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Why people open up more in the Wibo Leadership Academy’s breakout rooms, according to Alfasigma’s Sara Prandin

Sara Prandin, Performance Analyst at Alfasigma

Sara Prandin, Performance Analyst

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Sara Prandin, Performance Analyst at Alfasigma, took part in the Wibo Leadership Academy, a programme on leadership. She says it matched her needs at the time and that she liked the executives’ testimonies, the breakout rooms and the peer sessions run by two facilitators. Her one criticism is that she sometimes wanted more time.

Who is speaking

Who is Sara Prandin, Performance Analyst at Alfasigma, and which Wibo programme did she take?

Sara Prandin is a Performance Analyst at Alfasigma and took part in the Wibo Leadership Academy, a programme on leadership.

Sara Prandin’s account covers three parts of the programme: the executives’ testimonies, small-group breakout rooms and peer sessions led by two facilitators.

The interview

Our questions to Sara Prandin, and the answers

Answered by Sara Prandin, Performance Analyst, Alfasigma

How was your experience with the Leadership Academy?

In general, I really liked it, it went very well and very well suited to my needs at the moment. Both the themes and the mode are very useful, the testimonials have been incisive and I am really satisfied.

Watch the videoWibo x Sara Prandin of Alfasigma, Leadership Academy

What struck you about the Wibo sessions?

With the Executives, I really liked having a practical point of view, of specific cases experienced. I also really liked the breakout rooms because with the small group there is more exposure to each other and because there is a direct dialogue with the interlocutor. In listening to the experiences of others, I found confirmation of what is happening to me too, or different solutions and approaches that I had not yet reflected on. It was a good direct confrontation, sometimes I would have liked to have had more time.

Watch the videoWibo x Sara Prandin of Alfasigma, The Sessions

I formatori sono in grado di traslare le esperienze degli executive del lunedì ad un’esperienza di fattor comune per i partecipanti.

[The trainers are able to turn the executives’ Monday experiences into a common experience for the participants.]

Sara Prandin, Performance Analyst, Alfasigma

What did you like the most and what did you like the least about peer sessions?

I can hardly name anything I liked less! I really liked them, I found them very interesting. I really liked the professionalism and the content that both facilitators provided and the approach that was very practical and inspiring. The fact of going deep, of recalling some contents, deepening and giving additional valuable ideas. Trainers are able to translate Monday’s executives’ experiences into a common factor experience for participants.

Watch the videoWibo x Sara Prandin of Alfasigma, Peer Session

If you are considering a similar programme

Do small breakout rooms really work in a leadership programme?

Sara Prandin of Alfasigma says that in the Wibo Leadership Academy’s breakout rooms people expose themselves more and there is a direct dialogue with the person they are speaking to. Listening to others, she found confirmation and approaches she had not yet considered.

Are executive talks useful if you are not a senior manager?

Sara Prandin, Performance Analyst at Alfasigma, valued the practical view and the specific cases the executives had lived through. She says the Wibo Trainers turn the executives’ experience into something useful for all participants.

Is there enough time in a programme like this?

Sara Prandin of Alfasigma found the direct exchange in the sessions good, but says she would sometimes have liked more time. Otherwise she says she is very satisfied with the Wibo Leadership Academy.

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