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Leadership and talent development are without doubt two of the most critical issues for international humanitarian and development organizations today. Many commentators within the humanitarian and development sector view this moment in time as critical – there is a closing window of opportunity for bold decisions to be made by organizations and their leaders in response to the uncertain economic outlook, a challenging operating environment, new competition and ever increasing calls for accountability and transparency.

However, it is not just leaders at the ‘top’ of the organization that we are concerned with – People In Aid’s recent work on leadership has underlined the importance of encouraging leadership behaviours at all levels in the organization, as well as at the most senior levels. Translating this into practice requires sensitivity and rigor, and for this reason People In Aid is delighted to be partnering with the Center for Creative Leadership, whose leadership philosophy meshes well with our own.

This particular research, undertaken in partnership with the Center for Creative Leadership, has stimulated frank dialogue about gaps and shortcomings in leadership and leadership capacity. It has also opened up a space for creativity and innovation in terms of identifying ways of addressing those gaps and shortcomings. It is People In Aid’s hope that this paper will catalyze leadership conversations, and lead to wider collaboration as we seek to strengthen leadership capacity within the sector, and ultimately transform the lives of the vulnerable and disaster affected people with whom we work.

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