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Leadership Podcast
Why They're Not Doing What You Ask
We've all been there as a humanitarian or development leader.
You have a meeting with your team, or community, or implementing partner, and you think you've agreed on what to do next.
You come back a week later, and find out... nothing has been done!
Why is that?
The more responsibility we take for our team, the community, government, implementing partner (or even your kids!) not taking action on something, the more likely we can fix it.
Because chances are, there's something we...
How a Team Is Using Coaching to Broaden Their Impact
Recently I had a group of 38 students from CRS Uganda take my coaching course.
I asked a panel of four (Olive D'Mello, Florence Ayo, Dismus Arineitwe and Emmanuel Obuko) to answer some questions about what changed for them since taking the course. You'd be surprised!
Here are a few things they mention:
- Using coaching as a way to learn with their team (reflection)
- Creating an empowering culture where people come to them with solutions not just questions
- Using coaching as a leadership...
Getting Out of His Own Way- How a Coach Approach Helped a Leader Grow His Team
Today's guest has really done it.
He has taken what he learned about coaching and created a culture within his organization that has resulted in a more proactive team. This in turn has allowed him to grow his organization and focus on the important.
In short, Salif Kanoute, President of DECLIC NGO in Senegal, has gotten out of his own way.
This is not easy as a leader - we often think our teams need us too much for us to step back.
But Salif is a great example of what can happen when a...