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Nuru International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty in remote, rural areas. Learn all about our work in Kenya and Ethiopia here on our blog.
When the Leadership Program launched a couple of years ago we had some specific ideas about how we wanted the organization to value the voices of those we were serving and desired to strategically put us in a position to lead together with those living in extreme poverty. We believed a ready-made Western solution to …Continue Reading
This is a question we have often contemplated in Leadership, and while it seems on the surface to be inherently complicated, we are slowly beginning to make sense of it. In a previous blog post I mentioned that one way of measuring our program will be through the Staff Leadership Review. In addition to this, …Continue Reading
Nuru Leadership Team Begins Focus Project One and Staff Leadership Review
Jennifer Chizek
Last week the Leadership team embarked on our first training of the year, Focus Project One (FP1). This training is meant to teach Nuru staff some of the basic concepts the organization is built on. It focuses on how we as an organization define such terms as extreme poverty, self-reliance, and sustainability. It is also …Continue Reading
Nuru Leadership: Growth, Change, and Progress for 2013
Jennifer Chizek
Before the end of the year, the Leadership Program was gearing up to make quite a few changes, and now that we have entered January, these changes are in full swing. First, we are currently working on growing our team. With two staff members leaving us during the holiday break, we have now hired two …Continue Reading
Nuru Leadership Looks Ahead to Improving Scheduling and Staff Trainings in 2013
Jennifer Chizek
With Feedback training in full swing and our Field Managers busy practicing and delivering the training, the Leadership District Managers decided that this would be the perfect time for us to turn our attention to the coming year. While it may seem like the new year is still far away, we have a few big …Continue Reading
Nuru Leadership: Growing Through Positive Feedback and Constructive Criticism
Jennifer Chizek
Here at Leadership, we are gearing up to teach our next training series. Making edits to our curriculum, translating key points, and putting together classroom materials, we are well on our way to begin teaching Nuru Field Officers about the importance of feedback. Feedback is a vital aspect of life here at Nuru Kenya and …Continue Reading
Nuru Kenya Critically Reflects on Leadership Trainings
Jennifer Chizek
It is always emphasized on the leadership team that our curriculum is not set in stone, but instead continually evolves as we see new needs arise and discover innovative ways to improve our teaching. Last month we trained all of Nuru’s staff in our week-long Basic Nuru Leadership Training (BNLT). During this time, we faced break-through moments where …Continue Reading
Basic Nuru Leadership Training: Servant Leadership in Nuru and Beyond
Jennifer Chizek
“A leader needs to be like a candle put on a light stand to light everywhere. Such leaders are an example in a community and there is need of people to copy them” -Response from a Nuru staff member about what they learned during BNLT For the past three weeks, the leadership team has been …Continue Reading
The past month has felt like a whirlwind and I am happy to say that I have landed firmly on my feet in Kuria West, one of the most beautiful places I have ever had the privilege to live. Taking over the blogosphere torch and that of Leadership program manager initially felt like a daunting task, but …Continue Reading
It seems like we do this every couple of months and if feels like just yesterday when I came and was transitioning with Chelsea and Tanner to become the new Leadership Program Manager. Even though it was my second rotation in Kuria, I was stepping into a new program to work with a couple of …Continue Reading