365 China Photo: One-A-Day

Day three of Maestro and we were in the thick of the programme. I am not sure what other people expected, but it was certainly more intense and hard work than I imagined. At the heart of the programme are role playing exercises which I thought would be easy. As I am use to presenting and facing clients everyday I thought I would find this comfortable to do. However when you do this infront of 30+ peers, who then observe, comment and give feedback the situation feels very different. One of the exercises is the elevator pitch, where you have 60-90 seconds to make your pitch to the client. My teammate Dennis was standing in the lift outlined with white tape on the floor, while OZ one of the faculty staff played the client. It’s easy to watch someone else do it and laugh, but a completely different ballgame when your in the box.