New ILM Qualifications

We’ve recently updated our Qualification offering and can now deliver the folowing programmes for your organisation; L2 Award and Certificate in Team Leading L3 Award and Certificate in Leadership and Management L3 Award in First Line Management L3 Award in Effective Management L5 Award and Certificate in Leadership and Management.   For more information about [...]

We’re on the move…

We’re pleased to announce that from 1st April you can now find us at;   Barn 4, Office D1, Dunston Business Village, Stafford Road, Dunston, Stafford. ST18 9AB Why not take a virtual tour of our new community at http://www.dunstonbusinessvillage.com/video-tour.php                    

Leadership Engagement

Here’s an interesting article from the Institiute of Leadership & Management about employee engagement. Don’t forget that we’re here to help you develop your leaders at all levels within your organisation. Read about Employee Engagement

Cheshire Centre for Independent Living

We’ve just started to work with the Cheshire Centre for Independent Living.  This pioneerng scheme helps to provide development and training opportunities to people with special needs who wish to live an independent life.  We’re supporting by providing assertivness, communication and influencing skills so that individuals can work effectively with their employees and have succesful [...]

Team Building at the PDSA

As part of our connection with Charity Days, we get the opportunity to volunteer to facilitate sessions on a free of charge basis.  One of our favourite charities is the veterinary charity PDSA, with whom we’ve worked now for several years. The exciting challenge was to support a team away day for the Finance Team [...]

We did it!!

Open Road Learning Ltd are proud to announce that they are officially an Approved Centre for the Institute of Leadership and Management and can now offer the following accreditted programmes; Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management Level 3 Certificate in Leadership and Management Level 5 Certficate in [...]

Pulling together

In September of 2010 we were asked to design and deliver a team event for a group of  Information Systems Analysts for one of our oil and gas clients.  The team had grown quite rapidly and had the added complication of being split over several geographical locations.  The keys aims of the event were; to [...]

Team Building in Edinburgh

Earlier this year we were fortunate enough to work with one of our clients on a team building event in Edinburgh.  The 2 day event was developed to get the team, who are based in 2 very separate locations, to build relationships and work together more effectively. Day one kicked off at lunchtime with a [...]

Projecting Excellence at MPG

Three cohorts have now completed the Project Excellence programme consisting of; Strategic Awareness Team Awareness Individual Awareness. Of the three cohorts, 2 of the groups have made a presentation to the Board of Directors.  These sessions have enabled the participants to a) demonstrate how their learning has impacted on the way they undertake their roles [...]

First Line Manager Development

As part of an ongoing development programme for First Line Managers, the Gist depot at Crewe asked us to help to develop a modular programme to increase management skills.  The programme consisted of 6, 1 day modules with timings based around the shift patterns of the participants.  Each module was developed around the company 6 [...]