Bespoke Development
At Jo Ouston & Co a major part of our work is delivering bespoke development solutions for corporate clients - in blue-chip companies, public sector bodies and not-for-profits.

Bespoke solutions always start with client needs. We see our role as supporting management and helping Business Partners, Learning & Development professionals and training specialists to add value and deliver their objectives.

• Our hallmarks are flexibility, reliability, stoicism, delivery and value for money
• We are creative in problem solving and finding workable solutions in complex situations
• We are sensitive to organisational politics and what is achievable
• We have many long-standing relationships - 80% of our work is with clients who have been with us for five years or more and who use us repeatedly.

Bespoke Training
The programmes we deliver range from courses for large cohorts, such as graduate entrants, to specialist interventions for small groups and in-house versions of our open courses. Some of the areas in which we work include:

• Developing Personal Presence and Impact
• Presentations with Impact
• Sending the Right Message
• Managing and Motivating People
• Inspiring Others Through Change

Tailored courses are highly flexible - content, timing and duration can be adapted to specific organisational circumstances.

Locations too are flexible - programmes can be delivered in our own training facilities at our London offices, at client premises or at external venues in the UK or overseas.

Consultancy
Clients often approach us with situations for which they have just a feeling but no definite answer.

Jo Ouston can work with the client to develop an appropriate solution at the right price by drawing on her own experience of past projects and assignments over the last 25 years and on a substantial network of specialists, in addition to her own team of training consultants and mentors.

Jo Ouston & Co particularly enjoy working in partnership with clients to achieve creative and effective solutions.

Special Projects
Examples of special projects undertaken by the practice include:

• Development of a client-specific post-graduate Diploma/Masters programme in Creative Talents & Solutions in conjunction with Bristol Business School.
• Design and development in-house mentoring schemes for clients in the public and private sectors.
• Roll-out nationally of a sales improvement plan for a major retailer.