OD&D

About this event

What is OD&D? An opportunity for attendees to find out more about what roles are in OD&D.

This is a great event for those who want to know more about Organisation Design and Development (OD&D), or if you’re already working in a similar role to hear more about what others are doing and share insights.

We have a great range of speakers, so you’ll get diverse perspectives, tips about both starting and excelling in your career in OD&D and a great opportunity to meet others.

The event will cover:

• What OD&D is.
• Three 3 brilliant panel members from a range of organisations explain their work.
• Highlighting the diversity of the profession in terms of roles eg. Some people do the work as part of being a business partner, some as a specialist team.
• Highlighting the diversity of the profession in terms of types of work eg. from learning, culture and development, to organisation design, restructures and operating models.
• Providing insights to attendees about getting into these roles and types of skills and experiences needed (these may be experienced HR people who want to move into this area, or entry level).

Panel:

Michelle Lloyd, Organisation Design & Development People Team, Co-Op

Michelle Lloyd is an experienced Organisation Design and Development practitioner at Co-op, with 12 years of OD expertise across banking and retail. She’s passionate about aligning strategy, structure, and experiences to create environments that empower people to work brilliantly together.

George Whalley, HR Director, L&Q Group

George is a CIPD Chartered Fellow and has been in HR leadership roles for over 20 years, working within legal, financial services and social housing. He is currently HR Director, People Operations & Business Partnering at L&Q where he leads a team of 70 HR professionals supporting an organisation of around 4000 colleagues and which houses 250,000 people across London, the South-East and the North-West of England.

Steven Berry, Organisational Development Manager, Trafford Council

Steven began his career working with adult and young offenders in the prison estate, facilitating cognitive-behavioural drug treatment and offending behaviour programmes. He enabled behaviour change through group facilitation, motivational interviewing, and coaching. Later, he moved into OD and L&D within local government, applying his expertise in behaviour change to drive organisational success. His work has focused on employee engagement, wellbeing, and recognition programmes. Steven has led initiatives such as developing wellbeing strategies, onboarding programmes, and employee benefits platforms. He has also managed the full L&D cycle, including management development and training in areas like interviews, coaching, and facilitation.

Aesha Zafar (Chair), OD & Change, Civil Service

Aesha is hugely excited by making the important impossible happen and creating the optimum organisation, culture and employee experience - and that is usually as a result of attracting, recruiting and developing brilliant people and driving change and transformation, alongside plenty of OD&D. She has worked across multiple sectors, with media, Digital and Public Sector being the most popular.

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