services

At Odyssey we have a team of development specialists with complementary capabilities who have been brought together to provide leading edge, value delivering and ‘performance driving’ development for our clients.

We can provide, as required, the full suite of development services ranging from initial research and training needs analysis, through to design, development, delivery and evaluation. A seamless and fully integrated ‘end to end’ development service that can provide support across multiple aspects of organisational development strategy or work on a project by project basis.

Some of the complementary areas we can support you in are:

Talent identification, management and development
Change management
Cultural integration
Behavioural incentives
Identification and use of psychometrics

One of the founding principles of Odyssey, underpinning everything we do, is our desire to avoid building ‘consultancy dependency’ into our relationships. In support of this we attribute all assignable copyright to our clients for the work we do on their behalf.

Additional aspects of organisational & people development

Our consultants have a broad range of senior management and human resource backgrounds that span multiple business sectors. The list shown is only indicative of the ancillary services we can provide. If there is anything you would like to discuss that is not listed please contact us to discuss your needs in more detail at consulting@odysseygrp.co.uk

assessment and evaluation

A critical and integral aspect of people and business development

Whether, it is at the individual, team, or organisational level, auditing, research, assessment, and evaluation are often critical and integral aspects of people and business development. We are pleased to be able to offer custom made and ‘off the shelf’ services and products in the following areas;

Organisational, Team and Individual ‘Needs Analysis’
Research interviewing (individual or group based)
Assessment and Development Centres
Personal and Team Development Diagnostics and Psychometrics
Cultural Diagnostics and Analysis
Evaluation of Development Activity
360 Degree Feedback

A sample of what we currently provide in hard and soft-copy based products is:

16PF
3D Leadership ©
Belbin
Business Culture
DiSC
EQ Map (Emotional Intelligence)
Firo B
Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI)
Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI)
Leadership Spectrum ©
Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Purposeful Action
Situational Leadership (LBA11)
Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI)
Team Management Systems (TMS)
Team Strengths and Functionality
Transactional Analysis (TA)

We will soon be providing a broader range of on-line development diagnostic and psychometric tools. If you would like to be notified when these are available please contact us at develop@odysseygrp.co.uk

OdysseyCORE™

Most of our work is the design and delivery of fully bespoke development solutions to meet specific needs. These are unique, and reflect your unique business and people development needs.

Now, with a growing global reputation built from working with executive, senior and middle management, and non-management populations, providing high impact development interventions that add sustainable value for your business we are pleased to offer our OdysseyCORE™ service.

In-house programme development

If you want a programme refresh, or to build a new catalogue of programmes for your training function to deliver internally, for a fixed price we can develop a complete suite of development of development programmes on your behalf, and if required, up-skill your employed training professionals to deliver them.

As with all our bespoke work, the copy-right for these programme transfers to you once they have been built.

In support of this we are an accredited development centre with the ILM and can have the programmes accredited on your behalf as either assessment or development awards if that will add value for you.

Recognising the increasing pressure organisations feel when releasing people for longer periods of time, or for budgetary reasons, we can develop a range of OdysseyBYTE™ modules for you. These are a range of 2-3 hour development sessions that when combined can provide a programme of compact and highly targeted development interventions for when you need them most - either to develop additional critical skills or to support project or other change initiatives.

The ‘aquarius concept’

We are also pleased to offer Aquarius. A concept programme for high impact, intensive leadership development easily tailored and adjusted for graduate and talent development. Please contact us for more details at aquarius@odysseygrp.co.uk

consulting

Odyssey can provide expert services, support, and advice, to assist you across the depth and breadth of the organisational development spectrum. We find it is often our role to assist HR and operational managers by acting as a sounding board and independent ‘challenge’ to their thinking; providing new insights and approaches.

Typically the areas we might work in include the following aspects of organisation and people development:

Organisational Development strategy
Training and Development Strategy
Organisational Values and Behavioural Competency Frameworks
Employee Engagement
Behavioural Incentives
Career Path Design and Career Management
Succession Planning
Talent and ‘high Potential’ Development and Management
Cultural Integration
Executive and Senior Team Integration and Development
Corporate Visioning
6 Sigma
Workshop and Seminar Facilitation

Additional aspects of organisational & people development

unique support

We can provide the following unique support mechanisms to assist in sustaining, enhancing, and reinforcing the investment you make in the development of your people:

OdysseyZONE™

A dedicated web resource through which we can provide copies of training materials. All participants can access regularly updated information, remotely, from anywhere in the world, at any time of day.

If required we can also provide discussion forums dedicated to each development topic. These act as a safe environment in which participants can debate, discuss and gain reinforcement from each other and the facilitators for the learning they have experienced.

This is ideal for supporting action learning sets, coaching groups and networking across your business.

Odyssey ONLINE™

On-line and coaching support for six months following programme completion. If the programme is modular we also provide support during the programme itself.

OdysseyPROMPT™

To assist in reinforcing the learning and its transference into the work place, we can provide a regular electronic communication providing additional and complementary information, insights, and guidance on the dimensions covered during the learning experience. This is for six months post programme completion.

OdysseyCPR™ Capability & Profile Reporting

As part of any management or leadership development work we can provide an
‘organisational’ report on the group profile of participants as it develops. This is drawn from any development or assessment psychometrics used and the observations of the facilitators to identify strengths, weakness, and critical trends in behaviour and the associated performance and cultural implications.

webinars

The Odyssey Group has gone digital!

We are pleased to announce that we can now facilitate on-line training sessions that bring together participants from wherever they are around the globe; to learn, interact and share their experiences within a virtual classroom. Our approach within this virtual environment is to utilise the same principals we embed within our classroom based programmes, learning experiences that bring participants together to interact, exchange, and share experiences from the comfort of their desks, in a participative and interactive learning environment.

Bringing participants together

We believe that the training doesn’t stop when participants leave the training room; working with one of our global clients, we now use virtual meeting places to bring together people from multiple locations around the world to share their experiences in applying and transferring learning to the work place, and, establishing best practice for cascade throughout the organisation.