NGO Soul + Strategy

Nov 14 2024 82 ep. 45 mins 49

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Welcome to my podcast NGO Soul + Strategy – a podcast for leaders of NGOs and other philanthropic organizations who are not satisfied with the status quo, are ready to look change right in the eye and who see themselves as leader-as-learner.

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081. Leadership Lessons From African Cultures, With Albert Momo

Nov 14 2024 54 mins

SummaryWhat are the key principles of African leadership that nonprofit leaders globally could benefit from adopting?How does the African concept of Ubuntu translate into practical leadership strategies for nonprofit organizations?How does African leadership balance individual and collective success, and how might nonprofit teams benefit from seeking the same balance?In this NGO So

080. Avoid These Leadership Mistakes When Managing Organizational Change With Michael Randel

Oct 08 2024 50 mins

SummaryIs it that people resist change? That they fear change? Or rather that people fear loss?As a change management consultant, what is the most difficult or frustrating while supporting clients with change management efforts?What is one word most alive right now in the world of change management support?In this NGO Soul+Strategy podcast episode, I interview Michael Randel, Found

079. Leadership in Africa Redefined With Taaka Awori of Busara Africa

Sep 23 2024 42 mins

SummaryWhat does it Busara's tagline mean: 'transformational leadership, from the inside out'?To what extent are there truly different global south-normed leadership models?Does personality still play an important role as well, in addition to national or regional cultural differences in leadership approaches?In this NGO Soul+Strategy podcast episode, I interview Taaka Awori, Founde

078. Which INGO Roles Are Still Legitimate, Relevant, and Needed (and Which No Longer): Dylan Mathews @ Peace Direct

Sep 10 2024 49 mins

SummaryHow should INGOs discern what roles are still relevant, legitimate, and needed, at this moment in civil society history? And which roles they therefore should *stop* playing?Is there more here, over and beyond stopping service delivery? (Which on its own is quite the shift)In this NGO Soul+Strategy podcast episode, I interview Dylan Mathews, Chief Executive Officer at Pe

077. Let’s Work Through This: Conflict Mediation in Social Sector Organizations With Nathalie Thompson

Jun 30 2024 42 mins

SummaryConflict management and mediation are skills that come up frequently as a weak area in many of our social sector organizations. And these days, more than ever conflict is on the rise within our organizations. So how can we work through our conflicts more skillfully and effectively?Nathalie has answers for us. She's a trainer conflict mediator (as well as a Corentus, Inc. tea

076. Trends in Direct Fundraising: Keeping It Real With Erica Waasdorp

Jun 15 2024 57 mins

SummaryWhat constitutes a culture of philanthropy within nonprofits and NGOs? It's a term easily bandied around, but how do I see when it's in place?How has the field of direct giving by small donors, and monthly giving as one donor practice in particular changed in the last 10-20 years?Are there hurdles to be overcome in persuading donors to adopt monthly giving? Finally, there is

075. What Happens When a Start-Up Nurtures an Evidence-Based Culture: The Taimaka Project

May 14 2024 69 mins

SummaryWhat does the name Taimaka mean?To what extent are there challenges, as an organization, when you aim for evidence-based decision-making?What kind of culture is needed to truly live the aspiration of being evidence-based?In this NGO Soul+Strategy podcast episode, I interview Dr. Umar Abubakar and Justin Graham, co-founders and co-directors of The Taimaka Project -- an NGO wo

074. Can Nonprofit Program Evaluation Truly Be Made Easy? Chari Smith

Apr 19 2024 53 mins

SummaryQuite a few smaller size social sector organizations assume that program evaluation is too complex or demanding an undertaking for them. Is that the case, though?If we want to introduce program evaluation to staff, leadership, and boards who have not yet been inducted into the importance of program evaluation: what are the most effective questions to generate genuine interes

073. From a Hub and Spoke to a Horizontal Network Model: Anu Kumar @ Ipas

Mar 31 2024 55 mins

SummaryWhat are the main benefits of a network structure, where power, authority, and leadership are dispersed and shared across regions, from an effectiveness perspective? What are the most important enabling habits, practices and behaviors that go with that, as a change leader?And what are the most valuable network-related frameworks, concepts, resources, and tools at work in mov

072. When Nonprofits Deal With Internal Strife: Conflict Mediation to the Rescue With Daniel Genberg

Mar 15 2024 47 mins

SummaryConflict within our organizations: we often don't really want to face them, but they are very much there. The result? Plenty of passive aggression to go around. What are the implications of such forms of conflict avoidance?In other NGOs on the other hand -- especially in the last few years it seems -- internal strife has come out into the open - sometimes spilling into the m