Humanitarian leadership: who's in charge here?

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What's more effective: a 'superhero' leader, a chain of command or a collaboration? ALNAP head of research and communications Paul Knox Clarke presents preliminary findings on a review of leadership styles in humanitarian action.

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Who’s in charge here? Humanitarian leadership

Why look at

LEADERSHIP?

Transformative Agenda

NGO investment

Are we looking at the

RIGHT THING?

We reviewed

WHAT WORKS Humanitarian

evaluations

Civil defence

Fire service

Military Emergency medicine

Film industry

There are

THREE MODELS

Exceptional individual Structured Collaborative

Which works best in the

HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT

Limited information

Requirement to collaborate

Large number of decisions

Politicisation

Unclear / disputed priorities

(inter-agency) no clear line of

authority

Rapid decision making

More about

EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUAL

More about

STRUCTURED

More about

COLLABORATIVE

What can we

LEARN?

In inter-agency Clear membership criteria Group decision making processes and techniques Train together See leader as facilitator

Move away from exceptional individual approach

Clarify roles – individual and organisational

Clear mechanisms for collecting, analysing and transmitting info

Principles, not procedures

What can we

LEARN? Clear membership criteria

In inter-agency Group decision making processes and techniques

Train together

See leader as facilitator

We want

YOU!

As an organisation: Participate in network research

As individual: complete 6-month ‘risk diary’

ALNAP

Thank you