GROWTH POD
Connect with peers, grow through shared learning and fresh perspectives, with expert guidance from our specialist Mentors.
By carefully matching FMCG professionals and their needs to their custom-designed Growth Pod, we help individuals realise their ambitions and maximise their career potential.
Advance Your FMCG Career with our Peer to Peer & Expert Mentoring Service
Our Growth Pod programs connect you with your peers from non-compete companies so that you can gain practical, tangible support. Peer groups are supported with experienced coaches and expert mentors to ensure members enjoy an engaging experience. Our Mentors offer insights based on years of hands-on experience, helping you refine strategies and develop new skills.
Learn by helping others and seeing your peers improve their functional skills and knowledge. Our collaborative environment fosters knowledge sharing and will strengthen your professional network.
With ongoing support and future check-ins, we ensure continuous growth and successful implementation of new learning.
How MindPick Growth Pod Works
functional cohorts
Enagage with dynamic groups designed to foster collaboration.
Our cohorts are carefully structured to address your specific functional needs and industry challenges, to ensure that you gain actionable insights.
EXPERT FACILITATORS & MENTORS
Each month, connect with our experienced Facilitators and FMCG Mentors to have valuable discussions and learn what strategies work.
Our Mentors, as seasoned professionals, industry executives, subject matter experts bring their knowledge and practical solutions to navigate and overcome any obstacles that you encounter.
BUILD MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS
We provide you with a comfortable and safe space to ask your most pressing questions, share your advice, help others grow and make an impact.
Our Pods allow you to grow your professional community, forge meaningful and lasting connections with your peers.
DELIVER STRONG PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES
Our interactive sessions allow you to develop your career in a highly motivated and engaged environment.
Our Expert insights will inform your decision-making, allowing you to make faster, smarter decisions to drive results and achieve greater value in a time-efficient manner.
What You Get As A Growth Pod Member
Functional Cohorts
Connect with 8 x Peers from non-competing Companies on a monthly basis to provide each other with tangible, specific learnings and help.
Immediate Help When Needed
Ability to connect with your Growth Pod Community or access Mentors should you have an urgent challenge.
Coach & Mentor Support
Each Growth Pod has their own Coach & Mentor that stays with them across their journey… helping stretch thinking and with personal development.
MindPick Community Access
Ability to post questions to the broader Community (excluding Competitors) on MindPick’s platform.
MindPick Events
Meet your broader Peer Group through MindPick events such as quarterly dinners and professional Learning and Development Days.
Real Life Learning
Job Related & Tangible
Gain immediate, actionable learning and support to apply right away.
Bite Sized & Focussed
Receive targeted feedback tailored to your specific needs, not just generic training.
Continuous Learning
Benefit from post-session support to implement your opportunities and future check-ins to complete the learning cycle.
360 Learning
Sessions designed to support cognitive, emotional and social learning.
Self & Others Focus
Enhance your skills and knowledge by supporting others and witnessing your and your peers' growth and improvement.
Frequently Asked Questions
We have a series of pilot Growth Pods starting in waves from August 2024. See our latest schedule here. Growth Pods will then commence in multiple waves each year on set dates or when sufficient numbers are achieved. Contact us to find out when you can start.
The cost of your Growth Pod depends on which functional level you are at. If you would like to see our current pricing please contact us.
Growth Pods run all year and if you change roles or get promoted you can move into a new pod to suit your current needs. Our hope is that you continue to stay in a Growth Pod because it adds value ongoing. If for any reason you wish to leave Growth Pod we require 1 months notice.
You will be assigned to a Pod relative to your job role and experience to ensure you are with like minded peers.
Yes you can move Pods if you change job role or have different needs.
You can sign up through your company or as an individual.
Trust and collaboration are at the heart of Growth Pod. All members go through an application, onboarding and agreement process where they agree to MindPicks policies in this area, which are continually reinforced throughout sessions. No sensitive P&L information will ever be shared.
Numerous studies have shown a clear connection between peer groups and mentoring with improved employee engagement, plus better business outcomes. Each Growth Pod member develops a clear value plan with quantified measures of success, which are reviewed with sponsors twice a year.
There is an upfront 3 hour Pod connection session. Session time averages 1.5 hours per month with up to 1 hour of preparation. Regular check-ins and reviews are 1 hour a quarter. In total approx 1 day per quarter.
