Development

Personal

Learning to handle big responsibilities, giving effective feedback, receiving criticism and making decisions constrained by a tight schedule are important skills that are not easily learned in a classroom. You might have had a time management training or have read something about giving feedback, but it is only after you have done it yourself that you will begin to understand the fine nuances of these soft skills. A fulltime year provides a constant environment to practice and develop these very valuable skills. For EFR board members, there are personal coaches who will assist and advise you on your personal development.

Social

As you will be working together closely with a lot of people, your social skills will develop as well. Managing expectations and communicating appropriately are skills you can only learn by doing.

Professional

As a board member, you will improve your personal skills enormously. However, you will also improve your professional skills. You will learn how to use your time efficiently, negotiate contracts and network. Furthermore, you have the unique opportunity to arrange multiple trainings in soft skills (time management, leadership etc.) and/or hard skills (InDesign, Salesforce etc.) that you would like to develop.