Welcome to the second interview of the Recipes for Resilience Series. I am with Janet Whitelaw-Jones. She is a partner at the Turas Partners, co-founder at the Turas Community and the Women’s Consulting Workshop. Furthermore Janet has 20-year experience in international development, of which the last five years as a consultant. Her expertise lies in health and organisational development. We will be chatting about resilience in the context of development cooperation and consulting and especially the importance of mentorship and peers.
What will you learn?
In my recent blogs we have looked into resilience at work and adaptation to change. So much has changed. The pandemic has truly accelerated existing challenges but also provided new opportunities.
The Recipes for Resilience Series focuses on sharing the opportunities and solutions – what is working, what keeps us going.
In this episode you will learn about:
- Janet’s challenges and three main go-to resilience strategies
- How pivoting consulting work during the pandemic has worked out
- What’s behind launching the Women in Consulting Workshop community
- Importance of positive mindset and finding your own tribe
Find More Online
The links below will take you to Janet’s LinkedIn profile, the Women’s Consulting Workshop Facebook Community as well as Turas Community and Partners websites.
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