How Saying No Makes You More of a Team Player
Are you being a team player? You may be surprised by the answer. I see many aid worker supervisors saying "yes" to take on more work, so they can be a team player. But ironically, many times by doing ...
21 Nov 202219min
Why Your Team Asks for Your Advice
It is very helpful as humanitarian and development leaders to ask ourselves about patterns we see with our team's behavior. Once we understand the "why" behind our team's behavior, we can ask ourselv...
14 Nov 202223min
Your Most Important Priority as a Humanitarian Leader
What is your most important priority as a humanitarian or development leader? Something that if you don't prioritize, your work will suffer, as well as those around you? It's not a donor proposal. Or ...
7 Nov 202217min
The Impact of Coaching Used Three Different Ways - Replay
Today I'm excited to introduce the stories of three of my students and how they've incorporated coaching in their work. I'm sure you can learn something from their journey that can inspire you to bec...
31 Okt 202228min
Coping with the Inner Critic
If you consider yourself a perfectionist, or lacking confidence, or experiencing imposter syndrome, chances are you have an inner critic. You know - the voice in your head which says you're not enough...
24 Okt 202220min
Not Enough Time and Later Is Better
"One the Annual Report is done, I will develop my team." "Once we hire the new person, I will take that course." "After the year end close, I can visit the community." See a pattern here? The pattern ...
17 Okt 202220min
How to Relieve Stress by Planning for Reality and Not Against It
Even though development and humanitarian work is unpredictable, there are some things that we know will happen. When I was in South Sudan, these included: - Delayed procurements - Last minute governme...
10 Okt 202218min
How to Create Memorable Events and Presentations
Many of us spend a lot of time preparing for meetings and for events on what we're going to say. We practice PowerPoint presentations. We review our agendas. But a few months from now, what will be r...
30 Sep 202222min
