Eco-Leadership Course Testimonials
"In our humanitarian efforts, we tend to favor powerful people over others in our relationships. Eco-Mutualist humanitarianism pushes us to shift away from this and focus on true partnership and interdependence. It's not just about how we talk but about changing power and connections, even with nature. Eco-Leadership sets a good example by building strong relationships for bigger changes in society.”
Maheen Chowdhury
Deputy Country Director - Program Operations (Acting)
Save the Children Afghanistan
"My concluding thoughts are on Eco-Leadership being an ongoing experience, falling in the realm of kinaesthetic learning i.e. learning by doing, exploring, discovering. While as a concept it starts with an individual, a leader; its true form and relevance lies in the cascading and rippling effect to develop an Eco-leadership culture in an organization."
Shweta Malhotra
Head- Organizational Development & Governance Affairs
Bal Raksha Bharat (also known as Save the Children India)
"Honestly, I came to this course feeling quite a small and modest leader myself, as my experience was not very big compared with other participants of the course, but I am finishing the Eco-Leadership Certificate for Humanitarians course with much more confidence and feeling of inner growth and potential as a leader. I feel grateful for this opportunity to take part in the course."
Indrė Liaudanskienė
Head of Crisis Management Unit
Save the Children Lithuania
"As the task of Eco-leadership is not only to distribute leadership but to get the right balance of leadership approaches to deliver success; as I plan my personal leadership formation strategy, I ask myself -- "how can I get better at distributing leadership in my team" AND "how can I get better at scanning and understanding and delivering the right kind of leadership at any given situation."
Burcu Munyas Ghadially
Progamme Development and Quality Director
Save the Children Malawi
"I value the interdependent, interconnected, and easy-to-apply five-frame Eco-leadership system because it showed me the value of sustained change through self-transformation and gives me the ability to influence my networks in all instances whether at work, my personal life, and any other group I am exposed to."
Gugu Xaba
Cheif Executive Office
Save the Children South Africa
"All in all, I can conclude that the Eco-Leadership mindset is applicable to a leader whose role is to lead change where complexity is actual and partners have diverse interests yet want to contribute towards a compelling impact such as working towards fulling children rights."
Erwin Simangunsong
Vice Chair Person & Chief of Partnership, Strategic Programs and Operation Officer
Save The Children Indonesia
"I have started applying the knowledge that I learned on the Eco-Leadership course. I benefit a lot from applying the principles of Eco-Leadership in work i.e., Participative organization -unleashing leadership everywhere- distributing leadership across the organization and maximizing individual, team and organizational potential. I have learned how to expand and maximize my existing network and relationships through stakeholder mapping to identify the important relationships and be proactive in moving those relationships around my eco-system at work. Engaging other people to support me in creating an environment where everyone feels safe so they can bring their whole self to work."
Le Thi Thanh Huong
Country Director
Save the Children Vietnam
"It provided me the frame for embracing a strategic mindset, guidance and methods for bringing together the frames mentioned above to appreciate our internal and external eco-systems; devise and implement personal, teams’ and organizational strategies. The analysis helped me foster a leadership practice that can make the organization relevant, agile, resilient and successful to pursue its purpose of existence using an emergent strategy in the face of a changing and complex operating environment."
Ashebir D. Mekonnen
Country Director
Save The Children Malawi