Welcome to a whistle-stop tour of OTD’s world in the last few weeks and months. And what better place to start than in South America? Chris Cummins and Daniel Velasco recently flew into Cartagena in Colombia, to seed a value selling model at a 100-person sales conference. It was a trip packed with valuable insight: …
I read an article the other day about thriving in the uncertainty, volatility and chaos of ourworld, writes OTD business coach, Katarina Sovic. The author said that the solution is not in trying to survive until things stabilise, but rather to learn to thrive in this chaos. And the companies can do that by embracing constant reinvention; of their products, processes, services, leadership and so on.
As all coaches know only too well, it makes sense to expect the unexpected. Take our recent assignment to Colombia. Chris Cummins and Daniel Velasco were on their way to a 100-person sales conference in Cartagena, where their mission was to seed a value selling model on day two of the event. Expectant delegates were …
From health to hybrid: workplace trends in the year ahead From Brexit and the pandemic to the Great Resignation and forecast economic recession: the last few years have been anything but settled for business. So what does the rest of 2023 have in store for us? We’ve taken a look at five of the top …
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You don’t have to have worked in the burns unit of a children’s hospital to understand the physical and emotional strain that nurses face, but it helps. Helen Gardiner brought her unique blend of training skills and healthcare experience to the fore, as part of a recent insights training session we delivered in Liverpool. In …
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Behind every inspirational training session delivered by our coaches, is a dedicated team of people who make sure all of our supporting systems and processes run smoothly. Earlier this year, we welcomed two new arrivals to our ever-growing family in the shape of finance manager, Marcia Fenton and designer, Olly Wigley. But what inspires them? …
Launching a new product invariably presents challenges. Managing the delivery of a staggered launch programme across multiple teams in different countries, demands an exceptional level of organisation. In our last newsletter, you may recall the story of our relationship with one particular life sciences customer. What began as a short-term project, writing training manuals for …
We’re incredibly proud of every programme we deliver but there is something extra special about Resilience. If ever there was a programme that lives up to its billing, this is it. Some of you will be familiar with the story. Our head of coaching, Lou Roberts had an idea for a new offer around resilience …
In a recent article on Spiked.com, psychologist and leadership coach, Dr Rebekah Wanic, argued that “diversity training does more harm than good”. She labelled equality, diversity and inclusion training as “virtue signalling” and an expensive waste of time. Her argument was that such training interventions make “employees aware of ethnic, national or racial stereotypes of …
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