role. The program also focuses on developing the critical thinking strategies that shape the selection and implementation of relevant tools and approaches within your organization.
Throughout the course, you will explore the dynamic relationship between the practitioner and the broader organization and system in the context of OD practice. By deepening your understanding of this dynamic, you will be better equipped to facilitate meaningful organizational change and foster sustainable growth.
Join our OD Practitioner Program to expand your capabilities and become a catalyst for positive transformation within your organization. Gain valuable insights, practical skills, and a strategic mindset that will empower you to shape exceptional organizational cultures and drive long-term success.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this Advanced Organizational Development (OD) Practitioners Program Course, learners will be able to do:
- Increase your capabilities as an OD practitioner for the benefit of you and your organization
- Increase your impact and influence and develop knowledge and application of a variety of interventions
- Improve your ability to recognize and facilitate group dynamics
- Build your confidence and impact as an OD Practitioner
- Grow your network of like-minded OD Practitioners in parallel roles across sectors
Who Should Attend?
This Advanced Organizational Development (OD) Practitioners Program course is for you if:
- You are working in the field of organizational development and want to develop and enhance your practice.
- You’re a change agent, manager or leader who recognizes the importance of bringing people with you but want to have a greater insight into how to achieve this.
- You have a background in HR, an aspiring HR Director perhaps, or are a Learning and Development professional or similar who wants to have more of an OD lens and add OD skills to your portfolio
- You’re involved in local authority or public sector transformations which require changes in mindset as well as structures and services
- You’re in the commercial sector and have been recognized as having OD ability
Course Outlines:
Demystifying the Organization
- What is OD and What value does it add?
- Demystifying the organization and working with organizational models
- Looking at the organization as a whole and ‘thinking in layers’
- The OD Mindset: thinking systemically
- Making sense of OD interventions
Seeing the System
- Diagnostic vs dialogic approaches,
- Problems as patterns,
- levers for change
Intervening in Complexity
- Presence
- Personal resourcefulness and power
- Dialogue and group process consulting skills
- Human Systems Dynamics
Culture
- Understanding organizational culture and dominant mental maps
- Adaptive challenges
- Planned and emergent change
- Working through case study examples
Organizational Design
- Traditional and contemporary approaches
- Relationship between organization development and organization design
- Organization design models