Advanced 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 Advanced OD Practitioner. These are in addition to those required as an Aspiring Change Agent and OD Practitioner.

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 contribution 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 Advanced OD Practitioners building upon the knowledge you have already gained as an Aspiring Change Agent and OD Practitioner. 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.

Consulting approaches and processes - range of consulting styles, able to work with emergent change, work with contradiction and ambiguity.
Conduct re-structure of an organisation - the process for organisations to organise or redesign the systems, process and roles they undertake and which meet strategic objectives.
Transformational change - change that goes beyond the altering of structure and process and may completely alter the operating environment.
Improvement strategies - the vision and goals which lead to defining the steps which will improve organisational processes and lead to organisational behaviour that delivered sustainable improvements to performance.

Skills resources

Below you will find a list of the Skills topics for Advanced OD Practitioners building upon the skills you have already gained as an Aspiring Change Agent and OD Practitioner. 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 complex and competing 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. The facilitator requires a greater range of expertise in managing challenges, resistance and disruption.
Change across organisational and system boundaries - Managing change across functional and organisational systems (e.g. multi departments/organisations).
Demonstrate impact and effectiveness of your practice - seek feedback on own performance through multiple methods and use reflective practice to identify effectiveness of practice.
Horizon scan and future proof - an approach to identify emerging trends and opportunities. Exploring what is likely to happen in the future – including areas of uncertainty, opportunity and challenges.