Impact Measurement
Measuring the impact of training and your return on investment
82% of businesses believe that employee wellbeing should be a business priority, but many say it takes a back seat to other priorities. Whilst all organisational wellbeing investments will have been kicked off with some form of business case, outlining the anticipated return on that investment, many senior business leaders fear that these investments may be at risk due to the absence of a credible method to measure impact.
Oakwood have been conducting research on this issue for some time and have developed a proprietary evaluation platform and methodology which assesses the impact of wellbeing training programmes. Based on our extensive experience consulting with large corporate clients on their wellbeing strategies and the countless conversations had with managers over the years about wellbeing development aims and outcomes, we are working to evolve the system into a general wellbeing impact measurement system.
The system will be configurable to specifically align with your organisation’s wellbeing investment business case. We are also working to ensure the technology stack, data security and data visualisation tools meet the needs of the greatest proportion of our large corporate clients. If you would like to hear more or input to the ongoing development of this system, please get in touch.
Here’s a taster of what our training tries to achieve
De-Escalating & Managing Conflict
Are your teams equipped with the skills and behaviours required to diffuse and manage conflict in the workplace?
MoreWorkplace Wellbeing For Managers
Do your managers know how to build personal and team resilience? Do the understand the link between performance and wellbeing?
MoreHolistic Approach To Wellbeing In The Workplace
How do you and your teams handle mental health support or are the really difficult conversations avoided?
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So, what makes our system different
1. Training specific or customised to for general wellbeing markers
2. Licence based model, but no lengthy contract
3. It’s more than just a survey
4. Data to aid investment decision making
5. Data to communication the wellbeing story to your teams
6. Live data visualisation tools (Coming soon)
A Wellbeing Partnership
Hear what our clients have to say
We had an amazing meeting with the Oakwood consultancy team exploring all things wellbeing and working through our wellbeing focus and strategy for the future. We are looking forward to working more deeply with the Oakwood team, commencing with a set of wellbeing events for our leadership team and managers.
Caroline Cording
Group HR Director Mamas and Papas
Oakwood were the expert friend that helped us springboard to where we are today. They have helped is to introduce wellbeing champions, Mental Health awareness modules, resilience content and listening groups, we have seen a much stronger engagement in wellbeing content specifically
since working with Oakwood and expect that to continue to grow.
Chris Britton
Head of Learning and Development, Carpetright
Having Oakwood deliver to our brief was important to us; they achieved this by bringing together existing activities, harmonising with our culture, and yet challenging the thinking for our leaders.
Frank Nigriello
Director of Corporate Affairs, Unipart Group
Oakwood are incredibly customer focussed; taking the time to really understand the different levels of support we need and developing bespoke programmes for us. Oakwood has partnered us in rolling out numerous mental health and personal safety programmes and they are also helping us with some bespoke support for lone workers at night.
Geoff Speed
Head of Talent Development, Marie Curie
The best thing about working with Oakwood is their collaborative approach. They understand our needs from MHFA training to senior leader and manager wellbeing workshops. Our work with Oakwood gave us permission to discuss mental health at the leadership level and has changed the way our managers think about the team’s wellbeing.
Tania Holcroft
People & Culture Director, Greene King
Facing the challenge of an ever-increasing pace of change and the pandemic impact, Unipart employed the services of Oakwood’s acknowledged wellbeing expert Terry Streather to help our leaders to understand their role in meeting these 21 st century challenges. Terry worked in small groups as well presenting to the entire leadership team and the sessions gained many plaudits from the attendees.
John Neill
Chairman & CEO, Unipart Group
Oakwood have helped Next to embark upon their journey to improve the way those who experience mental ill-health are recognised, heard, and helped. From the development of corporate objectives and a Mental Wellbeing Charter to the creation and delivery of comprehensive training programmes and procedures, Oakwood have been incredibly supportive at every stage.
Andy Latham
Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing, Next
Brands we work with
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The training was engaging, accessible, informative, important and mind-broadening. We came away with a much clearer picture of how mental health issues affect people at work. The training helped to dispel the stigma and fear of mental health - giving delegates the confidence to recognise some of the symptoms and a desire to do what we can to help people through periods of mental ill-health.
Lord Simon Wolfson
CEO, Next
Oakwood's approach is highly professional and bespoke. The training I attended with them, along with the top 25 senior leaders at Barnardo's was one of the most profound learning experiences I have had in a while. High quality, fast paced, deep, challenging, thought provoking and humorous. Brilliant!
Javed Khan
CEO, Barnados
The session was a great opportunity to reflect on how and why we should always talk about Mental Health, and how we can support one another.
Nick Mackenzie
CEO, Greene King
I’ve worked with the Oakwood team on multiple projects. It’s a sad fact that violence and aggression is on the rise in the retail sector and AS Watson wanted to be proactive and give our colleagues the knowledge and tools to diffuse a potentially intense situation that could put our teams, colleagues, or visitors at risk.
Claire Reeves
People Development Content & Design Manager, Superdrug / AS Watson Group
Oakwood have completed many sessions for us since engaging with them in 2019. All course delegates praise the trainers for their professionalism, experience, and informative style; making the course easy to digest and changing their outlook on mental health. They have commenced some conflict management training, which we know will be delivered to the same standard.
Tommy Kelly
Group Health and Safety Manager, Matalan
The Oakwood team offer amazing support and guidance when needed. Oakwood were the expert friend that helped us springboard to where we are today, introducing wellbeing champions, Mental Health awareness modules, resilience content and listening groups. We have seen much stronger engagement in wellbeing content specifically and expect that to continue to grow.
Chris Britton
Head of Learning and Development, Carpetright
We were seeking a training partner with experience in delivering services to large complex retailers and one able to deliver the right level of impact across our workforce. We see great potential in using Oakwood’s services to enhance the wellbeing and care of our colleagues; making them feel more confident and able to raise issues they have in the workplace.
Graham Stapleton
CEO, Halfords
Services
How else can we help?
Training
Programmes
Training in skills and behaviours to enhance workplace wellbeing and facilitate employee productivity
MoreeLearning
Programmes
Bringing our bespoke training content and unique engaging delivery style to the online world
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Support
From policies to your wellbeing strategy, our consultancy services are perfectly tuned to your needs
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