NGO Soul + Strategy
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.
Episodes
90 episodes
089: "I AM A CHANGE MAN”: How Arnold Dix Applied An Iconoclastic Leadership Approach at the International Tunnelling Association
SummaryThe International Tunnelling Association (ITA) plays a critical role in global infrastructure, ensuring clean water, sewage systems, and transport for millions while contributing to ...
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Season 6
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Episode 89
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56:30
088. When You Have to Wind Down Your Nonprofit: How to do It Well, with Amy Miller-Taylor
SummaryWhat does it take to lead an organization through a responsible and strategic closure? In this episode, I speak with Amy Miller-Taylor, former Executive ...
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Season 6
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Episode 88
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46:43
087. Coaching Leaders Through An African Lens: Nankhonde Kasonde-Van Den Broek
Western coaching models weren’t built for African leaders. So Nankhonde Kasonde, a Zambian international development as well as a leadership development specialist and ...
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Season 6
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Episode 87
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52:09
086: The Modern Development Leader, How to Manage Change and All That: Torrey and Tosca in Conversation Part 2
Summary:What are the attributes of the modern humanitarian and development leader? Why modern? In what ways? How does one become one?Torrey’s Bio:As a certified coach with twelve years’ experience i...
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Season 6
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Episode 86
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30:17
085: The Modern Development Leader, How to Manage Change and All That: Torrey and Tosca in Conversation Part 1
Summary:This is part one of a two-part conversation between two podcast hosts: Torrey Peace and myself. Torrey’s podcast is The Modern Humanitarian and Development Leader. Torrey and I tackle two broad topics: in this ...
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Season 6
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Episode 85
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31:19
084: Towards Ubuntu 2.0? A Wide-Ranging Leadership Conversation with Martin Kalungu-Banda
SummaryWhat does the concept of Ubuntu teach us about leadership, community, and the well-being of people in organizations?How can African leadership models inform and enhance global approaches to management and org...
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Season 5
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Episode 84
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50:01
083: African Solutions for African Problems: Consulting Strategies with Faye Ekong @ RavelWorks
SummaryHow does an African management consulting company that expressly sets itself up to offer African solutions to African problems communicate its identity? What are some key differences in organizational developme...
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Season 5
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Episode 83
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54:37
082: Human Emotions in a Poly-Crisis: How To Get To More Effective NGO Campaigning with Diya Deb @ MindWorks
SummaryHow can nonprofit organizations leverage human emotions to enhance the impact of their campaigns?What can NGOs learn from cognitive science to create more effective, empathetic communication strategies during a time ...
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Season 5
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Episode 82
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59:13
081. Leadership Lessons From African Cultures, With Albert Momo
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 organi...
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Season 5
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Episode 81
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54:23
080. Avoid These Leadership Mistakes When Managing Organizational Change With Michael Randel
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 ef...
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Season 5
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Episode 80
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50:45
079. Leadership in Africa Redefined With Taaka Awori of Busara Africa
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 r...
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Season 5
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Episode 79
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42:27
078. Which INGO Roles Are Still Legitimate, Relevant, and Needed (and Which No Longer): Dylan Mathews @ Peace Direct
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...
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Season 5
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Episode 78
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49:46
077. Let’s Work Through This: Conflict Mediation in Social Sector Organizations With Nathalie Thompson
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.
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Season 5
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Episode 77
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42:38
076. Trends in Direct Fundraising: Keeping It Real With Erica Waasdorp
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 ...
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Season 5
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Episode 76
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57:20
075. What Happens When a Start-Up Nurtures an Evidence-Based Culture: The Taimaka Project
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 evi...
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Season 5
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Episode 75
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1:09:01
074. Can Nonprofit Program Evaluation Truly Be Made Easy? Chari Smith
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, l...
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Season 5
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Episode 74
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53:08
073. From a Hub and Spoke to a Horizontal Network Model: Anu Kumar @ Ipas
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 enab...
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Season 5
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Episode 73
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55:37
072. When Nonprofits Deal With Internal Strife: Conflict Mediation to the Rescue With Daniel Genberg
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 confli...
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Season 5
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Episode 72
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47:53
071. Onward With Reimagining INGO Models: Charles Kojo Vandyck @ RINGO/WACSI
SummaryWhat are some structural things that are wrong in development aid and in civil society?Which mindsets most need to be decolonized when it comes to the relationship between global South civil society organizations (CS...
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Season 5
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Episode 71
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54:15
070. Mastering a graceful AND effective leadership exodus: Ignacio Saiz
SummaryLeadership transitions are tricky -- and potentially risky -- moments in a nonprofit's life. What are the most common pitfalls or aspects that get overlooked when nonprofits -- and outgoing leaders themselves -- tackle such...
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Season 5
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Episode 70
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46:24
069. Navigating Organizational Politics: A Team Coach’s Guide - with Alexander Caillet @ Corentus
SummaryWhat should I imagine, practically, when a team coach starts to support my team?What does a well-known team coach find the most rewarding about working with nonprofit teams?Can a team coach detect any differen...
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Season 5
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Episode 69
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55:54
067. DEI trends in US development agencies, by the numbers – Shiro Gnanaselvam @ Social Impact
SummaryWhat is the state of DEI in US-founded international development organisations (both for-profit and nonprofit), and how has this state changed since 2021? What has been the action, as compared to the profe...
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Season 5
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Episode 68
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1:02:09
067. Life after leadership: Sam Worthington, former President and CEO @ InterAction
SummaryWhat is life after leadership like?What happens to you as a person when you leave a high-powered, highly visible role in civil society?What happens with your sense of identity? Does this also perhaps touch on ...
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Season 4
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Episode 67
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49:52
066. How to navigate the big scaling quandary: Amy Ragsdale @ Spring Impact
SummaryWhat is scaling? And how is it different from growing?What’s the role of partner strategies or multiplier strategies in scaling?What are the implications of scaling in an era of decolonizing aid, localizing d...
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Season 4
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Episode 66
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47:30
065. How you should transition into a new role as a leader: Adama Coulibaly @ Oxfam
SummaryWhat are the vital steps a senior leader have to take as they step into a new leadership role? What to do and what to expect when you are transitioning into that new role?And, separately, to what extent are African ...
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Season 4
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Episode 65
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52:31