National Apprentice Week

There were activities throughout the day to help them to build and pull together their presentation for the end of the event, where they competed against other organisations including: GSK, The Co-Op, Legal and General, Medical Defence Union and Childbase Partnership. Our enthusiastic apprentices, who were the youngest group there, won the competition answering the question,

“Business needs informed leaders who are aware of the wide issues, build trust, unite people and approach challenges creatively. What can you, with your employer, do to develop and practice the skills needed to become a leader for the 21st century?”.

Their presentation on Ownership, Empowerment, Responsibility and Collaboration was well received and they have all been awarded with the IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner badge!

They were well prepared for the day thanks to the in depth training they’ve been provided with as part of MCFT’s internally designed ILM Assured Leadership Academy. They had all previously completed the “Public Speaking” and “Presentation Skills” sessions with our Managing Director, Mark Brooker, as part of the programme. 

George: “The day was great to be involved with, it allowed all of us to put into practice the skills which we had learnt from the Leadership Academy (LA), mainly public speaking and presentation skills. We were the youngest group there and I think having completed this training with the LA, we shone through and ultimately won the competition. We demonstrated through our presentation the skills we use at MCFT so we can become awesome leaders in the 21st century and we focused on Ownership, Empowerment, Responsibility and Collaboration."

Employers were invited to attend the evening event, where Mark and Karen, our Development Director, were able to see the Team in action.

Karen: "Having watched the guys develop over the last 18 months, I was so proud to see them all confidently deliver their idea of 21st century leadership. In fact, it was one of those proud parent moments."