Graduate Development Programmes
Team-based personal development
Two, three or five day team-based personal development programmes custom designed to engage newly appointed graduates in a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities and experiences and relevant input sessions. The programmes will:
- assist your graduate appointees in the transition from higher education to the workplace
- stimulate personal development through cross-functional teamwork, collaboration & positive interaction, generating individual & team learning opportunities and creating workplace associations
- bring individuals together as a group to encourage and develop leadership, communication, collaboration, creative thinking, problem solving and personal influencing skills
- raise self-awareness of how actions and behaviours can impact on individual and team effectiveness.
- build relationships in a fun non-threatening environment and provide a fun, memorable and rewarding experience to all participants
The programme is underpinned by current thinking on aspects of organisation, team and personal development by the way of input workshops, evening personal work. A facility for one to one Facilitator - Participant feedback at the end of the programme is provided. Programme also includes welcome & corporate positioning and input presentations by client senior management and previous years' graduates. Opportunities also exist to involve graduate managers and mentors in the programme.
Key benefits for you and your participants
- Full project management of your programme, including venue sourcing & liaison, pre-event information and communication
- Lead Facilitation team with extensive experience of designing and delivering Graduate Programmes in the public and private sectors
- Scope and content are aligned to the individual, as well as the organisational context. This may include production of comprehensive Personal Learning Logs, Team Learning Logs & Personal Goal Maps designed around competency frameworks, organisational values & supporting behaviours.
- Programme flexibility allows the incorporation of corporate positioning and insights into the employer organisation
- Online MBTI or BELBIN Team Role profiling both offer robust external validation, as well as an objective perspective to help define individual personality preferences / preferred team roles. Either profiling option offers an introduction to understanding the valuable differences that exist between people and enhances communication through positive interaction. Interpretive reports for each participant will be produced.
- Indoor and outdoor teambuilding exercises are low risk and non threatening but great fun, highly experiential, stimulating and engaging
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Participants leave with a solid platform of personal learning that gives them confidence in undertaking their new roles
Option to include:
- Final day personalised one to ones between Facilitator and Participant, using Personal Goal Maps, offer a focus and sounding board to establish quick win ideas & intentions as well as creating a platform for action planning
- Individual programme reports that are co-authored between Facilitator and Participant to help ground the learning back in the workplace
Organisations that have used our Graduate Programmes
- NATS - 2007, 2008 & 2009
- GE VetcoGray - 2006, 2007 & 2009
- British Energy plc - 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009
What British Energy plc wanted
Maximillion were commisioned to design & deliver a three day team-based personal development programme as part of a wider five day induction programme, all of which was event managed by Maximillion. The target audience was the 2006 graduate intake across a number of disciplines. The first two days provided participants with an introduction to their new roles and further insights into the organisation.
The key outcome for all was the need for increased self awareness and a gauge for measuring individual performance and contribution in team-based situations. The programme provided an ideal opportunity for the newly appointed graduates to create an individual template in their real world against which their own contribution could be valued - building the bridge back to their new workplaces. Due to the success of the 2006 event, Maximillion was commissioned to deliver an extended 5-day programme in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
What they said
Graduates
"Really good programme - I feel it was all worthwhile"
"Overall a very enjoyable, productive experience"
"Had a great time - loved getting to know all of the other graduates
"Thank you - it was truly excellent. I was sad to leave"
"I know my strengths and weaknesses now and can work on them"
Programme Sponsors
"The graduates mentioned that Keith and Mike (Lead Facilitators) had a great approach and were friendly and helpful throughout the full event. Myself and Julie would like to thank Sandy and Stuart (Sales & Operations) for all their hard work and prompt assistance throughout the programme. Even the office staff were very extremely helpful in the tutor's absence if I had any queries."