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Respected personality
\n<\/strong>Elske Doets became a well-known figure in the Netherlands since she was awarded \u2018Business Woman of the Year 2017\u2019. This event and her following public performances made her a broadly respected personality in a relatively short period. Not only she grew out to an inspiring role model for ambitious entrepreneurs through her positive mindset and well formulated social criticism. At the same time she helps young girls in her Young Lady Business Academy throw away their own hesitations, or that \u00a0of their family and friends, to aim for the top. For starting this Academy Elske got recognition at the highest level; a Royal visit by Queen M\u00e1xima. For this and other reasons she\u2019s not only become a popular speaker, in the meantime Elske also developed herself to an outspoken voice on national radio, in shows like \u2018Speechmakers\u2019 (Radio 1) and \u2018Doing business\u2019 (Business News Radio). Turning into a focal point of matters concerning business, career and private life \u2013 specially the combination of these elements \u2013 she herself got inspired to write the book \u2018The guts to be happy\u2019, which was published by the leading, Amsterdam-based publisher Uitgeverij Prometheus. In it she explains why steadfast choosing for your own personal happiness is the best way forward to be fully and simultaniously happy at the homefront and in your career.<\/p>\n

New focus, new trust
\n<\/strong>In a society that seems dominated by the anxiety to lose prosperity and mutual trust, and the digital world adds more confusion than clarification, Elske excels in bringing down business and private matters to the absolute essence. And in giving people \u2013 just like the staff members in her own company \u2013 a clear and crisp life mission, which doesn\u2019t evaporate easily and has a long-term influence on people\u2019s self confidence and ability to make meaningful choices. Vital part of Elske\u2019s effectiveness is her relationship with the audience: she\u2019s constantly \u2018close\u2019, extremely approachable.
\nWith that she charms friends and enemies. Which makes her the right person to give companies, organisations and individuals, alsof when there is fierce resistance, new focus to be successful. It\u2019s no coincidence that her performances have attracted a lot of attention from the business community\u00a0 and the world of politics.<\/p>\n

Celebrate future & diversity
\n<\/strong>One of the most appealing charachteristics of Elske is her attitude towards diversity, which she unconditionally embraces. For her the fact that everybody is different, has different talents, different preferences, different irritations, different peak moments, different backgrounds, is not a source of discomfort, but a valuable benefit to create meaning and prosperity, and therefore deserves investment from every organisation. She fervently pleas for individualism, the concerned kind of individualism to be precise (not the sort without obligation). Her definition of success is not that everyone schould jump over the same, by the outside world seen as successful bar, but that all of us define that bar for ourselves, and yes, if you ask Elske, that bar should be as high as possible. In her urge to let people excel she specially chases extension of women\u2019s talent, being the more creative answer to the famous problem of the \u2018glass ceiling\u2019 than women\u2019s quota.<\/p>\n

Organic growth
\n<\/strong>Since Elske took over at Jan Doets in 2001 she has carried out an organic growth strategy, in which building a loyal team of staff members and implementing the newest technology have gone right up and reinforce each other. Not only the profits have substantially gone up under her leadership, at least as much striking is the fact that Jan Doets remained stable during the financial crisis (2008). More over: in the period 2013-2017 she realized a growth in sales of 60 percent, up to 28 million euros. This growth is expected to hold on up to 31 million euros in 2019. Also impressive is the speed by which she, also organically, blooms her Young Lady Business Academy: after one year this social enterprise due to impetuous growth will move to the Erasmus Center for Entrepreneurship in Rotterdam. And, apart from her own company and the Young Lady Business Academy, makes herself continuously strong for entrepreneurship and stimulates individual entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens to be more daring.<\/p>\n

Summary
\n<\/strong>Elske Doets is an independent mind with clear views on society and business in the near future. \u00a0She crashes worn out thinking patterns. Divides complex issues in missions easy to understand, and makes people move in that direction. She doesn\u2019t run away for difficult discussions such as climate change and over tourism, but at the same time focuses on cooperation and pace.<\/p>\n

