Management Apprenticeship - Level 7 (Day 4) Reviews

There was a lot of information to take in today and I'm worried I didn't retain a lot of it, but I think that's an unavoidable part of the apprenticeship. As usual the day was broken up into activities as well as listening which helped increase retention and reduce overwhelm and the opportunities to work with Peers was very helpful. I particularly found it useful going through the STAR process and KSBs with a peer as I was feeling a little daunted, and concerned that my examples were not of sufficient quality - she helped me see how I could demonstrate the learning and implementation.

Today's session could have been a very dry and intense session, however, Jo, Brendan and Sophie managed to make it very rich and reassuring at the same time. I felt very supported through the day (although needed to step out and was late due to commute). Thank you to Brendan for staying behind and helping me to navigate through the assignments.

Online but everything worked well

Always enjoy session with Happy. I find the session really engaging, even those online. There is also a lot of interaction with the cohort.

I like being online but I also like being in-person as it allows you to build person to person relationships outside of the tasks and task groups making you more likely to call on them for help and support.

Brendan - I really appreciated your apology and understanding for the need for clarity in preparation for each session. I think this is beneficial for all (as I was not the only one without a laptop) but I think it brings into sharper focus the missing link I feel there is in the course. This is not the first time I have had to flag neurodiversity as an issue to be considered (the first time was in the Culture session with Jo) and I wonder if, linking in with what Lynette said about Prevent and British Values, there may be a space by which we can spend more time discussing these in tandem with the learnings on the programme. Lynette was right that they should be highlighted as and when they come up, and while I despise the term 'British Values', some more open and honest discussion around equity, diversity and inclusion feels appropriate. It can't have gone unnoticed that we are a not very diverse group in terms of heritage, and these topics have to be talked about alongside what we are learning, as no workplace can be considered truly transformational if JEDI (justice, equity, diversity and inclusion) doesn't underpin everything it does.

All in all I found it challenging but valuable, doing the storytelling piece of work allowed me to identify where I need to think about and refine the reasons for change but I loved the liberating structures work in pulling out thinking that I didn't even know I had!

Enjoyed today's pace - good amount of time for interesting discussion

Pace was better. Felt like there was more time in breakout rooms to discuss things properly

Ideal pace today with more engaging conversations.