ACCELERATE Programme - Attracting Sponsors & Mentors Reviews

Module was helpful in identifying the purpose and importance of sponsors/mentors, and understanding different personas and linking that to how it affects our negotiations.

Very thought provoking. Thanks to Shona for stepping in to the breakout room for the persona exercise. Next steps already in flight.

Materials slightly light - some key content was retained in course presentation and not provided to delegates.

Enjoyed the course overall, found it very interesting and useful. Good pace and right amount of breaks. At times I felt people were put on the spot or made to feel slightly guilty for not contributing, but fully understand why that is done as you need people to get involved. Maybe go a bit softer next time. Guest speaker wasn't very useful.

I found the session really useful to help distinguish between mentors and sponsors, and to help identify individuals both internally and externally that I could engage with in this regard.

Wasn't able to join for all of the course today but had enjoyed this afternoon's session

Really enjoyed this module, found it really engaging with a lot of useful takeaways. The session on different persona types and, more importantly, how to influence and interact with them was extremely useful.

The coloured personalities is always a good one to do and helps bring people together. This was probably the most important bit for me, as this course means we interact with others around the business which we wouldn't see during COVID.

More time and focus on negotiation tactics and skill would have been useful.

Good course and not something I've really thought about, like the definition of sponsor and mentors and differences. Struggled a bit with the model and think I possibly ended up in the wrong box after reviewing the materials more. Really like the bit about the personal CV and the guest speak is always helpful. Also thought Pauls examples of real life examples were great like the sponsor who got him a role so he could control him in that new role.