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

2018 Writer of the book “Het lef om gelukkig te zijn<\/a>“- Publisher Prometheus
\n2017-present Founder Young Lady Business Academy a non-profit initiative
\n2001-today \u00a0President and owner of Jan Doets America Tours
\n1999-2001 \u00a0 General manager Jan Doets America Tours
\n1996-1999 \u00a0 Product Manager USA & Canada Jan Doets America Tours
\n1986-1996 \u00a0(from the age of 14) Part-time and student job at Jan Doets America Tours (from telex operator to sales)<\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

1991-1997\u00a0Dutch law with a major in economics, University of Amsterdam
\n1989-1991 Pre-university education at C.S.G. Jan Arentsz in Alkmaar
\n1984-1989\u00a0HAVO at Bergen Scholen Gemeenschap in Bergen (NH)<\/p>\n

AWARDS
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2018 Chairman’s Circle Honors Award Brand USA
\n2018 Top 250 fastest growing companies in the Netherlands NLGroeit and Erasmus University
\n2018 Next Women Top 100
\n2017 \u00a0Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year 2017 \u2013 most prestigious award for Businesswomen. It is a lifelong ambassadorship for female entrepreneurship. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Prix Veuve Clicquot for Businesswomen is awarded to outstanding women in 18 countries worldwide.
\n2017 Chairman’s Circle Honors Award, Brand USA
\n2017\u00a0FD Gazellen award for the fastest-growing company (large businesses)
\n2017 Next Women Top 100
\n2016 \u00a0Chairman\u2019s Circle Honors Award, Brand USA
\n2016\u00a0 FD Gazellen award for the fastest-growing company (large businesses)
\n2015 \u00a0Chairman\u2019s Circle Honors Award Brand USA
\n2013 \u00a0Chairman\u2019s Circle Honors Award Brand USA
\nFinalist at the awards for entrepreneurs in the province of North of Holland, medium-sized businesses
\n1999 \u00a0Eager Beaver Award from Canada\u2019s ambassador to the Netherlands<\/p>\n

Chairman\u2019s Circle Honor Award Brand USA: The Chairman\u2019s Circle Honors Award is the Travel Oscar of Brand USA that honoured Jan Doets for its quantity, quality and marketing efforts amongst the top 50 tour operators for travel to the USA. Jan Doets was the first-ever Dutch travel agency to win this award for 3 times already.<\/em><\/p>\n

VOLUNTARY WORK
\n<\/strong>2018 – today Co-Host at radio programme BNR Business every 4 weeks
\n2018 – today Board member & fellow of De Witt Institute for Advanced Negotiations
\n2018 – today ‘Spraakmaker’ at radio programme ‘Spraakmakers’ NPO1 every 4 weeks
\n2018- today\u00a0Member of Expert Negotiator Ring of\u00a0De Witt Institute for Advanced Negotiations<\/a>
\n2018 – today Guest\u00a0at radio program\u00a0Spraakmakers NPO1\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(every 5 weeks)
\n2018- today\u00a0Comite of Recommendation\u00a0The Next Women\u00a0<\/a>
\n2018- today\u00a0Member Of Board Recommendation\u00a0Philips Innovation Services<\/a>
\n2017- today Young Lady Business Academy\u00a0https:\/\/www.elskedoets.nl\/ladybusinessacademy\/
\n<\/a>2017- today Ambassador NL Groeit\u00a0https:\/\/www.nlgroeit.nl\/mentor\/elske-doets<\/a>
\n2009-today\u00a0Various posts on school boards at e.g. the St. Adelbertus School, the Van Reenen School in Bergen (NH) and the Jan Arentsz school in Alkmaar
\n2014-today\u00a0Member of the women\u2019s network in Bergen, Egmond and Schoorl
\n2002-2013\u00a0Member and executive member of the young management section of the Dutch employers\u2019 organization VNO NCW<\/em>, Noordwest Holland division<\/p>\n

OTHER
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Sport<\/p>\n