Thinking of the new year, and new resolutions, a recent article, Kim Starkey states that the leaders who excel most often have the same qualities as top athletes. And she has observed they typically ensure that goals are: “specific and measurable; feedback-driven; realistic; self-referential; controllable; chunkable”. To learn more, click here
The article also talks about the founder of BRAC, a large NGO that was established in Bangladesh: Fazle Hasan Abed set up the organisation after seeing the devastating effects of a cyclone. He stated: “everything we did in Bangladesh we did with one focus: getting poor people out of poverty because we feel that poverty is dehumanizing”.
Put into practice…We have recently been working on a strategy and team development process in the past few days with Participatory Development Initiatives (PDI); this has included facilitating a process to develop clear and compelling goals. PDI take an integrated and sustainable approach to the provision of water and sanitation with communities in Malawi. We greatly appreciate the opportunity to work with PDI.
Dalai Lama quote: “the seed of goodness is found in the soil of appreciation”
Have a great day!
Ian, Lorna, Rosie and Ellie