Humanitarian leadership: who's in charge here?
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ALNAP ALNAP Who’s in charge here? Humanitarian leadership
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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
