Janet Desautels, B.A., B.A., LL.B is a forward-thinking, dynamic training professional passionate about helping individuals and teams communicate well, and reach their full potential, in an increasingly complex and diverse world.
She is deeply committed to fostering knowledge and skills necessary for success through her “experience facilitation” approach, especially in working with personal development course material.
Janet`s unique “experience facilitation” approach enables participants to personally experience and embody certain concepts, which enhances engagement, retention, and easy application of new skills.
Janet has strong facilitation expertise in:
1) professional development
(interpersonal skills: critical thinking, business writing, communication skills, listening skills, public speaking), and
2) personal development
(capacity-building skills training for individuals in self- awareness, self- esteem, resiliency, stress management,
navigating adversity, and coping skills)
Skills training sessions with Janet are highly interactive and enjoyable; participants learn skills in a fun, supportive yet highly focused environment. Janet`s engaging approach enables her to challenge participants` current skills and perspectives in a non-threatening but effective way.
Other experience:
Janet has served as Program Director for Center for Organizational Cultural Competence where she provided research and training to assist workplaces in developing better cultural awareness and competence to help people recognize and overcome the myriad barriers to connecting and communicating between cultures.
She has also worked in the insurance industry, helping to harmonize adversarial positions in negotiation settings and built bridges in difficult circumstances. Her focus is always on removing communication barriers in order to facilitate good outcomes.
Janet is the author of Dancing with Differences (2015), a simple guide to handling all your differences and conflicts with others, whether they are based in culture, opinion, or personality.
She is deeply committed to fostering knowledge and skills necessary for success through her “experience facilitation” approach, especially in working with personal development course material.
Janet`s unique “experience facilitation” approach enables participants to personally experience and embody certain concepts, which enhances engagement, retention, and easy application of new skills.
Janet has strong facilitation expertise in:
1) professional development
(interpersonal skills: critical thinking, business writing, communication skills, listening skills, public speaking), and
2) personal development
(capacity-building skills training for individuals in self- awareness, self- esteem, resiliency, stress management,
navigating adversity, and coping skills)
Skills training sessions with Janet are highly interactive and enjoyable; participants learn skills in a fun, supportive yet highly focused environment. Janet`s engaging approach enables her to challenge participants` current skills and perspectives in a non-threatening but effective way.
Other experience:
Janet has served as Program Director for Center for Organizational Cultural Competence where she provided research and training to assist workplaces in developing better cultural awareness and competence to help people recognize and overcome the myriad barriers to connecting and communicating between cultures.
She has also worked in the insurance industry, helping to harmonize adversarial positions in negotiation settings and built bridges in difficult circumstances. Her focus is always on removing communication barriers in order to facilitate good outcomes.
Janet is the author of Dancing with Differences (2015), a simple guide to handling all your differences and conflicts with others, whether they are based in culture, opinion, or personality.
