OD Practitioners

What it takes to do OD

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You will find resources here that will help you to understand and develop your knowledge and skills for effective organisational development, in support of achieving best outcomes for those you support or lead through OD approaches as an effective OD Practitioner. These are in addition to those required as an Aspiring Change Agent.

You are invited to explore these resources in any order and at your own pace. The resources can be used in several ways:

To support and prepare for your personal development plan discussions with your line manager
To evidence progress towards achieving personal development goals
To develop knowledge and skills in areas of interest to you
To gain greater insight in to your own preferences, behaviours, responses and attributes. This will develop your confidence to contribute to your authentic self.

The resources have been organised into two sections below titled Knowledge Resources and Skills Resources.

Knowledge resources

Below you will find a list of the Knowledge topics for OD Practitioners. Each of the links will take you directly to the additional information and resources for the selected topic on the Knowledge page shown in the menu on the left hand side.

Consultancy styles and processes - range of consulting styles from partner to expert and consulting process.
OD Theory - the research, concepts and models that discuss the theories relating to organisational change and performance.
Organisation design theories - frameworks and models to assess, design and implement organisation structures that will deliver organisational strategy.
Change theory - models and frameworks which explain the process of change.
Change management process - the process of identifying, agreeing, planning and implementing a change to a system.
How to facilitate - the process and approach to guiding groups in meetings, planning, learning, and to help them function more effectively.

Skills resources

Below you will find a list of the Skills topics for OD Practitioners. Each of the links will take you directly to the additional information and resources for the selected topic on the Skills page shown in the menu on the left hand side.

Effective facilitation of large, multi-disciplinary/multi-agency groups with differing agendas - the process and approach to guiding groups in meetings, planning, learning, and to help them function more effectively taking into account the multi-dimensional nature of the group and awareness of group dynamics.
Coaching Skills - coaching skills typically refers to methods of helping individuals improve, develop, learn new skills, gain new insights, achieve objectives and manage change.
Improving individual and group effectiveness - work with individuals and groups to define required standards of effectiveness and coach, facilitate and support individual and groups through process of change.
Manage project successfully - an understanding of the methods and skills to manage OD projects including terms of reference, scoping, benefits, managing stakeholders and sponsors, etc.
Contracting for change - the process and skills required to establish mutual expectations and clarifying key deliverables, outcomes, timescales, available resources and budget.
Improvement methodology - a range of methodologies which can be utilised to increase effectiveness of processes. May include Lean, Re-engineering/Re-design, process mapping.
Key questions that challenge thinking and assumptions - These are questions that inspire discovery, new insights and new action. Working with stakeholders, it is possible to hear their assumptions which may or may not be based on truth or reality.