Janie Van Hool
Approach
Janie's postgraduate research focused on enabling people to communicate effectively using verbal and non-verbal communication skills. These academic studies, combining psychology with the creative instincts of a performer have enabled her to transcend challenges in communication and help people effortlessly to re-evaluate their approach to communicating with confidence. Janie likes to work in an energising, fun but frank and straightforward way.
Experience
Extensive. 12 years of professional performance in Theatre, TV and Radio. 10 years of teaching at senior levels in a wide range of public and private sector organisations.
Industry experience
Clients include Allied Irish Bank, Lloyds TSB, Lloyds TSB Registrars, Orange, T-Mobile, O2, Ashridge Management College, London Business School, Imperial College, The Mind Gym, PRI (J&J), HSBC, Legal & General, British Telecom, BP Marine, Goldman Sachs, CSAM, Barclays Capital, Newmont Mining Corporation, DTZ, Ernst & Young, CIMA, Marsh, Oracle, Zurich Financial Services, The Foreign Office, The Ministry of Defence, British Gas, The Dixons Group, Software AG, Asda, Sainsburys and Skanska.
As a voice and accent specialist, Janie also has taught voice and dialects in the top drama schools in the country and worked extensively in London theatre and the regions. Her accent reduction method has been used to great effect in business and drama schools alike, allowing native and international speakers of English to modify and improve their accents, increasing clarity and confidence.
Qualifications
RADA Dip; MA Voice; PG Dip Performance Psychology. Janie is co-author, with Pam Jones, of The Impact and Presence Pocketbook (2004). She is qualified to use the Hay Group ECI instrument to assess individual and team emotional intelligence.
Contact Janie
Telephone: +44 (0)203 4022 067
Mobile: +44 (0) 7973 345817