NGO management & leadership training

NGO leadership skills are in short supply, as is evident from the long list of vacancies on many humanitarian websites. A good leader can make or break the success of a project, yet NGOs often overlook their own input into quality leadership. It pays to invest in the practical training and support of current programme managers, or staff showing a strong potential for leadership.

Aimed mainly at the humanitarian aid sector, BushProof provides tailor-made management and training services. In doing so, BushProof helps build the capacity of its clients and improve their effectiveness, so that the level of quality delivered to the ultimate beneficiaries is enhanced.

Training and support offered by BushProof include:

• Strategic training;
• Management development services;
• Performance management;
• General consultancies to the humanitarian aid sector.

BushProof consultants are professionals with many years of experience. Having worked themselves as managers of relief and development programmes in numerous countries, they intimately know what it takes to deliver quality management and leadership in a challenging operational environment.

Coaching & Mentoring
While it is possible to send staff to general training courses, the impact of classroom teaching is often low. The cost can be high, both financially and in terms of time-away from the job.

BushProof therefore provides tailor-made training on-site. This can be in the field or at an administrative base. This way, training is more focused and uses real-life cases to dynamically increase learning. By adding a coaching and mentoring element, BushProof offers a fast-track to leadership.

To further facilitate coaching, BushProof provides telephone and e-mail support, to help an individual’s development in the handling of every day issues. This helps build confidence and achievement with staff in their respective programmes.