ACCELERATE Programme - Boardroom Expectations & Future Readiness Reviews

Excellent course, motivational and inspirational content from both Ann and Lou as I have found throughout the programme. Really enjoyed the external speaker session from Katie Murray, great opportunity to hear from her, thank you. Has worked well virtually and great engagement from the group.

I thought the Module was excellent. It brought together all the work completed in Modules 1-4 around confidence, influencing and understanding our natural style and ended with a very clear Call to Action (ie. "go be on a Board"). Best Module of the programme, in my opinion. The Resilience assessment was a particular stand out for me (so much so that I gave my fiance the assessment to complete for himself!). I thought the 5 Vital Components was fairly basic for this audience hence the 3/5 score for that element. A couple of the Vital Components were repeats of what we'd talked about earlier. Its not a big deal as its only a small element of a whole day session but may warrant a review.

Really useful session and changed my perception on the boardroom. Some really useful things to consider and actions.

Excellent course, motivational and inspirational content from both Ann and Lou as I have found throughout the programme. Really enjoyed the external speaker session from Katie Murray, great opportunity to hear from her, thank you. Has worked well virtually and great engagement from the group.

The course today challenged a lot of preconceived notions I had about the boardroom. Definitely something that I would want to do in the future and lots to think about. The overall course has been a great balance of tools, advice and stories that are going to help me with both my personal and business aspirations. A safe and honest environment to reflect, so a big thank you!

Today really felt like it all came together piece by piece - the jigsaw was completed not withstanding the parts I will be taking forward. Lou/Anne have been extremely supportive whilst building a great relationship via zoom and at times I have been on an emotional rollacoaster as you really start to think and drive your career forward.

This course was different to what I expected but has definitely given me a something to think about. Being part of a Board in the bank seems like a way off yet but this has helped me consider how I can build up this experience in my spare time. Would be good to cover how we can start the journey of finding a board to sit on.

Enjoyed the boardroom session

The course was very enjoyable and thought provoking and well delivered by the facilitators. Anne and Lou are great communicators and were very well prepared, personable and clearly have a deep understanding of the topics / concepts. There were a lot of principles / concepts discussed and more discussion around practical application (in the plenary session) would have been helpful. The written materials were pretty high level and it would be helpful to have more text on the objectives of each session and background to the concepts which we could review in advance and afterwards. Additional materials were provided during the sessions - it would be helpful if everything could be included in the workbooks.

Overall, I thought the course was excellent. The guest speakers brought an insightful account of their experiences and demonstrated how the course material was put into action by them, which further demonstrates that the course content is extremely relevant. The course has given me a lot of food for thought and i am looking forward to putting what I have learned into action and progressing in my career. Thanks for everything.