Chris kicks off our round-up of all things OTD
A warm welcome to the autumn edition of the OTD newsletter.
Sit back, relax and prepare to be enlightened as we take you on a typically warm, wonderful and inspiring tour through the last few months.
Dave joins OTD for six steps to streamlining
If you joined us on our recent coach forum with Louise Roberts and Chris Cummins, you’ll be aware of a new role for a familiar OTD face. Dave Cosgrove has taken up a temporary position as our Account Operations Executive Manager and it’s all designed to delight our customers. We asked Chris to explain how …
What have you been up to?
While all of our coaches are incredibly committed to providing the very best customer experience in every training intervention they deliver, there is a common question asked by many of you: ‘What has everyone else been up to?’ You’ve been so busy there’s not enough room on the screen to fit everything in, but here’s …
Introducing our new OTD business coaches
It’s been a record year for recruitment at OTD with 32 new new associate business coaches being brought on board this year. That’s no mean feat! We’ve recently handpicked a cohort of 26 training professionals from all corners of the globe who each bring a unique skill set, perspective and experience to the business. They …
Inspiring our communities
Many of you will be aware of just how much our communities matter to us. We know that providing meaningful support can sometimes be as simple as a financial donation to a great cause. On other occasions, hard working individuals, teams and volunteers need a helping hand. Two years ago we crystallised our community giving …
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow
You may not be aware that OTD began life as an organisation that delivered single training events. Those events often consisted of a day or two at a time. Naturally, it didn’t allow us time to consolidate learning outcomes and inspire lasting change. It’s why everything we do nowadays is focused on effective, long-lasting customer …
OTD’s development day
As all of our team knows only too well, being part of OTD is something significantly bigger than just a job. After all, inspiring lasting change in workplaces around the world asks a little more of all of us than that. We like to think of our global community of coaches as a diverse collective …
The debate: slides or no slides?
Slides or no slides? That is the question. For this season’s debate, we spoke to OTD’s Marie Gardner. She’s an ICF certified executive and personal coach with more than 25 years of marketing and sales experience in pharma, at a senior level. In recent years, Marie has focused on helping organisations to build their strategic …
Ask our agony aunt
The pandemic thrust us into a digital world where we had to adapt our skills for a virtual audience. Although it was daunting, I was soon in a routine of delivering as many as three Zoom sessions in a working day. Having worked from home for so long, I’m now finding it quite …