Jessica Pearl has more than 20 years of
WHEN CAN WE
HELP?
Ask yourself these questions:
Love your job but dread going to
work every day? Everything a priority?
Ask yourself these questions:
Supervisor remote and only available
for house on fire emergencies?
Ask yourself these questions:
New culture and everything
you try seems to backfire?
Ask yourself these questions:
Program management an obstacle
to program results?
Ask yourself these questions:
Is a leadership transition putting
reputation at risk?
Stepping Stones Consulting will help relief and development field leaders climb the learning curve faster and organizations to shore up management gaps and transitions. Use our firsthand experience and knowledge as your stepping stones to improve the effectiveness, leadership, and management of your programs. Step up from Day One!
How We Can Help You
Mentor-Coaching
Talk confidentially with someone who knows exactly what you are facing. A hybrid of coaching and mentoring gets you the best of both approaches. Need someone to help you work through issues,…
INTEGRATION OF NEW SENIOR MANAGERS
If your organization offers a comprehensive onboarding and integration program for new Directors, congratulations! You are in a very small minority.
Interim Management
Don’t lose hard won gains in a program over a
transition gap. Interim management by a highly
qualified individual can ensure a productive
leadership transition and excellent start for
the new leadership.
Special Projects
A consultant can provide the extra set
of hands you need to get projects done without
diverting staff from their jobs. They can also
provide an outside eye on program and team
dynamics with the experience to move you
forward and upward.
TESTIMONIAL
“Jessica’s coaching approach combined asking tough questions, validating and challenging my reflections to help me discover potential blind spots, and think through multiple scenarios to make more informed decisions. Jessica’s experience in humanitarian and community development programming across multiple countries, helped her to identify with and support me through the challenges I faced in decision-making, career advancement, and professional development. With Jessica’s coaching, I have become a more confident, decisive, and thoughtful leader.”
Justin Colvard,
Country Director, Haiti
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An Insider’s View
Program management and organizational leadership requires the ability to toggle between a bird’s eye view and getting deep in the weeds of program implementation and the support functions that make that possible. Stepping Stones Consulting will work with you to scan across all of the different teams and functions that are involved, and then deep dive into the weeds to hone in on the specific issues to address, problems to tackle, or opportunities to seize.
Unlocking Your Potential-
Finding Your Joy
Overwhelmed? Everything is a priority? Know you love your job but
dread going to work each day? In a new leadership role and your
supervisor is remote and not available for anything other than
the house on fire? New culture and everything you try seems to
backfire? Just need someone who is neither your boss nor a
colleague from another NGO to talk through a situation or
serve as a sounding board?
Leadership positions, especially Country Director, Chief of Party,
or similar roles, can often leave you feeling isolated. Depending
on where you are located, it might be that almost everyone you know
is from another organization, requiring restraint in what you share
with your peers- even though they understand your situation so well.
Typically, supervisors are remote and expect you to handle all but
the most serious situations on your own. (Or your supervisor is not
available or supportive in the way you need.) Isolation and exhaustion
from the hundreds of final decisions for which you are responsible
every day can lead to burnout and loss of creativity and tact.
Unlocking Your Team’s Potential-
Finding Their Joy
Years of managing teams with diverse cultures, ethnicities,
religions, and socio-economic backgrounds, at times in
conflict with one another has only strengthened the belief
that:
1- everyone has potential to thrive and contribute;
2- teambuilding and morale in our field takes constant,
deliberate effort.
Trying to get the most out of your team while under pressure
to produce program results in a short time period, under
security restrictions, or when your staff themselves are
impacted by a crisis (or all of the above at the same time!)
is exhausting and can sometimes feel like a luxury we don’t
have time for. However, while building a team takes time
and effort, losing team cohesion and morale can happen
swiftly at great cost to your program’s success and reputation.
Reflections
Read our thoughts, reflections, and ruminations on human resources, program management, leadership transitions, and other related topics for relief and development workers.
Welcome to Stepping Stones Consulting and the Curve! I like to think of myself on a constant learning curve- I love to learn and be challenged, so I am often…
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