Many senior leaders and HR professionals are already practising organisational development – they’re just not always doing it deliberately. They’re leading restructures, responding to culture challenges and managing the fallout from change programmes. This course makes that practice intentional.
The CMI Level 7 Organisational Development and Design course gives you the strategic frameworks, diagnostic tools and consultancy skills to approach OD with confidence and rigour. Working through the full OD consultancy cycle – from initial diagnosis through intervention design, implementation, and evaluation – you develop a structured OD approach that reflects your organisation’s strategy, your role and your own values as a practitioner.
Delivered by active OD consultants and business practitioners (not academics), the course has a deliberate real-world focus. Key OD models, theories and case studies are used as practical reference points, not theory for its own sake. You are encouraged throughout to test ideas against your own organisational context and leave with an approach you can apply immediately.
Organisational development is one of the most consequential levers available to senior leaders. Done well, it improves staff retention, productivity and innovation capacity – and positions organisations to stay competitive through continuous change. This course equips you to lead that work at a strategic level, with the confidence and credibility that CMI Level 7 accreditation brings – available as a 4-day virtual programme with open cohort places, or as in-house delivery for teams.
