How to Manage Your Emotions
As leaders, it is important we understand how to manage our emotions so we can be thoughtful about how we respond to different situations, rather than irrational and unprofessional. In this episode I...
12 Okt 202020min
How a Local NGO is Changing Leadership in Senegal
My guest today, Salif Kanoute, has an inspiring story on how he is changing traditional leadership in Senegal through a local NGO he co-founded called DECLIC. Salif's passion for his mission is conta...
5 Okt 202044min
How to Introduce Coaching to Your Team for the First Time
A common challenge my students have around coaching is how to introduce it to their teams for the first time. When working with a team that is not used to receiving coaching, it can be a bit difficul...
28 Sep 202015min
How Coaching Can Strengthen Local Partners
If you work for the UN or an INGO, you may have worked with local NGO's or civil society while implementing a project. And if you have, you probably know that this can be super rewarding, but also su...
14 Sep 202017min
What Coaching Sounds Like - A Session with a Busy Head of Programs
There is a lot of talk about coaching these days. What I find interesting is that although many think they know what coaching is, when they start learning more about it they realize that they actuall...
7 Sep 202046min
How to Challenge Your Team to Better Performance
In coaching, we often challenge those we are coaching to go beyond what they think they can do, or to get out of their comfort zone in a way we know will benefit them. If done properly, it can be ver...
31 Aug 202011min
Is Your Team Really Following You?
Of course as leaders our teams will do what we ask. After all, we are supervising them! But what happens to all those initiatives you spent so hard working on after you're gone? Will they continue ...
24 Aug 202019min
A Case Study on Nationalizing Staff Positions and Lessons Learned
Although there are a lot of changes recently due to COVID-19 and the way we work, a trend that has been going on for some time now is the shift of traditionally expat filled positions becoming "nation...
17 Aug 202044min
