Microsoft Intern Programme
Developing Talent – Operating in a Global Business Environment
As part of QUEST’s on-going preferred training and development supplier relationship with Microsoft, the QUEST team have just returned from delivering an exciting and challenging week long Intern programme in Istanbul Turkey for their Middle East and Africa Sector. Microsoft’s vision for this programme was to develop their intern’s communication and project management skills, business acumen and etiquette and to best equip and retain these young talented individuals operating in a global business environment.
The QUEST programme was designed to layer and progressively apply business skills learning on a foundation of personal and group awareness delivered through MBTI profiling. As the week progressed the Intern’s were exposed to a range of increasingly challenging experiential learning exercises that required the application of newly acquired skills and that challenged individual’s in specific competencies. The programme culminated with a competitive 48hrs Project X – Live Business project management exercise in which the Interns were tasked with researching, developing and then presenting a comprehensive tourism re-branding of the historical city of Istanbul. These formal business pitches were presented to an external business panel which included representation from the Turkish Tourism Council.
As well as achieving a high level of personal and professional development, the Microsoft MEA Interns social and cultural awareness was greatly enhanced through this QUEST programme. In terms of the final Project X exercise the Interns delivered such a high quality of tourism re-branding packages that the Tourism Council is keen to take forward several of the concepts within their own work.
The QUEST facilitation team returned to the UK after an intensive weeks training both enthused and energized having worked with this Microsoft team and look forward to the prospect of a return visit to the cultural city of Istanbul.
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