This 'Self-Directing' attitude is reinforced throughout the programme, and becomes a common culture which drives visibly different performance. Where possible, programmes are run for mixed graduate and non-graduate groups. Graduates usually have particular strengths in confidence, communication, challenging, and analysis, while non-graduates who have a number of years of work experience have strengths in work discipline, political sensitivity, organisational understanding, and management. Both groups learn from the other. Participants are given practical skills in managing ambiguity, including clarifying requirements, working cross-functionally, and managing politics.
Participants develop their ability to make strategic challenges and add business value.
They set up their own strategic business awareness development, using people across the business, and up to Director level. They manage the learning process, and consolidate their learning through debriefing and teaching others. The final module of the programme builds on the Self-Directing theme, and equips participants to take control of their own learning. On most programmes, participants volunteer to continue as a learning set which orchestrates the learning and development of the group members without the need for external tuition. More on self reliant learning .