It has been literally a year since I started this blog and almost a year since my last post on supporting staff teams working remotely during this pandemic (April 17th). To say that it has been a challenging year, is an understatement. In that last post I shared tips for managing and leading staff teams remotely which included: Nurturing one's relationship with the staff team Being responsive and proactive Using technology to stay connected Allowing feelings to show that one cares Being a resource to the team Supporting staff development Promoting a culture of self-care and resilience building Being positive and taking care of oneself Little did I know that this pandemic would force us to do all of the above instinctively in order for us to survive. I will risk saying that we also have learned many valuable lessons as we were and continue to be forced to examine our values and what is important to us. We have been forced to really reflect on our past behaviors and attitudes. At the...
Management & Leadership On this second edition of the Knowledge Sharing Series, I will share with you, my learnings and journey down management lane. I will talk about my understanding of the difference between management and leadership, whether people are born leaders or learn to be leaders, cultural considerations in leadership and management and the types of leadership I have been exposed to. As I shared on my first blog tittle “ Leadership in Challenging Times ”, I believe that, my Social Work education did not prepare me to lead or manage. I believe that I had people’s skills and I had a solid knowledge of the issues impacting the population I was working with and I believed that I was ready to move away from frontline work. I believe I operated instinctively and most importantly, I was committed to the work (clients, teams and organizations). I’d like to remind you (the readers) that this is not an academic article on the topics I mentioned above and instead, this is...