Graduate Development Programme

Over 330,000 students graduate from UK universities each year. There is fierce competition amongst organisations to recruit the best and the brightest. Significant time and money is invested in the selection process, yet organisations consistently complain that the graduates they hire are often lacking the essential ‘soft’ skills of business, which are generic and relevant to every job in every workplace in every industry. Skills such as: working in a team; developing relationships; communicating with others; customer service; negotiation; personal organising; problem solving; commercial awareness.

This highly interactive and fun course, delivered as three 1 day modules, is designed to provide your future managers with the essential skills of the modern workplace. They will not only learn what these skills are and why they are so important in today’s ‘knowledge organisations’, they will directly experience the benefits they can bring to their career at both a professional and personal level. As importantly, it will reduce the time it takes them to start making a real contribution to the work of your organisation.

The returning participants will benefit your organisation by being able to:

• Understand the mechanics of business and how they can create value for their organisation
• Take responsibility for personal development
• Improve self-organisation and time management
• Solve problems as a group
• Communicate effectively with peers, superiors and subordinates
• Understand how to contribute to a team
• Make decisions which are practical
• Deliver a persuasive presentation
• Constructively manage their self-confidence and stress levels
• Begin to demonstrate personal leadership qualities

Key topics from each of the modules:

Module 1

• Introduction
• Financial Awareness
• Value Added

Module 2

• Establishing Personal Development Needs
• Setting Personal Development Objectives
• Managing Change (Starting with you)
• Personal Time Management
• Group Problem Solving

Module 3

• Communication
• Assertiveness & Stress Management
• Contributing To A Team
• Presentation Skills
• Leaders & Followers

Follow-up Support Session (Optional)