Communities of practice in leadership development

Operations capacity building adviser

16/03/13

Leadership for local governance training course

29/01/13

Dates: 8-29 April 2013 (Deadline for applications is 11 February 2013)
Type of event: Training course
Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
Organization: The Hague Academy for Local Governance
More information: http://thehagueacademy.com/blog/2012/04/leadership-and-municipal-management-2/

This course aims to increase good leadership of local authorities by looking at three core competences: developing a vision, managing public services and communicating with internal and external stakeholders. During interactive sessions the participants will learn about the Leadership Benchmark as a comprehensive tool for improving leadership in local government. Ttogether with international experts and practitioners from The Netherlands, participants will explore how to develop a vision for their municipality, improve the financial management of the organisation and strengthen human resources, planning capacity and performance based management. Extra attention will be paid to integrity as well as gender issues in leadership.

Upcoming training courses in East Africa (MDF)

25/01/13

MDF is a global training and consultancy agency, headquartered in the Netherlands with branches in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The MDF Eastern and Southern Africa office is organizing the following courses in the first half of 2013.

Please note that course fees apply

Organisational development and change: 11-15 February, Arusha, Tanzania
Result-based management: 11-15 March, Arusha, Tanzania
Monitoring & Evaluation and Learning: 18-22 March, Arusha, Tanzania
Programme Planning form a Livelihood Perspective: 1-5 April 2013, Nairobi, Kenya
Outcome mapping: 15-17 April 2013, Arusha, Tanzania
Financial management for non-financial managers: 5-10 May, Arusha, Tanzania
Leadership and people management: 13-17 May, Arusha, Tanzania
Project and programme management: 10-21 June, Arusha, Tanzania

For more information and a full overview of all courses offered in 2013, please visit the MDF-ESA website.

Management and leadership adviser, Malawi

09/10/12

Contracting organization: Abt Associates
Location: Malawi
Application deadline: 28 October 2012
Type/duration of assignment: Not specified
More information: http://unjobs.org/vacancies/1349229035206

The M&L Advisor/Management Coach Lead will be accountable for the technical direction and implementation of the project's M&L program and District Level Management Strengthening activities. The M&L Advisor/Management Coach Lead will report directly to the project's Chief of Party and will have management responsibility for one staff member and one local partner.

Required skills: Master's degree (PhD desirable) in management, public health, business administration or a related professional degree; along with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience. Demonstrated ability to plan, manage and execute work assignments in collaboration with a diverse team. Demonstrated ability to mentor senior and mid-level stakeholders in management and leadership. Demonstrated ability to engage and work with stakeholders at all system levels. Ability to multitask and carry-out diverse types of office work, and manage varied deadlines. Excellent writing, computer, mangement and organizational skills. Fluency in English and Chichewa (official local language) required. Fluency in other local language/s a plus. Previous work experience on a development project is desirable, preferably with USAID.

Leadership and organizational development training courses

06/04/12

Dates: Various, during October and November 2012 ( NB: Application deadline for EU grants is 30 April 2012)
Type of event: Training course
Location: Various: Copenhagen (Denmark), Linz (Austria) and Gouda (The Netherlands)
Organization: In Dialogue
More information: http://www.in-dialogue.org/index.php?pagina=open-courses

In Dialogue, an international training consultancy based in Denmark and the Netherlands, offers various open international courses. All of them are based on positive relational approaches to change and learning. These courses are open to anyone who has an interest in the subjects and are open to some funding options (to cover board, lodging, course fees and travel) of the European Commission; Comenius programme for secondary education staff and the Grundtvig programme for adult education staff.

The promises and perils of supporting network formation and development

07/02/12

Date: 15 February 2012 (12-1pm PST / 7-8pm GMT )
Type of event: Webinar (free registration)
Location: Online
Organization: Leadership Learning Community

Drawing on the experiences and examples of three leadership and network evaluators, this session will explore a number of questions, including: What are the promises and perils of investing in network formation? What evaluation questions are important to ask? What are critical practices for supporting and nurturing the emergence and development of networks over time? What are promising practices for evaluating network behavior and network effects in the early stages of network formation?

This session will provide useful advice about how to fund, support, and evaluate network potential and sustainability in the earliest phases of network formation.

 

Coaching as a leadership development strategy

25/11/11

Dates: 14 December 2011
Type of event: Webinar
Location: Online, global
Organization: Leadership Learning Center/CompassPoint

Leadership development is on the forefront of grantmaker and capacity builders' minds, particularly as organizations navigate the current realities they face. This webinar is for experienced capacity builders who are interested in exploring coaching as a leadership development strategy.

Mastering wicked problems: Alan Fowler Master Seminar Series hosted by INTRAC

16/08/11

Dates: 20-21 October, 2011
Type of event: Training course
Location: National Council of Voluntary Organisations, London UK
Organization: International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC)

Successful NGOs overcome ‘wicked’ problems. These are critical issues and dilemmas for the whole organisation that have multiple, interdependent causes. Potential solutions are many, but they are seldom obvious or amenable to assured implementation. Yet, effective leadership and management find ways to surmount such problems and motivationally communicate a way forward. This capability is vital for maintaining social value and durability.

Working with stakeholder dialogues

27/05/11

Dates: 28th June - 1st July, 2011(Postdam, Germany) and 27th to 30th September, 2011 (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
Type of event: Training course
Organizer: Collective Learning Institute

This is a skills development program for those who host, initiate and facilitate stakeholder engagement processes.

1st Asia Pacific mediation leadership summit: From talk to action

27/05/11

Dates: 2-4 December 2011
Type of event: Conference
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Organization: Asia Pacific Mediation Forum

The aim of the conference is to engage a range of experienced academics, mediators, conflict transformation and peacebuilding practitioners from different cultural, organizational and professional backgrounds who are culturally fluent, creative and innovative, and want to contribute (and build on) their knowledge and expertise and proactively evolve the way that conflicts are mediated, transformed and built in the Asia-Pacific region.

CDRA spring immersion course

27/05/11

Dates: 12-23 September, 2011
Type of event: Training (Please note that this is a paid course)
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Organization: Community Development Resource Association (CDRA)

This unique new 3 week immersion course provides an exploratory and experiential space for learning and sharing that will take participants "on a journey to reignite and infuse passion, inspire and generate creativity, bringing renewed energy to thinking, feeling and doing". The course will provide an “off the map experience” which will encourage you to find and chart your own paths. Participants will draw energy, inspiration and a new impetus to respond appropriately and proactively to the challenges of our times.

Open courses on relational approaches to change and learning

29/04/11

Dates: Various

Type of event: Training (Please note that these are paid courses although limited EU funding is available)

Location: Copenhagen (Denmark) and Gouda (Netherlands) 

Organization: In Dialogue

In Dialogue offers four different open international courses in 2011. All of them are based on positive relational approaches to change and learning. These courses are open to anyone who has an interest in the subjects and are open to some funding options (to cover board, lodging, course fees and travel) of the European Commission; Comenius programme for secondary education staff and the Grundtvig programme for adult education staff.

Training courses on facilitating multi-stakeholder processes and social learning

15/04/11

For the benefit of Capacity.org readers who have expressed interest in learning more on the topic of facilitating multi-actor change, we would like to draw your attention to a number of upcoming training courses organized by Wageningen UR - Centre for Development Innovation, namely:

• Local Governance and Rural Decentralisation – Multi-stakeholder Processes for Institutional Strengthening
• Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation – Managing and Learning for Impact
• Facilitating Multi-stakeholder Processes and Social Learning

There is limited funding available for some of the courses, but please note that much earlier deadlines apply for scholarship applications.