ACCELERATE Programme - Boardroom Expectations & Future Readiness Reviews

This course really does give you time to actually ‘take time’ to reflect on yourself and to help you structure your thoughts about your personal progression and ambitions.

A thought provoking course that has certainly provided me with a number of useful tips to help with my career progression. It stimulates a lot of self reflection and helps you to understand the areas in which you need to improve / focus on to reach the next level/s.

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.

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.