📅 13-17 March 2023
Online
Registration deadline: 10 March 2023
This course empowers participants to become effective leaders and managers in the international development context. International development work involves multi-stakeholder cooperation and delivery in challenging environments. The organizers designed this course to target governments from developing countries as well as practitioners in the international development community. The course tailors leadership and management training as it pertains to the public service sector and public sector reform.
The skill set that needs to be developed includes leadership and decision-making, organizational management, human capital development, navigating through political waters, and effective communications. The case studies are designed to address key issues in international development.
The seminars are currently offered both in-person and online simultaneously, at the choice of the participant. This choice must be indicated at the time of registration. A small number of courses are scheduled to be delivered exclusively in person or online and are indicated as such in the 2023 schedule. In-Person Only seminars usually start at 9:30 am Washington D.C. time.
Daily sessions usually end at 4:00 pm. Breaks (including the lunch break) are allocated as appropriate. Online Only seminars will be delivered through five (for 1-week course) or ten (for 2-weeks course) live online sessions via videoconferencing platform. Each session will last approximately 3.5 hours and will be scheduled to start within a time window of 7:00 am – 8:30 am Washington D.C. time. Hybrid In-Person/Online seminars will start at a time most convenient to both in-person and online participants, and will generally follow the In-Person seminar format.
Course outline
Leading teams and organizations
- Developing personal leadership competencies: self awareness; courage; vision; strategic and analytical thinking; learning agility; decisiveness; energy; results driven; credibility; influence; communication
- Planning for and achieving team and organizational results
- Building and maintaining relationships
- Recognizing the human potential and delegating appropriately
- Building diversity
- Fostering innovation
- Handling risks, changes, complications, and conflicts
- Cultural adaptation
Managing teams and organizations
Team and organizational management skills with respect to change, communication, conflict, constraint, crisis, decision, finances, human resources, information, operations, perception, performance, process, projects and programs, quality, resources, risk, skills, and strategy
Leadership and management in international development work
- Meeting donor and other key stakeholder requirements
- Building strong relationships with strategic partners
- Executing in challenging political environments
- Working with limited resources
- Institutionalizing open and participatory communication channels