Aligning Project & Empowering People

In today's episode we talk with Emma Kelly, a pro…

An episode of the Not Your CEO's Insights podcast, hosted by PI®, titled "Aligning Project & Empowering People" was published on March 16, 2025 and runs 37 minutes.

March 16, 2025 ·37m · Not Your CEO's Insights

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In today's episode we talk with Emma Kelly, a program manager from The Water Project. She shares about managing projects in the humanitarian sector where projects can span across continents...where part of your resource force is the community you are working in... and when you don't always have access to the internet. Hear about how program managers align projects with strategic initiatives and empower people to do their best work for a very important cause. Episode Highlights: 1. Emma's Passion for Water 2. Community management in Humanitarian Projects 3. Project Implementation in the Humanitarian Sector 4. From Research to Projects in Action 5. Community as Stakeholders and resources 6. 3 Main program locations: Uganda, Kenya, Sierra Leone. 7. Mission to provide full saturation/coverage of the area. A framework of coverage 8. Program Management: Managing Projects: Aligning projects with strategic initiatives. 9. Program Management: People Management: Empowering people to do their best work. 10. Cultural nuances of Intercultural teams 11. Diversity of Understanding = Diversity of Ideas 12. Coming into a new community 13. Strengths of Intercultural teams. 14. Managing teams in different countries 15. Project Types in the Water Sector 16. Ground Nut Soup 17. The goal of full saturation 18. Shared vision with teams 19. Transparency with public and donors 20. How can you support the Water Project 21. The Water Promise 22. Commitment to Monitoring and Reporting and Evaluating Projects 23. Emma’s superpower of empowering people to do their best work. 24. Relationships, Trust, Reliability: The Water Project's pillars 25. How do you manage projects without the internet 26. Working to understand risks and issues to reduce future downtime. 27. Sticking to the plan when there are obstacles. wyctw.com

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In today's episode we talk with Emma Kelly, a program manager from The Water Project. She shares about managing projects in the humanitarian sector where projects can span across continents...where part of your resource force is the community you are working in... and when you don't always have access to the internet. Hear about how program managers align projects with strategic initiatives and empower people to do their best work for a very important cause. Episode Highlights: 1. Emma's Passion for Water 2. Community management in Humanitarian Projects 3. Project Implementation in the Humanitarian Sector 4. From Research to Projects in Action 5. Community as Stakeholders and resources 6. 3 Main program locations: Uganda, Kenya, Sierra Leone. 7. Mission to provide full saturation/coverage of the area. A framework of coverage 8. Program Management: Managing Projects: Aligning projects with strategic initiatives. 9. Program Management: People Management: Empowering people to do their best work. 10. Cultural nuances of Intercultural teams 11. Diversity of Understanding = Diversity of Ideas 12. Coming into a new community 13. Strengths of Intercultural teams. 14. Managing teams in different countries 15. Project Types in the Water Sector 16. Ground Nut Soup 17. The goal of full saturation 18. Shared vision with teams 19. Transparency with public and donors 20. How can you support the Water Project 21. The Water Promise 22. Commitment to Monitoring and Reporting and Evaluating Projects 23. Emma’s superpower of empowering people to do their best work. 24. Relationships, Trust, Reliability: The Water Project's pillars 25. How do you manage projects without the internet 26. Working to understand risks and issues to reduce future downtime. 27. Sticking to the plan when there are obstacles. wyctw.com

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