Course structure, dates, and times:
Structure – Leadership modules delivered online:
Personal leadership during and after the Covid-19 crisis
Module 1 : Responding to crisis related challenges and preparing for post-crisis opportunities
Module 2 : Professional profile and reputation management
Module 3 : Networking & internal and external stakeholder leadership
Mastering key processes for accelerated progress
Module 4 : Advanced negotiation skills
Module 5 : Effective problem-solving and decision-making processes
Module 6 : Dealing with operational challenges and risks
Module 7 : Team leadership – part 1
Module 8 : Team leadership – part 2
The 8 modules will be delivered over 5 days within a time frame of two weeks. Please note that on 3 of the 5 days, 2 modules will be delivered and there will be a break of 1 hour between each module.
| Modules | Date | Time |
| Responding to the crisis and preparing for post-crisis opportunities | 7 April 2021 | 10.30 – 12.00 |
| Professional profile and reputation management | 9 April 2021 | 10.30 – 12.00 |
| Networking & internal and external stakeholder leadership | 9 April 2021 | 13.00 – 14.30 |
| Advanced negotiation skills | 14 April 2021 | 10.30 – 12.00 |
| Effective problem-solving and decision-making processes | 16 April 2021 | 10.30 – 12.00 |
| Dealing with operational challenges and risks | 16 April 2021 | 13.00 – 14.30 |
| Team leadership part 1 | 20 April 2021 | 10.30 – 12.00 |
| Team leadership part 2 | 20 April 2021 | 13.00 – 14.30 |
Janet Poot is an international leadership and change management consultant. She also designs and delivers leadership programmes for executives in diverse sectors and countries.
Janet lives in the Netherlands and is originally from South Africa. She has an entrepreneurial background having established and run a marketing company that developed and conducted marketing campaigns for leading multinationals in 12 countries. She employed an international workforce and had two branch offices abroad for over 10 years.
Janet subsequently prepared in the United States for a career in the field of consultancy. She established her second company, JPC International (registered as JPCorporate International BV) to focus on leadership development and consulting across cultures and borders. Company website: www.jpcint.com.
Janet has worked with executive women in different functions and sectors (including IT, Finance, the events industry, consulting, international NGOs) and tailored her leadership development programmes to meet their specific challenges as women in different environments.
She is used to working with a wide range of nationalities and with organisations ranging from SMEs to multinationals. She has carried out assignments for European, American, African and Asian organisations in most regions of continental Europe, England and in the Middle East. She has enjoyed working with EBRD in multiple countries since 2016.
Janet is the author of “A Different Kind of Leader— accelerating progress in a world of disruption”.
Funded by the EBRD’s Small Business Impact Fund (Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, TaiwanBusiness - EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund and the USA)