What will make a manager dance with joy? 

.........strong R.O.I. 

Everyday harassed executives are being subjected to irrelevant and ineffectual training courses that an HR manager or training officer thought they should attend because it would be good for them. The cost to the company of this wasted effort is far more than the fees paid to the trainer when you add the cost of ..

• Executives time in being away from their customers
• Wasted time in evaluating and  reporting ( justifying)the results
• The incalculable cost of irritating valuable team members

The Oxford Leadership Academy takes executives time very seriously. We provide only short courses which offer a high return on investment (ROI) through our own formula

                                                    R  =  Relevance
Return on Investment      O  =  Originality  
                                                     I  =  Impact

Relevance: Our courses are based on years of experience working with top operating executives who simply don’t have time for training or development. Either their companies are in crisis or they have reached a level in their career when they are expected to ‘know’ how to get things done.  We have developed short courses which inject new learning fast. The subject matter is practical and designed for immediate implementation.

Originality: Most executives don’t like classrooms. We don’t either.  Frankly no one learns much that is actionable in an environment like that. Our courses are action-learning and dialogue based. They are conducted off-site in such diverse settings as football stadiums, gaols, retreat-centres, Navy ships, production lines, newspaper newsrooms, ashrams and alcohol addiction centres. We always mix ‘teachers’ with pragmatic practioners in a venue is always part of the learning experience.

Impact: Every Oxford training course is designed to provide actionable learning experiences that can be implemented immediately. The actual training ‘event’ is only the beginning of the learning experience. The real learning comes from the participants self- observation of his/her application over a period of time. Participants record a journal of experiences and follow-up with the course leader and fellow participants on a regular basis. This ensures that the ‘talk’ is ‘walked’.