ACCELERATE Programme - Attracting Sponsors & Mentors Reviews

Enjoyed the course overall, found it very interesting and useful. Good pace and right amount of breaks. At times I felt people were put on the spot or made to feel slightly guilty for not contributing, but fully understand why that is done as you need people to get involved. Maybe go a bit softer next time. Guest speaker wasn't very useful.

I found the session really useful to help distinguish between mentors and sponsors, and to help identify individuals both internally and externally that I could engage with in this regard.

Wasn't able to join for all of the course today but had enjoyed this afternoon's session

Really enjoyed this module, found it really engaging with a lot of useful takeaways. The session on different persona types and, more importantly, how to influence and interact with them was extremely useful.

The coloured personalities is always a good one to do and helps bring people together. This was probably the most important bit for me, as this course means we interact with others around the business which we wouldn't see during COVID.

More time and focus on negotiation tactics and skill would have been useful.

Good course and not something I've really thought about, like the definition of sponsor and mentors and differences. Struggled a bit with the model and think I possibly ended up in the wrong box after reviewing the materials more. Really like the bit about the personal CV and the guest speak is always helpful. Also thought Pauls examples of real life examples were great like the sponsor who got him a role so he could control him in that new role.

It was nice to be in a female only group as it felt like you could be more honest about issues and considerations around families etc. Amanda was a great choice of presenter

I found it really useful to really consider how this can support me in my career and also the importance of. The course was well run and even though it was remote, felt it had great value add.

This course was really helpful in making me see that I need to find a mentor and to develop relationships with my (silent) sponsors. Some really practical tips were given that should allow me to achieve this