Leadership, management and team development

Organisational success relies on great leadership. The best leaders are self-aware, adept at reading the environment and skilful in connecting people, ideas and resources. They make good decisions and unlock potential in others. Using diagnostic approaches, we provide creative, invigorating programmes and events to help leaders fulfil their potential.

What we offer

• bespoke programmes to address organisational priorities or specific leadership and management challenges, based on up-to-date leadership theory and a deep knowledge of public service challenges
• individual advice and personal development support, through expert feedback based on psychometric instruments such as MBTI®, Firo B®, Wave®, OPQ®, Hogans, NHS LQF and individually designed 360-degree feedback
• assessment and development centres that help organisations identify their talent and help individuals develop their leadership skills
• action learning sets and networks which focus on personal development, business relevant projects, learning and practice exchange
• one-day programmes and short courses on strategic issues and topics which include effective communication, ‘lean thinking’ and creativity
• governance and leadership development for boards and top teams of organisations and partnerships
• conferences, seminars and awaydays, using collaborative techniques including world café, open space and future search
• executive and performance coaching
• evaluation of your development programmes.

Why choose OPM?

Our experience

Our experience ranges from development sessions for seniors teams to open national accredited programmes involving hundreds of people. All our facilitators are experienced leaders and managers with extensive expertise in the theory and practice of leadership and management. Each brings a deep understanding and appreciation of public services. We’re genuinely excited about using new approaches and applying old ones in new and relevant ways. We’re resilient and enthusiastic and we’re never afraid to challenge and improve our own practice.

Our approach

We work in partnership to design and deliver programmes and evaluate our work, and we help participants work to achieve the social outcomes that matter to them. We encourage reflective learning, the critique and formulation of appropriate theories, creative planning and courageous practice. We do this in ways that are stretching and supportive.

Find out more

If you would like to talk to someone about our leadership and management development work, email Sonal Shah