ABSTRACT Reviews

Great to have the session which has been well delivered making engaging use of the technology. Whilst I have previously undertaken similar courses, I can see the value it has brought to others in challenging their personal ways of working which should provide an opportunity to grow into their new roles. The PACE groups should also offer a platform to keep the learning alive. Really liked the balance of Charlotte & John, providing good commentary and bringing in people to keep contribution levels up. Look forward to the next one. Thank You.

I thought the course had a lot of relevant material and gave a lot of food for thought for managers of all levels of experiences. It made me question whether I was as good at some things as I thought I was, and also made me realise I'm probably better at some things than I thought I was. Content was great, my only one minor gripe is that I think it went on too long, I would rather have had few breaks and a shorter session, as it is difficult to completely disconnect from the day job for 6 hours, particularly when you're sat at your desk and things are going on around you!

6 hours is a long course but it went quickly. I enjoyed the content which was mainly refreshers with a few gems in there and i thought the zoom worked well. I enjoyed listening to my colleagues as a learning method. Good mix of tell /discuss Book recommendations welcome. Even better if considerations to welbeing especially in the efficiency section Communications - would be enhanced with some thoughts on using zoom for communication as we are all doing that and perhaps learning styles

I'm finding the content to have very useful and immediately practical tools I can use to help manage and improve performance of my team - for example, i'm familiar with coaching and its good to be reminded of T- GROW and similarly from Mod 1 the PROBED tool has been transformational in my dealing with team members. There is however, lots to take in and therefore finding the three things to focus on feels like I might default to the three things I "like" and not challenged enough on my real areas of development - I am reflective so optimistic that I will work this out. I've heard about the concept of friction in high performing teams and why as a manager you want friction (High challenge/High performance?) I seem to remember this in the agenda/objectives at the start of the Module but not sure it was covered or if it was it felt skipped over? its an interesting concept I would like to more about. The explanation of the "core performer" makes more sense so thank you Final session was interesting and rushed so I felt I didn't get as much out of it as I could although it was thought provoking and made me focus on what I might be able to do to raise standards across my team (the rating of your individuals piece)

Your brand is what people say about you when you're not in the room - very powerful!

very fast through personal brand and profile

Great content, use of Zoom and breakout meetings. Lots to get into a short time scale so important to plan in some time to reflect.

As discussed with Anne in detail, I feel improvements can be made to pacing in order to ensure we have time to deep-dive into the learning and apply it to our own personal situations. I've suggested more break-out sessions etc to allow the participants to engage with the material so that the learning embeds. A couple of the afternoon sessions felt like a "download" rather than a conversation. I really appreciate Anne taking the time to call me and I'm very much looking forward to the rest of the programme.

Brilliant and insightful as always from the Abstract guys. What I always find impressive is their ability to provide a common sense approach with examples we can use in our day to day careers. Also the commitment planner and pace group is a great yeah simple way to ensure we are applying these techniques and call out where members of our ELF group are perhaps not.

Engaging and pace is perfect