Tandem Leadership

“𝐼𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑙𝑒, 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔...” Barlet Colly Jaji (MDS, BA, Dip), who started a new role as Executive Director of Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK) during his Tandem journey, shares thoughts on how the programme has transformed him. From increased self-awareness to applying a new set of practical tools and approaches in his day-to-day, Barlet explains how his leadership style has strengthened as a result of his participation in Tandem. #TandemLeaders #Leadership #LearningAndDevelopment #AgileLearning

Now that their formal learning journey has completed, how does Tandem help our leaders in their day-to-day?   Through our unique blend of executive and peer coaching, they have challenged themselves – and one another – to ask tough questions about how they recenter leadership and change how they engage with others.   Three of our brilliant leaders share their newly gained insights into themselves:   🇬🇼 Francis Peter-Battal, Head of United Nations Resident Coordinator Office, Guinea-Bissau 🇧🇴 Emma Donlan, Country Director, Plan International Bolivia 🇸🇱 Foday Bassie Swaray, Executive Director, ActionAid Sierra Leone   #TandemLeaders #LearningAndDevelopment #Leadership

Decolonising leadership – illustrated! 🎨 We kicked off our leaders' closing retreat in Bangkok with a thought-provoking debate on how to decolonise leadership, presented here by the talented Matthew Buck at Drawnalism Ltd.   ODI's Director of Global Advisory Sasha Kapadia, who oversees Tandem, chaired a conversation with three impressive speakers: journalist Heba Aly, leadership consultant Carlos Esteban Mejia Solano, and WWF's Alice Ruhweza. The discussion was followed by a lively Q&A with our leaders.   We heard honest reflections about the challenges of decolonising leadership in the humanitarian and development sector. These were countered with ideas for how to move from talk to action, encouraging our leaders to press on.   The illustrations, captured in real time as the discussion unfolded, reveal our key takeaways.   #TandemLeaders #Decolonisation #LearningAndDevelopment #Leadership

Il y a 8 mois de cela que j’ai été sélectionnée et enrôlée dans un parcours de leadership hors pair avec #tandemleadership. C’est un parcours unique qui a mis à nu mes forces et faiblesses en tant que leader et m’a permis d’identifier ce qui me donne de l’énergie dans mon travail en tant que leader. Les introspections, les critiques positives des leaders de divers horizons, les discussions et tables rondes mensuelles avec des experts internationaux sur des thématiques précurseurs à des dialogues ainsi que l’accompagnement d’un coach m’ont permis de grandir.   Le chemin vers l’excellence se poursuit parce qu’on ne finit jamais d’apprendre – mais une chose est sûre, j’avance avec plus de confiance, plus de positivité, plus de flexibilité, plus de courage, plus de force, plus de résilience et plus d’énergie en tant que leader.  Je suis fière d’avoir pu boucler le programme et d’avoir eu la chance d’établir des connexions avec plusieurs autres leaders de différents pays et de différentes organisations. Merci à toute l’équipe #Tandemleadership, merci à tous les coachs, merci à tous les experts. #TandemLeaders #LearningAndDevelopment #Leadership

"𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙."   Some advice from Stephen Blakemore, who ran an in-depth simulation with his Learning Community for Change colleagues for our first cohort of leaders in Bangkok last week.    The exercise was designed to test how – in Stephen's words – they demonstrate "leadership as a skill" by responding to a humanitarian emergency.     The group applied their learnings – courageous conversations, influencing without authority, conscious collaboration, and more – working together to make tough decisions in an increasingly complex and pressured scenario.     Stay tuned for more tips from our brilliant partners at the Learning Community for Change in the coming weeks. 💡   #TandemTips #TandemLeaders #CrisisResponse #Leadership 

I am delighted to share that the Tandem Executive Leadership Training cohort-1, completed at the end of June 2024 in Bangkok. As a participant from Nepal, I would like to extend my gratitude to ODI, and the MRG team for this opportunity, and also gratitude to all the amazing tandem leaders from around the world. Tandem Leadership

It has now been a week since we said farewell to our first cohort of leaders in Bangkok.    The group – who between them work in over 25 countries – are back to their high-pressure day jobs, equipped with new skills and connections that will boost them as leaders.   Their Tandem journey isn't over yet though! For the next three months, they will continue to receive personalised support and guidance from their executive coaches, encouraging them to stay true to their leadership goals.    Here are some more photo highlights from an inspiring week in Bangkok. 📸   #TandemLeaders #Leadership #LearningAndDevelopment 

Last week, I participated in the final retreat of the Tandem Leadership program in Bangkok, Thailand. I am honored to be part of this cohort of 30 humanitarian and development leaders from all over the world. It has been an inspiring week filled with reflections and powerful discussions as part of our Tandem learning journey to become better leaders in this challenging sector, doing our part to build a better world. Thanks to my colleagues, our coaches, and the ODI team for providing a safe learning environment for our leadership growth!

Last week, I participated in The Tandem’s Executive leadership programme closing retreat in Thailand. This transformative journey began in December 2023 with an initiation retreat in Dar es Salaam. Over the past six months, I’ve engaged in intense and interesting learning and collaboration with peers and gained valuable insights from subject matter experts and executive coaching. From grounding in wellbeing and resilience, to investigating power, positionality and trust building, to exploring decolonized leadership, influencing without authority, to leading and managing change and much more, this journey has been nothing short of amazing.   It has been an honour to connect with global leaders from other international NGOs, national NGOs and the UN. Working alongside the outstanding teams from ODI and MRG has been a privilege   I am excited to apply these insights not only within my organization but also across the sector.  #TandemLeaders

"𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐... 𝑃𝑢𝑠ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑧𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜."   Tandem leader Wangari Wanjau, Tanzania Country Director for the International Rescue Committee, shares her most valuable lessons from the programme.     Our leaders have embraced the ethos of deliberate decision-making over the last six months. They now see immense value in pausing to look inwards before acting. In so doing, they better understand their context, position and priorities, allowing for a more informed response.    #TandemLeaders #TandemTips #LearningAndDevelopment #Leadership