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Stand Out from the Crowd: Three Unconventional Ways to Do Public Presentations in Aid Work
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - June 03, 2024 10:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWe’ve all been tortured by the same old “let me show you ALL my results” presentations in aid work. They all blend together after a while. So how can you make your public presentation (sharing of Baseline or Endline Results or Strategy) more memorable? Well you’re in luck, because in this epis...
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Attributes You Need to Lead Effectively in the Evolving Humanitarian and Development Sectors
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - May 27, 2024 09:20 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe humanitarian and development sectors are changing and we as leaders need to understand how our roles are changing in order to make the most impact. In this episode, we dive into the essential strategies leaders need to consider for enhancing equity, resilience, and accountability in glob...
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Office Gossip - Turning Toxicity into Opportunity
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - May 13, 2024 07:32 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsOffice gossip can be very damaging to a team and organization, not to mention the reputation of yourself and others! Gossip can lead to low staff morale, feelings of mistrust, and even problems with staff retention. It is therefore essential that we understand how to recognize gossip, what it ...
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How Your Leadership Style May be Adding to Your Workload as a Humanitarian and Development Supervisor
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - May 06, 2024 08:17 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsHave you ever considered the way you lead others could be adding to your workload? Just as the way humanitarian and development work has evolved over the last 50 to 60 years, so has the need to lead differently. In this episode you'll learn: How leadership has evolved in the humanitarian ...
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Why You Aren’t Managing Your Time Effectively and Three Time Management Tips that will Lead to a Bigger Impact for Humanitarian and Development Leaders
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - April 29, 2024 08:57 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsDo you feel stretched thin by work demands, struggling to carve out time for impactful projects? In this episode, we uncover three often-overlooked strategies for time management specifically tailored for humanitarian and development supervisors. Here's what you'll learn: Gain insight into ...
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The First Step to Making an Impact as a Humanitarian and Development Leader
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - April 22, 2024 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsHave you ever found yourself lost in the wilderness, not sure where to go or how to get there, surrounded by the unknown and potential danger? Just like navigating unfamiliar territory, defining and achieving impactful goals in humanitarian and development work can feel like wandering without...
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Why Open Door Policies Are Overrated as a Humanitarian and Development Leader and Why Protecting Your Time Makes You More Available
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - April 15, 2024 08:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAre you constantly overwhelmed with a never-ending stream of interruptions at work? Whether you're a humanitarian and develoment leader in the field or managing a team remotely, the pressure to always be available might be hurting your productivity more than you realize. In today's fast-pace...
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How to Know If You'll Achieve Your Goals as a Humanitarian or Development Leader
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - April 08, 2024 06:46 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWill you achieve your goals within a year? Many of us "hope" we will. But hoping alone will not get you to that promotion or to achieve that certification. There are two things that you need to do in order to successfully achieve your goals. And it comes down to how you use your time. ...
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What You Need to Know Before Using a Time Management App as a Humanitarian and Development Leader
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - April 01, 2024 09:01 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWouldn't it be nice if a time management tool could solve all our problems as humanitarian and development leaders? Unfortuntely, it doesn't work that way. While time management tools can be helpful, there is something else you need to address before you can use them effectively. Something...
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Will I Lose My Team's Respect by Not Having the Answers?
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - March 25, 2024 07:38 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWhat is a common fear of leaders in humanitarian and international development when it comes to coaching their teams? The fear of losing respect. Losing respect because their team sees them as needing to have all the answers. So if they start asking their teams what they think, then the te...
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Slowing Down to Save Time
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - March 18, 2024 07:40 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWhen I was a leader in the international development and the humanitarian sector, I had many reasons to rush. There is always a deadline - whether a proposal, a project need or a government request. And yet there are consequences for being in a hurry and just trying to get things done. In ...
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What Your Team REALLY Wants with Feedback
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - March 11, 2024 04:59 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe word "feedback" in the humanitarian and development context can create feelings of anxiety, fear and anger. And yet, your team says they want feedback. So what is it they REALLY want? Most likely they want to grow, or become a better version of themselves in some way. The problem is ...
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3 Main Leadership Styles: Advantages of Each and When to Use Them
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - March 04, 2024 04:44 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe best leaders adapt their leadership style based on their team's needs. I like to think of the saying "wearing different hats" where one hat (way of leading) may be appropriate for one environment but not another. Similarly, we shouldn't always be leading one way. Sometimes you need to ...
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Coachable versus Teachable Moments with Your Team and the Impact of Each
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - February 26, 2024 05:13 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAs a leader who wants to strengthen your team, sometimes you need to teach them, and sometimes you need to coach them. There is a time for each - either your team member needs information to take action (training) versus needing self-reflection (coaching). I see many frustrated leaders who t...
