The Office (UK) episode “Training” features the outside staff facilitator named Rowan. In the episode, Wernham Hogg employees attend a staff training day led by Rowan, whose professional approach quickly clashes with David Brent’s need to dominate the room.
“Training” is the third episode of the first series. The session is intended to improve the employees’ skills, but Brent repeatedly interrupts and turns the event into another opportunity for his jokes, opinions and self-promotion. His behaviour makes the training increasingly uncomfortable for the staff and undermines the facilitator’s role.
The episode also develops the relationship between Tim Canterbury and Dawn Tinsley. Tim becomes bored and leaves the session to return to his job, while Dawn is upset by problems involving her fiancé, Lee. Tim later invites her for a drink, only to discover that she and Lee are still together.
The title can cause confusion because workplace training is a recurring idea in the series, but Rowan appears specifically in “Training.” The episode was part of the first six-episode series, broadcast in 2001.