Janet Addison – Assertiveness Communication and Personal Impact
Janet brings professionalism, maturity, thoughtfulness and fun to her work at Impact Factory. She even has a whole heap of initials after her name ( DipPsych, MSc Occ Psych).Janet, was born and bred in Toronto, Canadian. From her mid teens she became increasingly restless, realising that there was a big world out there full of different people and cultures which she duly set out to explore after receiving her BA in English Literature.
What was meant to be an 8 month venture turned into a two and a half year expedition taking in a great deal of Asia and Eastern Europe with many stints in London and a trip up Annapurna.
In 1993, following a brief career in recruitment Janet took the brave step to move to London. Nope there was no other reason than that it truly felt like the right place to be. She figures she had to come over here to track down her other half and never lets him forget it!
Once the travelling was over Janet felt that a career in training / development would satisfy her need to work with people and to support their growth. Following roles in training account management and internal consultancy Janet completed an MSc in Occupational and Organisational Psychology to better understand what lay beneath the fascinating world of peoples development and the context in which it sat!
She has since worked as a Learning and Development Manager managing talent and succession planning, management development and customer service training programmes, and has combined this with career coaching and of course, working with Impact Factory. Janet has worked with a range of household names from investment banks to software to transport.
She enjoys the full lifecycle of analysis, design/delivery and evaluation and is passionate about the value of relevant and meaningful interventions. Janet is a qualified in the use of psychometric testing (B+ in Hogan and OPQ) and strongly believes in the depth and value they can bring to coaching, talent management, team building and tailored development programmes.
Always adding to her own toolkit, Janet is currently working toward obtaining her Chartered Psychologist status. Working with Impact Factory enables Janet to employ her love of people, what makes them tick and support their development in a way thats fun, useful and truly unique. Shes a firm believer that if something has meaning that its far more likely to stick and that a happy facilitator is a good one!
So far with Impact Factory Janet has specialised in Communication, Line Management, Appraisals, Presentation and Teambuilding, and some of the clients she has worked with include AKQA, The Physiological Society, SSAT (Specialist Schools and Academies Trust) among others. Janets spare time is spent is generally with family (husband, son and cat), camping, planning festival trips or trying to enjoy gardening.
Janet Addison, Associate