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Making the Most of Performance Planning Conversations
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - February 19, 2024 03:12 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIt's that time of the year! If you're like many of the supervisors I know, you are probably delaying having them. Performance planning conversations! These conversations are one of the most important discussions of the year, but many of us see them as a "have to do" and not a "want to do...
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Diversity and the Coach Approach
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - February 12, 2024 04:33 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAs a leader you influence the level of diversity on your team. Allowing greater diversity results in your team contributing ideas and more innovation. And greater contribution/ideas = greater impact. In this episode we explore the story of Little Richard, an African American performer who ...
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Becoming a Better Leader and Leading at Every Level - The 2024 Women's Global Leadership Forum
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - February 05, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThere are many ways to lead in the international development and humanitarian sectors. Whether it's by using a coach approach leadership style or by mentoring others, there are many ways to demonstrate leadership that benefit those around us. In this episode guest Fiona Macaulay (Founder of ...
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My Top 3 Lessons Learned in 2023 - Part Three of Three
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - January 29, 2024 15:56 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsHow we spend our time each day directly relates to our likelihood of achieving our goals. If we spend our time on what I call "empty calorie tasks" we will probably not change or grow much. But if we prioritize high quality tasks related to our goals, we will more likely achieve them. Unde...
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My Top 3 Lessons Learned in 2023 - Part Two of Three
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - January 21, 2024 22:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAre you approaching work from a scarcity mentality or abundance mentality? A scarcity mentality leads to fear, stress and worry. An abundance mentality leads to calm, motivation and inspiration. Over the past year I have learned that approaching things from an abundance mentality not only ...
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My Top 3 Lessons Learned in 2023 - Part One of Three
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - January 15, 2024 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsI have taken time over the last few weeks to reflect on my top lessons learned for 2023. These lessons can help you achieve your goals for 2024 - faster and better. I am sharing them in a three part episode - starting with how I have learned to not rely only on one or two ways of reaching a ...
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When to Ask "How Can I Help You?"
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - January 08, 2024 07:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAsking your team "how can I help?" is a great way to show your support. But knowing when to ask this question can make it more helpful to your team member - and ultimately to you as a leader too. In this episode I explore the best way to ask "how can I help you?" as a supervisor in order to ...
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A Simple and Effective Way to be a More Empathetic Leader
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - January 01, 2024 07:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMost of us prefer working for a leader who we feel cares for us over one who only cares about results. Many research studies confirm the same: empathetic leaders create higher performing and more motivated teams. Chances are if you're listening to this you are already a caring leader, but ...
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They are Watching You
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - December 25, 2023 08:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIf you find yourself saying things like "my team knows not to follow my bad example (working long hours, for example)" then this episode is for you. So many humanitarian and development leaders I work with think they are the "exception to the rule". That is that their team does not follow the...
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Finding Time for Developing Your Team
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - December 18, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsYou have a lot on your to do list. Between all the meetings, email and your everyday obligations, things get busy fast! And yet, one of our most important priorities as supervisors can be one of the ones we delay doing the most - that is developing our team. How can you find time to develop...
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How You May Be Delaying Your Goal Achievement
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - December 11, 2023 08:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsHow have you done achieving your annual goals? Sometimes it feels like there's some magic formula that we are missing which will allow us to achieve our goals. Thankfully, that's not true. Achieving our goals comes down to one thing. And that is: how we have prioritized our time. The w...
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What Happens When We Already Know
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - December 04, 2023 09:06 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsYou're listening to this because you want to grow as a leader. One way to do that is to be aware of your mindset. Having the right mindset, or perspective, can motivate us to grow and improve. But having the "wrong" mindset can lead to the opposite of growth. One limited mindset I see in...
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How to Make a New Way of Leading Successful
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - November 27, 2023 08:17 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWhether you know it or not, you have a certain way of leading your team. They are used to you doing things a certain way. So if you suddenly change that without saying anything... It could be very disruptive, and unproductive. In this episode I share what I've learned about how to introd...
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Taking Your Power Back
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - November 20, 2023 07:27 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAre you the hero or the victim of your story? Sometimes we may be a victim - and not even realize it. And when we are a victim - we become helpless and hopeless. This means we don't act, we don't grow and we don't help ourselves or others. Because we see our situation as "reality" - rath...
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Leading Versus Quality Questions
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - November 13, 2023 00:33 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWhen we communicate with others, and especially when coaching, the quality of our questions can have tremendous impact on the outcome. We can have good intentions, but a question which is leading or directive can shut down a conversation and limit the creativity and resourcefulness of those yo...
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Why Doesn't My Team Have Ideas?
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast - November 06, 2023 06:15 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThere are many benefits of a proactive team. A more proactive team means greater diversity of thought, higher team motivation and more time for you to work on the important things on your to do list. Sometimes just asking your team what they think is not enough to make them more proactive an...
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