Are you looking for training that your staff will enjoy, remember and put into practice? Olive Strachan Resources is a leading provider of training courses that can help your business develop the skills needed to run more successfully, more efficiently and more profitably.

We offer bespoke training consultancy and cost effective training courses for businesses of all sizes. Whether you are new to running a business, or an experienced professional, then our training courses will expand your management skills and the abilities of your staff. If you want to strengthen your sales team, improve customer service or work more productively as a team, then we can help you achieve these goals.

Based in Manchester, but servicing businesses throughout Liverpool and the entire UK, Olive Strachan Resources provides innovative and creative training courses that use the latest training techniques, such as Accelerated learning, NLP and Emotional Intelligence. These methods ensure that your staff understand what they learn and are able to apply the training messages in the workplace, giving long term benefits to your organisation.

There are obvious benefits when you bring in a specialist training provider, such as the improved productivity of your staff, but are you aware of the increase in profitability that our training services can bring?

Clients of ours enjoy the following after investing in our training courses:

• More satisfied customers. Businesses provide better customer service and enjoy stronger relationships with customers once their staff have spent time on training courses.
• Improved staff retention. Training aids morale by making staff feel valued and more suited to their role. Spend less time and money on recruitment and more on keeping the staff you’ve already invested in.
• Enhanced quality of service. Better working practices and more skilled employees will improve the quality of your products and services.

Think how much more competitive and profitable your business will be when your offering is stronger, your customers are more satisfied and your staff are happier.

To develop your business with the aid of highly skilled training providers in Manchester and Liverpool call OSR on 0161 838 5692 today.

We can help improve the skills and motivation of your staff by continuous training and development. We provide both 'in-house' courses and bespoke courses that can be tailor-made to meet your needs.

OSR are an international training consultancy offering businesses a complete range of training solutions. Whether your need is for one to one coaching on specific issues, design and delivery of training programmes, provision of leading training resources or consultancy and management of large performance projects, our team of experienced consultants will be able to assist you...

Industry leading training course providers

From our open-house courses to tailor-made in-house training workshops, our highly trained consultants will deliver solutions that are specific to the individual needs of your business.

Do you need to train your staff off site? Then send them to our open access courses, delivered by experienced trainers from their field, ranging from soft skills to career counselling and coaching...

Bespoke training courses

If you require a bespoke training program written and delivered at a location of your choice then we can fulfil your requirements. The team at OSR can cater to all your training and development needs, no matter how simple or how complex. Our extensive portfolio of courses embraces a diverse range of subjects, from improving customer service to presentation skills, all of which can be customised for you. Our trained consultants can also provide training needs analysis helping you to identify where you need to focus staff development.

Human Resources Consultancy

If you are unable to provide HR services to your staff and need to outsource your HR requirements then why not use one of our experienced HR professionals? We can provide your business with up to date and relevant advice on issues and laws that are of concern.

We provide HR solutions and support that are tailored to meet the needs of your business. For full details of our consultancy services, contact us today on 0161 838 5692.

Training Resource Centre, Videos and DVDs

Make the most of your management and staff with the latest training resources. We offer a wide range of videos, DVDs, books, software, management games and manuals so that your company can have a training resource library on site. We can also provide details on how to set up, open and stock a Learning Resource Centre, arrange networking sessions with other organisations who will share their expertise with you, on-line training and bespoke e-learning through our partners.

Some of our clients are listed here, to view case studies click here

Members of The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

To receive our newsletter, enter your email address in the box provided and hit Submit:

Olive Strachan has worked as a Regional Manager for the Award Winning training company Video Arts. She founded Olive Strachan Resources / Consultancy in 1998 and in just eleven years she has built a formidable reputation as an outstanding trainer.



Olive is a TetraMap accredited trainer


She is an acknowledged expert on leadership and has worked with a vast variety of successful individuals and teams, having delivered "Liberating Leadership" and "Motivational Leadership" workshops both as open house courses and as bespoke courses for organisations like NCC, Amaze, Arawak Walton Housing Association, John Lewis, Astra Zeneca and The British Council

07th April 2011 Final 28 April OSR PR01 CIPD event ...

15th December 2010 Zebra Press Release for OSR Ltd House of commons LEP event ...

1st September 2009 Social Enterprise North West Olive Strachan Board a board member for THE EMBF NW whose task it is to drive policy making activities and ensure good governance. In this role, the board provides the EMBF NW’s interface with key strategic partners at national and regional...

12th March 2009 Celebrating BME businesses in the Northwest The prestigious ceremony was organised by the Ethnic Minority Business Forum, part of the Northwest Regional Development Agency. Hosted by BBC presenter Ranvir Singh, over 400 guests attended the awards including Baroness Valerie Amos, Lead...