Agulhas works with a UK cross-government fund to regularly deliver blended online and face-to-face courses. Learners are leaders and programme managers responsible for managing complex projects that seek to respond to ambiguous and changing contexts. We deliver an integrated learning solution that enables confident, capable and properly equipped programme delivery staff.
Much of our training is scenario-based and experiential. The learning seeks to strengthen both core competencies and behaviours. The approach focuses on the ‘how’ learners enact change in their behaviour and role.
Participants may be grounded in core concepts via an online learning platform. They can then move on to explore these key concepts in depth, through facilitated face-to-face learning, which encourages peer-to-peer learning and knowledge sharing while covering a wide range of organisational priorities and methodological tools.
We have learnt that participants appreciate our immersive, scenario-based learning, where they work through a series of tasks and asked to solve close-to-real-world challenges, utilising new tools and building targeted capabilities. With over 500 participants trained across more than 15 countries, the programme has succeeded in achieving a key learning objective: the ongoing reinforcement and mutual support of a community of practice.
Praise for the course:
- ‘[The course] was a truly enriching and transformative experience. As a rather new addition to the team, I appreciated that the course provided with a wider strategic context, deepening my understanding of how our work feeds into the bigger picture. The training course provided with practical tools on how to develop a business case, which we had an opportunity to practice throughout the three days.’
- ‘I found the language of trainers and resources provided very accessible and participants were engaged throughout the course – we stood up, walked around and were encouraged to shout out and give answers, which made the entire course dynamic, avoiding prolonged static periods of sitting and death by PowerPoint!
The trainers were friendly and clearly very knowledgeable and experienced, which really helped, especially to provide full answers with real-life examples when we trainees had questions.’ - ‘The course also nurtured a wonderful sense of community fostering networking and peer learning. I cherish the moments that I spent with colleagues from various backgrounds discussing ideas and sharing our experience.’