British Forces’ officers have a well-deserved reputation for excellence, and Orion candidates reflect these high standards.
The demands of service leadership means skills and competencies are tested in the most extreme conditions. The rigorous selection process for Forces’ officers imbues them with a number of core characteristics and skills that are equally in demand in both the commercial and financial services sector;
Innate Skills: leadership, integrity, decision making, man management, flexibility, initiative, innovation, loyalty, adaptability, multi-tasking, presentation skills, self reliance.
Specialist Skills: managing diversity, working in a regulated environment, project management, quantitative skills, logistic planning, strategy planning, change management.
Essential Leadership Traits: Learning how to work as a team, organisational skills, communication skills, defining a goal and motivating others to follow, a highly developed sense of ethics, the ability to remain calm under pressure.