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VINCI UK Leaders picking up the baton at Project Orchestra!

If you’re a regular reader of Latest News, you’ll know that we’re heavily involved in the roll-out of the ‘Project Orchestra’ programme with one of our clients, VINCI UK. Based on the Best Practices for Construction Project delivery, ‘Orchestra’ looks at the project launch, works planning and delivery phases of construction projects across the UK...

ORL announce new strategic partnership with Bell Taylor

ORL are delighted to announce the formation of a new strategic partnership with Bell Taylor, a specialist employment law consultancy supplying Employment Law, HR and Health & Safety support services to a number of UK-based businesses. Going forward, ORL will provide the training resource and support for Bell Taylor’s own client training activities, while Bell...

5 Star Service at VINCI Facilities

We’re delighted to be working again with one of our established clients, VINCI Facilities, on a customer care programme called ‘5 Star Customer Service’. The aim of the programme is to help customer facing employees feel confident in delivering truly ‘5 Star’ standards of service in all aspects of their role. A pilot event has been...

Acorns to mighty oaks do grow…

Last month saw us run a very successful team building event for the Income Generation team at Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust in Birmingham. Acorns are a registered charity offering specialist care for life limited and life threatened babies, children and young adults and their families in the Midlands. The day focussed on clarifying objectives and...

Bite-sized learning sends them into a spin at Whirlpool…!

ORL associate Tim Ashworth recently spent a very useful the day with one of our clients, domestic appliance supplier Whirlpool at their UK headquarters in Peterborough. Tim delivered four 90-minute workplace effectiveness workshops – ‘The Art of Prioritising’, ‘Dealing with Time Stealers,’ ‘Saying No Nicely’ and “The Art of Effective Delegation.”  If you feel your staff...

Full steam ahead at Maersk Line…!

Congratulations to the successful learners at container shipping company Maersk Line who have achieved their ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership & Management. After attending our ‘Effective Manager’ programme, the learners then completed four separate work-based assignments in Planning and Organising, Managing Performance, Motivation and Leadership in order to gain their qualification. The successful team are pictured...