Overview
Organisational Development (OD) is a field of work that focuses on improving the performance and effectiveness of organisations, especially around change.
An important part of OD practice is to continuously enhance your knowledge and understanding of how you support change transformation.
Through this programme, you’ll be able to reflect on your role and journey as an OD practitioner and identify areas where you can have greater impact and influence in your work.
Participating will help you in developing the ability to build effective relationships and gain insight into your own values and strengths in OD in order to work productively with teams and organisations.
Case Study: University of Manchester
Roffey Park’s Organisational Development Practitioners Programme helped Manchester University’s Learning and OD team build confidence, sharpen their practice and embed OD approaches into daily work. Through peer learning, real-world projects and reflective dialogue, participants deepened their strategic impact—moving from learning delivery to systemic change.
Do you have any questions about our Organisational Development Practitioners Programme? Join our next discovery webinar
Roffey Park Institute will be hosting a complimentary webinar for those interested in taking our Organisational Development Practitioners Programme. We will provide an overview of the programme and our unique approach to learning. You will have the opportunity to meet members of our faculty team and ask further questions about the programme.
Who is this course for?
Your position or job role is:
- Has an OD responsibility
- You work within HR, People, Culture or Change
- A Director or similar senior role within a smaller organisation or charity
- A Leadership position
- Looking to move into an OD role.
Your experience:
- Background in HR
- You work within an Organisational Development role but do not have any formal training
- An interest in the people side of organisational life and change
You’re wanting to:
- Consolidate your knowledge and understanding of OD as a field of practice
- Facilitate culture, transition and development for people
- Understand your role as an OD practitioner
- Review what you’re currently doing and how you can have more impact and influence in your work
- Build relationships with your peers and colleagues that enable you to appreciate what is the core of OD in yourself
Benefits
- It’s about you. The role you play. The conversations you have, work you do and impact you make
- Our dialogic social approach will inform and help to develop the skills to deliver OD in your own context
- Build relationships and develop your network through engaging and interacting with professionals and similar roles and aspirations
As a result of this course, your OD practitioners will have a greater ability to build sustainable, effective and value-driven relationships, whatever their professional context. They will do this through their skilled, knowledgeable and impactful OD practice.
Your practitioners will deepen their impact and influence and develop their knowledge and application in a variety of interventions. This includes, how effectively they respond to and work through change, develop a sustainable organisational culture, improve levels of communication between stakeholders as well as improve their ability to recognise and facilitate group dynamics.
Course Outline
Venue for Face-to-Face Courses
Roffey Park Institute in the UK
Our 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
All virtual half-day sessions run from 9:30am until 13:00 UK time
Launch Call
22 July 2025 (Virtual)
Arrival & check in
28 July 2025
Module One
29 July 2025
30 July 2025
Action learning set
31 July 2025 (Virtual)
Arrival & check in
1 September 2025
Module Two
2 September 2025
3 September 2025
Action Learning Set
4 September 2025 (Virtual)
Arrival & check in
6 October 2025
Module Three
7 October 2025
8 October 2025
Action learning set
9 October 2025 (Virtual)
Arrival & check in
20 October 2025
Presentations
21 October 2025
Launch Call
30 September 2025
Module One
7 October 2025
Module One
8 October 2025
Module One
9 October 2025
Action learning set
10 October 2025
Module Two
4 November 2025
Module Two
5 November 2025
Module Two
6 November 2025
Action Learning Set
7 November 2025
Module Three
2 December 2025
Module Three
3 December 2025
Module Three
4 December 2025
Action learning set
5 December 2025
Presentations
16 December 2025
Presentations
17 December 2025
Launch Call
20 January 2026(Virtual)
Arrival & check in
26 January 2026
Module One
27 January 2026
28 January 2026
Action learning set
29 January 2026(Virtual)
Arrival & check in
23 February 2026
Module Two
24 February 2026
25 February 2026
Action Learning Set
26 February 2026 (Virtual)
Arrival & check in
23 March 2026
Module Three
24 March 2026
25 March 2026
Action learning set
26 March(Virtual)
Arrival & check in
7 April 2026
Presentations
8 April 2026
Launch Call
5 May 2026
Module One
12 May 2026
Module One
13 May 2026
Module One
14 May 2026
Action learning set
15 May 2026
Module Two
9 June 2026
Module Two
10 June 2026
Module Two
11 June 2026
Action Learning Set
12 June 2026
Module Three
7 July 2026
Module Three
8 July 2026
Module Three
9 July 2026
Action learning set
10 July 2026
Presentations
21 July 2026
Presentations
22 July 2026
Fees
Face-to-Face
Your face-to-face Horsham experience starts the evening before your programme as you join your fellow participants for dinner so you can get to know each other. Check-in is available from 2pm, providing you with the option to either work from our venue or take advantage of our leisure facilities. Our bar opens at 6pm and dinner is served in the restaurant at 7.30pm. Accommodation, meals and materials are all included in the fees.
Virtual
Technology was once used to facilitate the virtual delivery of our open programmes. Now, technology is used to enhance your learning journey. Through our progressive learning experience programme, MyRoffeyPark, learners have access to the tools, module materials and support whenever and wherever they require – including prework, mindtools and a platform to connect with their peers as well as their facilitators.
At Roffey Park, our purpose is to work with you to support real and sustainable growth; this is not limited solely to face-to-face but through virtual learning, development and consultancy also.
€4560*
*The price excludes VAT.
We offer a limited number of discounted places to registered charities.
Please contact our client services to find out more.
We can also deliver The Organisational Development Practitioners Programme as either an in-house programme for teams or as part of a wider, tailored development programme. For more information please contact us.
Denison Organisational Culture Survey Certification
As part of this programme, you have the option to complete Part 1 of the certification process to use the Denison Organisational Culture Survey. This comes with one free culture survey that can be sent to up to one hundred participants. You can use this survey in your work context or with a client organisation to diagnose and apply your learning. Full certification (part 2) can be obtained by completing the culture survey and working with a senior consultant to overview the real client results as preparation for your first client debrief.