We want to take this opportunity to thank all those who joined us for our in-person event in London yesterday focused on how we can apply a coaching approach to international development. We also thank Crown Agents for doing such a fabulous job in hosting this event and to Paul Wafer for chairing the session. We appreciated the thoughts shared by the panellists: Ben French, Sarah-Jane Marriott (ICF PCC), Mark Keen and Tina Maria Saeteraas Stoum and for the insightful comments and questions from those who joined us.
Some of the highlights that stood out for me were:
--> for an industry built on technical knowledge and an 'expert' driven approach, how do we encourage those who work in this sector to adopt a more humble approach where their expertise may be used in partnership with others? What's the shift that needs to happen in our own ways of thinking and working with others?
--> even when more people are recognising that we need to move away from a linear and externally driven approach to programming, to build trusting relationships with partners, the funding process and operational side of things is still not set up to work in this more adaptive or innovative way.
--> those working in this sector (particularly those with white privilege or other forms of privilege) need to be more aware of the power that they hold and look for people to share it with. This is particularly important as we look for ways to actively #decolonise the sector and #shiftthepower.
I would love to hear from those who joined us yesterday on what insights you might have come away with, and any thoughts you have on where we go next with this conversation
Jo Kemp (ICF ACC), Jo Elms, Jessica Noon, Astrid Korin, Benjamin Salt, Alexandra Nastase, Tobechukwu Nneli, Agnes (Aggie) Nakirya, John Morgan, Toby Arul-Pragasam, Matt Pocock, Leanne Marega, née Kennedy, Emma Sauvanet, Sanum Jain, Amardeep Kainth, Cathal Long, Pavlo Cherednychenko, Zehra Zaidi, Mélody Barreau, Denise Nishimwe, Somanah Achadoo MBA CMgr FCMI, Pia MacRae, Karen Abbs, Renee Kantelberg, Melissa Nicholson, Harrison McCartney, Cameron Kirkpatrick, Barry Smith, Chris Hearle, Fergus Drake OBE
#coachingmindset #humility #partnership #trust