Becoming Me Programme
Becoming Me helps delegates to understand and embrace who they are, flourish in their work and thrive in making a difference. For businesses, Becoming Me enhances employee engagement, talent retention and attraction, leadership skills, and adaptability to change. We emphasise diversity and inclusion, ensuring everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to make their unique contribution to the business, helping to enhance commitment, drive performance, and build innovation.
Becoming Me focuses on personal development; on power skills such as emotional intelligence, not the specific skills needed for a particular job; Becoming Me is a coaching not a training programme.
This course is run in collaboration with the YGN and NI Fellow Professor Andrew Sherry to help early-stage professionals reach their full potential. Four courses have completed already, largely supported by NNL with great feedback from participants.The course was awarded the YGN prize for its “outstanding contribution in aid of young people in the nuclear industry” in 2022.
Eligibility: Applicants must be members of the Nuclear Institute and meet the requirements of the Young Generation Network (i.e. under 37 years). Nuclear Institute members new to the industry (0-3 years) are also welcome to apply.
Objectives
During the six main sessions of Becoming Me, delegates will:
- Build self-awareness of strengths, weaknesses, motivations, and behavioural drivers.
- Understand the importance of emotional intelligence in the workplace and your personal life.
- Appreciate how behaviours can influence your performance and your interactions with others.
- Access practical models, tools, and techniques to enhance your contribution in the workplace.
- Build emotional intelligence in self-awareness, confidence, resilience and affirming behaviours.
- Take greater responsibility for your own personal growth and career development.
Becoming Me helps delegates to understand and embrace who they are, flourish in their work and thrive in making a difference. For businesses, Becoming Me enhances employee engagement, talent retention and attraction, leadership skills, and adaptability to change. We emphasise diversity and inclusion, ensuring everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to make their unique contribution to the business, helping to enhance commitment, drive performance, and build innovation.
Programme Structure
Programme structure: six sessions over 12 weeks.
Course work: Exercises will be completed during and between sessions to reinforce learning and encourage action. Podcasts illustrate real-life experiences relevant to the programme content.
Journal: Delegates will be sent a journal containing the course material and are encouraged to maintain this to record their observations, key learning and as a record of their progress.
Mentor: Delegates will discuss learning, key actions, and progress with their mentor between sessions. We prefer delegates to appoint their own mentor but provide guidance for both mentors and mentees. If this isn’t possible, we will provide a mentor from the Nuclear Institute.