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A practical guide for developing country governments
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Compiled by Ábia Saldanha Figueiredo
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by Henrietta Blyth. Leadership makes or breaks groups of any size - from small community groups through to large organisations. An effective leader can turn a disorganised group into a great one, while a poor leader can destroy a group which may have been effective for many years beforehand. All groups thrive with good leadership and become ineffective or fall apart with poor leadership.
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by Tulo Raistrick and Helen Gaw. This is a good way for a group of people to learn about the effects of three different leadership styles on how a group works together.
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compiled by Helen Gaw. One important area of leadership is governance. Organisational governance is the process of overseeing an organisation. It involves making sure the organisation's work is done effectively and well. Often, it is a legal requirement for a registered organisation to have some kind of governing body.
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by Rick James. Joyce Banda attributes her empowering leadership style to some difficult and humbling experiences in the early years of leading the National Association of Business Women (NABW) in Malawi.
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compiled by Helen Gaw. Different styles of leadership are needed at different times for different people. When leading, it is important to adapt to the needs of each individual. This is true whether the relationship is one of employer and employee in the workplace, or team leader and volunteer in a community project.
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by Andrew Gwaivangmin. If community organisations are to grow sustainably then more leaders will be needed who are trained and mentored. African communities, like communities elsewhere, often have individuals who may not be formally recognised as leaders yet who can and do exercise leadership. One common challenge is taking people who are strong in certain technical skills and putting them in leadership positions. It is good to do this, but without any leadership training or support through ...
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by Dr Colleen Beebe Purisaca. Peace and Hope International developed from a Peruvian initiative and works with organisations from around the world. So it is important that our leadership reflects our roots in Latin America and our goal of working across cultures.
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compiled by Helen Gaw. An innovator comes up with new ideas and puts them into practice to test them. Sometimes innovators are ridiculed because their new ideas seem crazy to other people, but most of us benefit every day from the discoveries made by innovators. Innovators are leaders in the field of ideas. Young people sometimes come up with the best innovations - perhaps because they have not become used to the already tried-and-tested ways of doing things.
