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Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Managing Urgent Versus Important

Managing the urgent versus the important gets even more challenging in a rapidly changing world. How does one honor what must be done now AND…
Deborah Willig
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Dec 9, 2019
Leadership Development

How to Lead a Conflict-Positive Organization

The NGO sector has several distinctive characteristics that, on occasion, cause internal conflicts. In fact, of 93 international NGOs surveyed working in over…
Deborah Willig
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Dec 2, 2019
Leadership Development

Exploring Feminist Leadership in the NGO Sector

Eleven months ago, I started thinking about what I could do as an InterAction Fellow to push the conversation on feminist leadership forward in our…
Emily Bove
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Sep 5, 2019
Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

Meet Patty McIlreavy

Patty McIlreavy’s office door is always open. Many Vice Presidents of NGOs have an open door policy, but, never seem to have an open…
InterAction
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Aug 19, 2019
Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

Celebrating Women Humanitarians

On August 19, 2003, a terrorist attack hit the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22 people. Five years later, the General Assembly adopted a …
InterAction
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Aug 16, 2019
Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

Meet Lindsay Hamsik

Many humanitarians share a few common traits. Some are reluctant to step into the spotlight. Some hesitate to speak about their work.  When they tell…
InterAction
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Aug 16, 2019
Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

Meet Kathryn (Katie) Striffolino

Like most true humanitarians, Kathryn (Katie) Striffolino is driven by her love of travel and of going above and beyond for those most in need.
InterAction
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Aug 16, 2019
Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

Meet Lea Krivchenia

Lea Krivchenia, a Senior Program Manager for Protection at InterAction, considers herself an “accidental humanitarian.” Her love of international affairs and travel began during a…
InterAction
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Aug 16, 2019
Leadership Development

Five Tips on Partnering with Larger Organizations

CEOs of smaller InterAction member organizations recently gathered to share top partnering tips and challenges. When partnering with significantly larger organizations, how can we best…
Deborah Willig
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Aug 15, 2019