Professionalism Accelerator – new format pilot
Thank you for clicking on the link to this Professionalism Accelerator format pilot page.
You have recruited clever, motivated and eager young colleagues, but they are not yet the finished product.
Academia and the media tell us that many young people don’t yet have all the qualities they need to succeed, with professionalism being high up on the list.
Professionalism usually develops over time, with experience – which usually results in ‘battle scars’.
They will get there… but we can help them get there more quickly and effectively – minus the scars!
The Professionalism Accelerator programme builds on the ‘What Would a Professional Do?’ coaching programme. Responding to feedback from WWaPD, we have:
- Expanded the topics of Etiquette and Contribution into their own standalone modules
- Developed new briefing materials – videos, podcasts and e-books
- Sharpened the definition of self-assessment questions
- Incorporated new scenarios to work through together
The pilot programme is delivered exclusively online, meaning that participants can join from anywhere, and don’t have to be co-located.
The pilot programme is absolutely free, with no ongoing obligation if you sign up before 10 January 2025.
I only ask that participants agree to complete the entire programme, and that the commissioning manager is available for briefing and honest feedback when we’ve finished.
To learn more or to sign up, let’s chat! Please click on the ‘Let’s Chat’ button on this page to find a time that suits you best.
Participant commitment:
- 2 hours per week over 5 weeks
- 30 mins preparation – view materials and complete self-assessment section
- 1 hour group workshop
- 30 min 1:1 mentor session
- Access to online platform, such as MS Teams or Google Meet
- Access to shared folder such as Google Drive
Organisation commitment:
- Commit 4 or 5 of your young colleagues to the pilot
- 30 mins preparatory call
- Progressive calls as requested – note that all participant engagements are confidential
- Post-programme review:
- Outcome report on programme
- Honest feedback on programme efficacy and impact on participants
This short video will show you how the ‘What Would a Professional Do?’ programme delivered fantastic value to participants, and what they said about it.
About me:
It’s so often true that what drives us in life is derived from frustration. Early in my working life, I was frustrated by myself!
I was skilled, knowledgeable, not-unintelligent and sincerely liked by peers and colleagues.
And yet I was not performing well.
That frustration led to a journey to understand how to achieve success and satisfaction at work, with a key milestone in the journey being a doctorate in which I investigated personal professionalism.
I have shared the concepts that I have learned and developed with clients across industry sectors all around the world, and now I am delighted to share them with you.
I am an Australian management consultant now based in London with my lovely family. In addition to a doctoral degree, I hold an MBA, a masters in Law (LLM) and a bachelors degree majoring in exercise physiology and biomechanics – all fun!
And this is what I believe:
- Everyone in any work-role should strive to be professional.
- Being professional brings us respect and valuable personal branding in a tough employment market. And it brings even more:
- Satisfaction in our work
- Trust and confidence placed in us by employers and clients
- Better organisations arising from people having purposeful roles and respectful, professional interactions
- Personal pride in our contribution back to our organisations and communities.
Everyone can develop their professionalism by:
- Learning and applying nine straightforward concepts
- Reflecting on our experiences through the lens of those concepts, and
- Applying those concepts to our daily working lives
My commitment to you is grounded in the belief that we can all achieve true value and personal satisfaction by adopting professional attitudes and mindsets.
