What is OD anyway?
OD is the planned process to change the culture, systems and behaviour of an organisation for the better. In essence, it’s all about improving things!
There are two ways we can do this:
- The Delve team can support your teams directly, connecting people with strategy, bridging the gap between the culture you have and the culture you want.
- Your people professionals and leaders can access our diagnostic-led programmes which will equip them with tools to improve culture, boost engagement, and drive performance.
What are the benefits of The Delve OD Programme?
The benefits of OD are multifaceted and often include improved employee engagement and team morale, improved productivity and, ultimately, increased organisational profitability and sustainability.
Our programme empowers your people professionals and leaders to drive meaningful change. This helps your organisation thrive through clearer alignment, stronger relationships, and a more effective way of working.
Align people and strategy
Use tools and techniques to connect your workforce to your business goals to improve clarity, motivation, and collective performance across teams.
Improve workplace culture
The best people to shape a healthier, more engaging culture that supports collaboration, trust, and long-term employee satisfaction are your front-line leaders and people professionals.
Build internal capability
Build capability in practical OD skills, that can be applied immediately and sustained over time, with less need to bring in external and costly support.
Drive sustainable change
Use proven tools at the front line of your organisation, to make changes that stick, shaping systems, behaviours, and mindsets for lasting improvement.
Boost engagement and performance
Develop the skills to diagnose challenges and create the conditions for people to thrive, improving day-to-day engagement and overall productivity.
Understand what works
Build confidence and capability in understanding workforce data, measuring the impact and adapting strategies based on real insights and business outcomes.
Who can attend the Delve OD Programme?
This service is ideal for anyone navigating growth, change, or cultural challenges. We work with HR teams, people leaders, and executives across sectors who want to build stronger, more aligned, and people-focused organisations.
People professionals
HRBPs and other people professionals are often trapped in the fixing of people problems without the necessary confidence and capability to get to the root cause of challenges. Our OD Programme can build skills in OD tools and techniques to lead meaningful cultural change and improve people processes from the inside out.
Senior leaders
Senior leaders responsible for transformation and change can benefit from having the skills and confidence to facilitate and diagnose blockers and enablers.
Line managers
We believe that every leader should have the OD capability, tools and techniques to diagnose their teams’ performance and overcome challenges to create an environment for everyone to thrive.
Organisational development results we’ve driven
Common questions about our OD consultancy service and The Delve OD Programme
Curious about how it all works? Here’s what you need to know about getting started, what’s involved, and how we support you throughout the process.
There are 4 half day workshops delivered in person or virtually that typically run over 8–12 weeks. It includes a mix of workshops, coaching, and practical application. Delegates will be expected to work on a people project while attending the programme and undertake diagnostic activities.
We work with HR teams, people leaders, and senior managers—anyone involved in shaping culture, strategy, or organisational performance.
OD can be valuable in improving team and leadership effectiveness, developing a shared vision, values or culture and it can support change and transformation. It can also assist teams to improve collaboration and communication, strengthening systems and processes for better outcomes.
We start by understanding your organisation, goals and challenges then co-design an approach with you. This might include workshops, coaching, leadership and/or team development. Our aim is to create measurable change that sticks.
Every organisation is unique. We work closely with you to understand your context and culture before recommending any solutions. We combine evidence-based approaches with our deep experience across sectors.
We combine deep OD expertise with a practical, action-orientated approach. We are experienced in complex, multi-stakeholder environments and we bring curiosity, flexibility and a focus on tangible outcomes.
Whether you are working with us directly, or developing your people professionals in OD, we help you define success upfront and build simple, effective ways to track culture and performance improvements over time.