All graduates, regardless of their functional area, participate in the Professional Development Programme (PDP), an essential programme for early career professionals.

The five training modules that make up the PDP are delivered over an 18-month period, and offer professionals a lively and interactive development programme, using case studies, management simulations, discussions, videos, role plays and team activities to create an effective and memorable learning experience.

You’ll learn about:

• presentation skills
• effective team working
• influencing skills
• time management
• business effectiveness
• marketing
• finance

The emphasis is on developing practical, ‘how to’ skills so you’ll be able to put what you learn into practice as soon as you return to the workplace.

You’ll also have the opportunity to share your learning by joining with other professionals from across the region. You will stay with the same graduate intake throughout the PDP, which we hope will enable you to build many long-lasting business relationships and friendships.

What previous attendees have said about the PDP:

“PDP has been an enormous benefit to me in my day-to-day work. I have definitely used the skills I learned. The course content was excellent, and conducted in an energetic and fun manner.”

“I often refer back to my notes and I have employed the skills in both professional and personal circumstances.”

“I learned about how to approach people with different personality styles and received some great tips on handling difficult discussions.”

“PDP was well organised, engaging and challenging. And I made some really good friends from many different countries, and these relationships are certainly helping me in my job.”