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Leadership & Talent

Cultivating leaders and building human capital within India’s development sector in order to grow organisations and maximise their impact.

Field worker from Haqdarshak (an organisation) showing pink slip to woman-upskilling field workers
August 4, 2021
Why we need to prioritise skill building of field workers
Improving the skills and digital literacy of our field workers is useful to them, to the organisation, and to the social sector at large.
by Madhura Karnik, Aniket Doegar | 7 min read
Hamster running in a wheel-education nonprofit
July 16, 2021
Accepting that you can only do so much
In an effort to meet new needs in the community during COVID-19, an education nonprofit almost jeopardised its future.
by Nisha Subramaniam | 8 min read
close up of a person walking on a tightrope-nonprofit sector
April 30, 2021
When ambition exceeds ability
In an effort to do everything at once, two co-founders lose out on the project of their dreams.
by Gaurav Singh | 5 min read
watering can watering plants-leadership development programme
April 22, 2021
Want to develop leaders?
Stop sending them to leadership development programmes.
by Rajen Makhijani | 6 min read
puzzle pieces starting to come together-well-being practices
February 23, 2021
Reflections on our well-being journey through the pandemic
A glimpse into the well-being practices we tried to follow through our time working from home, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Ayesha Marfatia, Devanshi Vaid | 6 min read
A chameleon on a branch-COVID-19
February 16, 2021
Lessons for nonprofits from COVID-19
A year since the COVID-19 crisis began, here are lessons on weathering the storm, and building resilient organisations.
by Stuti Shukla, Rukmini Banerji | 8 min read
illustration of people doing things on a pair of hands-wellbeing
January 16, 2021
How a pandemic honed my leadership skills
Embracing well-being practices as an intrinsic part of life and work is beneficial for leaders, their employees, and their families.
by Skoll Foundation | 2 min read
illustration showing two people cheering across computer screens_Rawpixel
December 23, 2020
Ten team games for working remotely
It’s been a long year. Here’s how to help make the next few months a little more fun for your team.
by India Development Review | 4 min read
sharing the burden graphic -sormission.org
December 15, 2020
COVID-19, unresolved grief, and the workplace
The pandemic has fuelled feelings of loss and grief. Here’s how workplaces can respond.
by Kuber Bathla | 5 min read
Group of people joining hands-Sara Hylton for Project Potential
December 11, 2020
Unrealistic expectations and self-doubt
Early failures in a social entrepreneur’s journey lead him to question everything, including his self-worth.
by Zubin Sharma | 6 min read
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