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Graduate Development Programmes and Courses Scotland
Graduate Development - 'applying learning to life'
The venues used for these intensive graduate development programmes vary depending upon programme design, duration and location. However a popular location is Firbush Point, the Edinburgh University Field Studies Centre near Killin. We have worked with the staff of Firbush over many years and have developed a number of excellent programmes.
Graduates are accommodated in comfortable bunk rooms for 4 within the main centre building. Meals are of an excellent standard home cooking. Participants help with the serving of meals, tidying of the dinning room etc. adding to the spirit of community and mutual support.
TBL instructors are augmented with Firbush staff with whom we have worked for many years. This allows a multitude of activities to be undertaken.
Objectives
To develop in depth the people skills of graduates, either laying a firm foundation or building on development already undertaken. These skills and competencies include:
- Developing self awareness as this is the ultimately the enabler to develop our behaviour.
- Emotional intelligence; what it means to use individually and it's role in leadership
- Interpersonal and communication skills, including types of communication, preferred style and opportunities to develop
- Group process skills and working with others including leading a team, working as pert of a team and developing teams
- Presentation and personal impact with peers and other colleagues
- Influence and assertiveness
- Individual and group problem solving in a variety of situations
- Creativity, thinking creatively and applying it to work situations
- Motivation - both personal and team
Development activities include:
- Pre programme interview and 'useful learning suggestions' from manager
- A range of experiential exercises covering an wide range of metaphors for organisational life
- Major initiative tasks planned and delivered by the team
- Participation in the roles of both team member and leader with reviews
- Peer and facilitator feedback throughout the programme
- Formal feedback session and action planning towards the end of the programme
- Use of emotional intelligence inventories and feedback
- Evening exercises
- Preparation and delivery of team and individual learning presentation
Programme flow:
- Pre course meeting and agreement of organisational objectives and individual member development needs
- Programme design by TBL
- Programme delivery concluding with participant presentation to their team leaders / managers
- Delivery of individual development plans
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