We think the Odyssey Experience is completely different than any other management training, coaching or development programme. Find out a bit more about what makes Odyssey unique and why our clients value our work so highly.

•  What is an Odyssey Experience?
• What do we do?
• What makes the Odyssey Experience different?
  
• Breaking the mould
  
• What do you get?
  
• Your Odyssey people

Central to our ethos is creating what odyssey alumni have described as ‘defining development experiences’.  Key development points in a career that fundamentally alter personal perceptions and practices and act as reference points for future growth and success. These defining experiences will vary from business to business and from individual to individual. Which is why every in-house OdysseyEXPERIENCE™ is bespoke and never simply recycled.  Compared with more classically designed and delivered programmes, Odyssey experiences have shown up to a 400% better return on the consolidation of learning into the work place than traditionally designed and delivered interventions. 

What do we do?

We provide development programmes and consultancy. The programmes may be bespoke and restricted to participants from just the one organisation, or they can be open programmes to promote networking with participants from different organisations; and that’s where our similarity with others ends.  We don’t only preach change in others. We ‘practice what we preach‘, firmly believing we have brought something entirely new and fresh to the development industry.  First and foremost, we live in the real world. Every one of our consultants has achieved success in operational management and development work before joining us. Every one of them recognises that realizing commercial benefit for you is the keystone of our service, helping us to deliver programmes that challenge and stimulate, that are intensive and last a lifetime, that promote excellence, and focused on creating measurable commercial advantage. 

What makes the OdysseyEXPERIENCE™different?

Our interventions build upon and expand participants own experience and knowledge. Enriching participants’ perspectives and drawing on their own potential for growth we provide the latest proven research blended with the best classical development work.  Our events are designed to be a permanent reference point in peoples’ careers and development. The learning is built to last and delivers tangible benefits. Rarely are two programmes identical. As new (or classical) proven research is identified that would add value to the work we do with you, programmes are redesigned to incorporate it (With your agreement) . Permanently working in support of participants’ line managers, programmes are reinforced by ongoing development prompting, topical chat rooms, course material libraries and online coaching. 

Breaking the mould

Hard, pragmatic, different – stimulating, engaging and intensive – uniquely powerful and a call to action. This is visceral and real world development at its best – so we’ve been told! Pushing back the boundaries of training and development, our programmes have a fundamental impact on attendees, daring them to be ‘the best they can be’ and to make today, tomorrow ... every day make a difference, to the benefit of their customers, organisations, teams and selves. 

What do you get?

Odyssey development experiences are based upon the premise that there is no single right answer! There is only the answer that is right for you, based on your and your business’s unique requirements.

Odyssey Experiences are intensive and intense. They ask the difficult questions of participants and the culture of their business. There are no passengers! The experience is real-world and anchored in commercial realities. It is hard work, enjoyable, and the benefits will last a lifetime.  Pragmatic learning experiences that are an anchor point for personal and business success.

Our programmes, bespoke and open, are anchored in the real world of business. The focus is to guide participants through knowing and understanding the concepts to making them a reality in their work-places. Assisting them in driving forward their teams and own performance, you get high-octane development delivering high-octane people.

We combine input sessions, case studies and theory with hands-on exercises, discussion groups and facilitator coaching. All reflected back to the real world of work in which participants operate. Some programmes are residential due to the volume and intensity of work, demanding a high level of commitment from both participants and their organisations.

Compared with more classically designed and delivered programmes, Odyssey Experiences have shown a 400% better return on the consolidation of learning into the work place.

Your Odyssey people