Project Manager Review

My apprenticeship was as a business banking relationship manager which was dealing with business customer enquiries and managing their accounts. Usually this would involve lending enquiries, insurance enquiries, transactional enquiries etc as well as complaint handing. I have now used my experience in that field to become a Project Manager for Scottish Widows

Problem solving skills, leadership and communication skills, negotiation skills, man management and stakeholder management skills.

I would recommend to anyone

I am fairly new to role so I do not feel as valued as I believe I will do. I intend on using my skills and development opportunities here to ensure I become a valuable asset and valued team member

It was very well structured and co-ordinated from start to finish however management teams in LBG were not fully bought into the programme and saw it as more of a hindrance than a benefit. Often blockers were put in our way in regard to personal training and development time as well as time to sit with my coach when the time came to do so.

Excellent support and guidance. Always there when needed.

I receive more now than I did. I am going to base my score on my previous role since that was most relevant and therefore I think it is a poorer score due to the lack of support and belief in the benefits of the programme for developing colleagues.

I would be very surprised if anyone said anything other than poor in these boxes :-) If I am honest, my salary is sufficient to support my life but I think quite soon that will change and I will need to look for further opportunities to increase my earnings.

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It is a generally good organisation to be in with a general onus on development and personal development. I think for development, it is only as good as the manager assisting you. A good manager should be proactive in pointing these things out and suggesting where you can improve regularly. I have that now but haven't always. Lloyds also provides a great package for apprentices and the ability to move up the ladder and improve is quite simple. The management seem willing to take a risk on someone with an eye on making them better and therefore bettering the team and organisation.

Be proactive in your learning. Use your initiative to stand above the rest and make sure that you take every opportunity to learn and develop as it will pay dividends.