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Partnership politics
The topic of partnerships is often raised during our courses. Strategic alliances are becoming increasingly popular as businesses are expected to deliver a broader scope of service to their clients. Any association formed for mutual benefit requires of both parties that they develop an effective partnership. Too little time is spent defining what makes [...]
A Different Kind of Leader – presentations to business clubs
Janet Poot has has been the keynote speaker at different business clubs ranging from Kiwanis club Laren, the Netherlands to Rotary Club Chisinau Cosmopolitan in Moldova. She was invited to speak on the topic of her book 'A Different Kind of Leader - accelerating progress in a world of disruption'. The reactions of the [...]
Central European Startup Awards in Bucharest, Romania
It was so stimulating to be at the grand finale of the Central European Startup Awards in Bucharest on 21 November 2019. Guests and futureshapers from Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Croatia made this the place to be! Out of 5500 nominations, awards went to: Best Accelerator Program, [...]
Change Management for Consultants – Chisinau, Moldova
Janet Poot was pleased to lead a 4-day change management programme for EBRD in Chisinau, Moldova in September and November 2019. The participants were experienced consultants with local and international clients in diverse sectors. Consultants in Moldova face a wide range of challenges that demand of them a high level of insight and foresight [...]
Online Brainstorming
Technology continues to change how colleagues interact with each other. It is difficult to establish whether technological advancement has boosted team performance but one area has proven to have become more effective and that is 'online brainstorming'. Thomas Chamorro-Premuzic, professor of business psychology at University College London and Columbia University, has written an interesting article on this topic, published [...]
Is your corporate culture evolving in line with your company’s objectives and strategy?
Corporate culture is at the heart of every change initiative. Every workshop I lead on the topic of change management includes a section on corporate culture. I have discovered that many executives have all the right ideas when it comes to encouraging positive changes in their organisation's culture but they also tend to take short cuts in their attempt [...]
