The Miller Group

Graduate Development Programme

The Miller Group is the UK's largest privately owned house building, property development and construction business.

Objective

As part of their revised Graduate Development Framework, Miller recognised their graduate intake would benefit from a rigorous experiential learning event.  The event would focus on recognising the importance appropriate behaviours have within the workplace and provide opportunities to develop these within a safe learning environment.

Solution

Impact UK designed a challenging three-day residential programme that incorporated a high-level of experiential activities and review sessions. Throughout the programme the graduates progressed from operating in small groups, to collaborating in larger groups. Key themes explored included:

•    Trust and self disclosure – the relationship between the two and risks involved in each
•    Values – how do individuals live the Miller values and what does this look like in terms of real behaviour?
•    Personal influence – what can each person take responsibility for individually and in the business?
•    Networking and relationships – how can the relationships developed on the programme be used effectively as the graduates progress in the organisation?

Result

Impact facilitated an in-depth action planning session to help the graduates focus on and commit to practical outcomes they could implement when back in the workplace. This crucial session culminated in a one-minute pitch to camera detailing the nature of their individual learning. Impact edited this film, which has subsequently been used to demonstrate to the Board what the participants gained from the experience.

"Working with Impact on the design and delivery of this programme was certainly an enjoyable experience. I particularly valued their ability to creatively interpret ideas into activities, their willingness to share their extensive learning and development knowledge and their flexibility in responding to our ever changing requirements. The dedication and commitment the facilitators demonstrated throughout the actual event went above and beyond.  The result ~ an experience that challenged our graduates, exceeded my own expectations and provided real value for our business."
Shona Marshall
Employee Development Manager

Further Information

Read more about Impact's approach to Graduate Development