A body of work, built one person at a time.
OVV is a Singapore practice for leadership, culture and management development. We design and deliver programmes for senior leaders, middle managers and whole organisations, and advise universities on curriculum design. Every engagement is one piece of a larger body of work; our job is to make every piece count.
- 50+Years combinededucation & facilitation experience
- 8,000Employeesthrough one values & culture programme
- 12,000Individuals reachedthrough national upskilling programmes
- 4SEA marketsMalaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines & Indonesia
Why “OVV”?
OVV takes its name from Œuvre, the French word for a body of work: the complete output of a life spent making things well.
We chose it because training, done honestly, is never a single event. Each talk, each programme, each curriculum is one piece of a larger work that a person and an organisation build over a lifetime. Our job is to make sure every piece counts.
From Passion into Purpose.
Where we are already at work
Engagements delivered to date, by sector. Depth sits in two places: corporate leadership and post-secondary education — 8,000+ employees through a single values programme, four of the six public universities, all polytechnics and every ITE college.
- Corporates & MNCsSMRT · Dataiku · MUFG · Prudential · Lazadaculture & leadership
- Universities4 of the 6 public universitiesdelivery + advisory
- ITE & polytechnicsevery ITE college · all polytechnicsfull coverage
- Schoolsprimary & secondary, across the islandmindset & resilience
Three ways we build capability
One principle runs through everything: people learn from the experience, and learn best by reflecting on it.
Bespoke consulting
We embed with organisations and design what their people actually need.
- Culture, values and teaming
- Strategic conversation design and facilitation
- Strengths-based team development
- Mentoring and coaching cultures
Keynotes & talks
Talks that move rooms, from boardrooms to audiences of 8,000.
- Motivation and employability
- Values, culture and storytelling
- Lifelong learning and well-being
- National SkillsFuture Month keynote, 2020
Sales & leadership
Leaders who sell, persuade and hold teams to a higher standard.
- Strengths-based leadership
- Negotiation and persuasion
- Coaching Ourselves® management modules
- Values-in-action and high-performance teams
What we build, and for whom
Six domains of work, each delivered at the level it is needed. Most engagements begin with one domain and one level, then widen once the first cohort has run.
Senior leadership
Middle management
First-line & emerging leaders
Whole organisation
Workplace culture & values
Turning a stated set of values into how people actually behave on a Tuesday.
- Vision, mission & values rollout
- Values-in-action workshops
- Culture change design & roadmap
- Team norms, trust & recognition
Delivered for SMRT — corporate-wide values programme, 8,000+ employees, inside a two-year culture-change engagement
Strategy & strategic conversation
Getting a leadership team to commit to the same three priorities, and be able to say why.
- Executive strategy & planning sessions
- Strategic thinking workshops
- Innovation & problem-solving sprints
- Coaching Ourselves® (Mintzberg) management modules
Delivered for SMRT senior leaders (SVP and above) · Synapxe department leaders · URA assistant directors and above
Leadership at every level
One craft, pitched differently for a new supervisor and a senior director.
- Senior leadership programmes
- Middle-management development
- Newly appointed leaders
- Leadership presence & influence
Delivered for NAFA academic leadership · URA assistant directors and above · SMRT senior cohorts
Coaching & mentoring capability
Managers who can coach, so development does not depend on us being in the room.
- Coaching skills for managers (GROW)
- Strengths-based coaching — Gallup® CliftonStrengths®
- Building an internal coaching culture
- Mentoring programme design
Delivered for Dataiku senior executives · Synapxe department leaders · NAFA team leaders
Sales leadership & influence
Leaders who can hold a commercial conversation without pushing.
- Coaching for sales leaders
- Negotiation & persuasion
- Influence without authority
- Key-account conversations
Delivered for Chainalysis · Integral Ad Science (APAC) · PSA & finance-sector teams
AI capability for your organisation
AI taught against your real work, not explained as a general theory.
- AI literacy for managers
- Role-based AI workflows
- Governance & safe use
- Train-the-trainer for internal champions
Delivered with LapaLabs (lapalabs.co) — see the partnership note below
AI skills, delivered with LapaLabs
For AI literacy and applied AI at work, OVV partners with LapaLabs (lapalabs.co). LapaLabs designs and runs AI programmes for universities and organisations — including AI masterclasses with HELP University and a one-day AI immersion programme — and builds its own AI products. Together we take AI capability past the demonstration and into the work your teams already do.
- AI literacy for managers
- Role-based AI workflows
- Governance & safe use
- Internal AI champions
The AI immersion programme is HRD Corp claimable for employers in Malaysia.
How every engagement runs
A designed experience, honest reflection, and commitments that survive the room.
- 01 · ExperienceDesigned activity, grounded in a validated framework.
- 02 · ReflectStructured reflection — our signature step.Facts · Feelings · Findings · Future
- 03 · ActCommitments, not notes. Change that survives the room.
Curriculum advisory for universities & IHLs
Programme architecture, experiential pedagogy and assessment, so graduates leave work-ready and life-ready.
- Module and programme design for employability, life skills and leadership
- Experiential pedagogy with reflection built into every lesson
- Assessment strategy that measures applied capability
- Train-the-trainer so institutions run programmes at scale
“Four of the six public universities, the polytechnics and every ITE college have invited us to speak on employment and careers.”
Trusted across government, education & industry
Public agencies, multinationals, IHLs and schools across Singapore and Southeast Asia — one body of work. The scale behind it: 8,000+ employees through a single values programme, 1,000+ community volunteers trained, and 12,000+ individuals reached through national upskilling programmes.
“Every team member left with a positive, motivated mindset and, most importantly, a strong sense of camaraderie, which will significantly enhance our teamwork.”Senior Vice President, APAC
“[The coaching] will go a long way for NAFA. I am very very happy.”Head of HR, NAFA
“[It] managed to push me out of my comfort zone, without me feeling too uncomfortable!”Research Scientist, A*STAR
Government & statutory boards
Defence & home team
Corporate & MNCs
Education & institutions
Logos are rendered in type here; many more agencies, schools and companies are served than can be listed.
Decades of practice, one standard
OVV was established in 2021; the collective behind it carries over 50 years of education and facilitation experience: former teachers, musicians, influencers and consultants, each with five or more years educating diverse audiences.
Experiential by design
Learning through deliberately designed experiences, never lectures.
Grounded in recognised frameworks
Only validated tools we are certified to deliver, from Gallup® to Coaching Ourselves®.
Measured by your results
We measure our success by your success. That is our KPI.
Let’s talk about your people
Tell us the outcome you need, or reach the practice directly.
- Vwww.ovvre.com
- AJustCo @ Centrepoint, 176 Orchard Road #05-05, Singapore 238843
- UEN53434910B
- WA+65 8785 7669