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Developing Humanitarian Management and Leadership Skills

Developing Humanitarian Management and Leadership Skills

This program aims to empower staff members of local organizations in the Global South by enhancing their management and leadership capacities, enabling them to lead their teams and projects more effectively within humanitarian contexts. The training focuses on transformational leadership, managing multicultural teams, decision-making under uncertainty, effective humanitarian communication, internal conflict management, and strategic planning for humanitarian organizations. In local operational environments - often constrained by limited technical and human resources - the program offers practical tools and applicable frameworks to help organizations achieve meaningful and sustainable impact.

Responsible Abdalla Mohamed
Last Update 11/26/2025
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Developing Humanitarian Management and Leadership Skills
About this course
By the end of this program, participants are expected to have:
  • Developed a deep understanding of leadership and institutional transformation concepts within local humanitarian organizations.
  • Acquired practical skills to manage diverse, multicultural teams and foster collaboration and collective performance.
  • Learned how to make strategic and timely decisions in uncertain, high-pressure, and resource-limited contexts.
  • Mastered techniques of effective humanitarian communication, including active listening, constructive feedback, and stakeholder engagement within both the organization and the community.
  • Strengthened their ability to manage internal conflicts - within teams or between partners - constructively and rationally, while maintaining team morale.
  • Gained the capacity to design and implement a strategic plan for their organization that addresses operational and leadership challenges while supporting institutional sustainability.
  • Enhanced their awareness of the importance of local leadership and the direct contribution of local organizations to humanitarian response, aligning with localization and national leadership empowerment initiatives.
Target Audience
  • Executive leaders or program directors in local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) engaged in humanitarian work within the Global South.
  • Department coordinators (e.g., programs, human resources, quality, accountability) who hold leadership roles within their teams or aspire to do so.
  • Mid-level team leaders in local organizations seeking to strengthen their leadership capabilities and expand their organizational impact.
  • Governmental or non-governmental institutions in Qatar.
  • Students and individuals in Qatari institutions.

Developing Humanitarian Management and Leadership Skills
Implementing Partner
Developing Humanitarian Management and Leadership Skills:https://iehad.com/humanitarian-leadership/
Developing Humanitarian Management and Leadership Skills