Stop Holding Back Your Team: The Secret to Leading More and Managing Less as a NGO Supervisor

The Modern Humanitarian and Development Leader: Make a Greater Impact by Creating a High Performance Team while Avoiding Stress and Overwhelm

Do you ever feel like your team can’t move forward without you — that every decision, question, or problem somehow ends up back on your plate?

If you’re constantly answering questions, solving problems, and feeling more like a manager than a leader, you may be unintentionally holding your team back. This episode explores how shifting from “having all the answers” to empowering others can free up your time, build trust, and create a team that thinks — and acts — independently.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• A simple mindset shift that transforms dependency into ownership and initiative.
• Why managing instead of leading creates stress — and how to reverse it.
• A powerful, step-by-step conversation tool you can start using today to help your team solve their own problems with confidence.

Press play now to discover how empowering instead of managing can lighten your load, strengthen your team, and make you a more effective, inspiring leader.

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This podcast empowers international development and humanitarian NGO UN leaders to achieve high performance teams, fostering diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing, overcoming burnout and overwhelm, while maximizing impact and productivity.