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Executive Education

Advanced OD & HR Practice

Supporting experienced OD and strategic HR professionals to advance their practice to lead strategic, system-wide change.

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Overview

This programme immerses participants in the most cutting-edge practices of OD and strategic HR. Designed for those working at senior and strategic levels within organisations, the programme builds capability in internal and external consulting, advanced exploration of self and systems, sustainable workforce development, and enabling leadership impact at senior executive and board levels.

Drawing on Roffey Park’s holistic interdependent view of people, culture and organisation as contributors to performance enables an informed approach to complex change.

Who is this course for?

This course is aimed at:

  • Experienced OD and strategic HR professionals
  • Aspiring senior OD and strategic Hr Leaders
  • Advanced external OD and strategic HR consultants looking  to advance their practice, range and reach

Benefits

  • Greater confidence and effectiveness in supporting executive and board level colleagues in delivering strategic organisational outcomes
  • Enhanced agility and creativeness in designing and delivering system-wide change interventions
  • Deeper awareness of your inner ‘wiring’ and biases and the role/s you take up in organisational life
  • Increased resilience to enable sustainable change under pressure and in complexity
  • Introduction into a network of advanced OD and HR professionals working in a diversity of settings

Organisations who employ or work with a participant who has taken part in the  Advanced OD and  Change Practice Course are likely to see improvements in:

  • OD and HR practitioners acting with greater intention and impact
  • Delivery of OD and HR interventions that create sustainable change and support your growth into the future
  • Influence on managers of more mindful OD and strategic HR practice
  • Greater resilience from OD and HR practitioners in navigating complexity and conflict

Key Learning Experiences

Learning is highly participative and emergent, combining masterclasses, consulting to participants, peer inquiry and deep reflective practice to build advanced professional judgement and capability.

1

Partnering with Senior Leaders for Strategic Change

Partnering with senior leaders for strategic change
Building readiness to work confidently with executive and board-level stakeholders. Practising how to influence agendas, shape strategic conversations and support leaders in navigating complex, system-wide change.

2

Leading in Complex Adaptive Systems

Exploring change through the lens of complexity, social construction and interdependence. Developing the ability to work with uncertainty, emergence and multiple perspectives rather than relying on linear solutions.

3

Going Deeper with Self, Role and Impact

Deepening awareness of your inner ‘wiring’, biases and patterns of response. Working with immunity to change and personal leadership to increase your effectiveness as a system actor.

4

Designing System-Wide Interventions

Strengthening your ability to craft and lead large-scale, adaptive interventions. Drawing on advanced OD, ODes and strategic HR practices to design change that is sustainable and ethically grounded.

5

Working at Personal, Interpersonal and Systemic Levels

Developing the capacity to move fluently between self, relationships, organisations and wider systems. Practising how to intervene with intention across multiple levels of complexity.

Learning Journey

The Venue

Roffey Park Venue, Horsham. UK

This venue, set in the idyllic Sussex countryside, is a welcome contrast to the sometimes-intense workplace. This environment enables teams and individuals to develop as people and professionals.

Dates

Virtual  Launch Call

23 June 2026

Arrival and Check in

6 July 2026

Residential Module One –  System Change

7 – 8 July 2026

Virtual Masterclass

22 July 2026

Virtual Masterclass

19 August 2026

Virtual Masterclass

9 September 2026

Arrival and Check in

14 September 2026

Residential Module Two – Operating in Complexity

15 -16 September 2026

Timings: Launch Call 9:30 – 11:30. Virtual half-day sessions 9:30am – 13:00. Residential modules 13:00 – 17:00 (UK time)

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Fees

Blended

This programme combines the best of virtual and face-to-face learning to create a flexible and impactful development experience. You’ll begin with virtual sessions that introduce key concepts and frameworks, allowing you to reflect on your leadership context from your own workspace.

These are followed by immersive residential modules at the venue, where you’ll engage in deeper practice, peer learning and collaborative problem-solving. This blended approach enables you to build knowledge progressively, apply insights between sessions, and benefit from both the convenience of online learning and the richness of in-person connection.

Your residential experience: Your face-to-face modules begin the evening before with dinner, giving you time to connect with fellow participants. Check-in is available from 2pm, so you can work from the venue or enjoy the leisure facilities. The bar opens at 6pm and dinner is served at 7:30pm. All accommodation, meals and materials are included in the programme fees.

£4000*

*The price excludes VAT.

We offer a limited number of discounted places to registered charities, please contact our client services to find out more.

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