Graduate Development Programme

Overview

This year-long programme (consisting of six, half-day training modules plus five group coaching sessions and a Closure Workshop) provides practical help to enable graduates to become skilled and effective employees, who are valued by both by their manager and their organisation. It helps graduates to understand what is required to be successful in the workplace and explains the techniques that are necessary to deliver on their goals with a sense of self-confidence and self-awareness.

Learning objectives

By attending this modular, highly interactive and practical course you will:

• Appreciate your core values and how they shape your actions
• Discover techniques for communicating effectively
• Acquire skills for managing your work load
• Learn how to develop a good ‘network’
• Understand how to solve problems effectively

Who should attend?

All graduates who want to understand what it takes to thrive in a commercial environment.

Programme structure

The Graduate Development Programme is a twelve month development cycle that consists of a series of half-day, interlinked, training modules, interspersed with group coaching sessions and ending with a Closure Workshop.

 

Support

Group Coaching (Action Learning)

Each half-day workshop is followed by an Action Learning phase, which involves the participants trying out the skills in ‘real life’ situations and then formally discussing how they are getting on in a group coaching session, facilitated by the Boulden consultant. The key principle that underpins this work is simply the notion that ‘practice makes perfect’; so people need to be helped to implement what they have learnt into their daily work routines. The group coaching allows the delegates to get access to guidance from a professional facilitator and receive support from their colleagues, as they try out their new skills in the work environment. The group coaching also provides an opportunity for the Boulden consultant to run ‘micro teaching sessions’ on topics of interest that arise out of the debates that take place between the participants as they discuss what happens when they attempt to use the tools ‘in action’. In addition, this ‘group mentoring’ helps to develop the participants’ analytical skills, builds team spirit and encourages what psychologists call ‘deliberate practice’, which is a key element of mastering a new skill.

Remote Training

All of our workshops can be delivered as Remote Training via e-learning modules plus Zoom based virtual workshops. Please see our Virtual Training page for more information.