ACCELERATE Programme - Boardroom Expectations & Future Readiness Reviews

I found the course high-level and rushed in places. The facilitators were great, but had a lot of high-level data to get through in a short space, and some elements felt rushed, without providing granular detail on board activities. One time I came back from a break out room and we were halfway through the summary slide.

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.

The course made me think but I wasn’t clear on the relevance of the challenge and support session to the process of helping me progress in my career in a law firm in particular. In relation to the 4 pillars session I also didn’t really understand how this was helpful to my personal ultimate goal although it was interesting to discuss. The event part was really helpful and the 8 questions part of the session was really useful.

While the session was useful in terms of making me think and encouraging me to ask questions regarding my progression, there was a lot of talking during the session and in the break out rooms about issues/negatives with the partnership process but not many solutions or suggestions offered in terms of actioning these issues.