Services
Training and Performance Consulting
Humanitarian agencies don’t achieve as much as we’d like them to.
Fix the problems that are holding you back, get more done, and tap your team’s potential .
Analysis
In-depth Performance Analysis
You’ve got so many problems, you don’t know where to start fixing them. Or you’ve already tried lots of things but nothing’s worked. With me, we’ll work together to find the underlying causes and create new solutions that work. Stop firefighting and focus on what will make a real change.
- Find underlying causes of the problems you’re dealing with day-to-day
- Develop effective solutions
- Focus on what’s important to get a real impact in your work
Training
High-Impact Training for Aid Agencies
We use analysis to help you target the most important skills . Then we create ways for your team to practice those skills, so they get better at what they actually need to do. That focus means the training can improve skills in the real world, and change how well your agency performs.
- Customized Training to Make Real Change
- Engaging Training with Lasting Results
- Practical Training Materials and Resources
Performance Support
Get the Most From Capacity Building With Performance Support
We give your humanitarian agency more options to strengthen your capacity – not just training. Take a broad view of performance and use the best tool to change it – starting with cheaper fixes, right where aid workers need them.
- Fix a problem where it is happening with on-the-job support and references
- Achieve your goals with expert coaching and mentoring
- Work smarter by refining your processes
Facilitation
Collaborate for Success: Facilitation
Our facilitation helps teams understand each other and share their differences. As they build trust, they can work together and agree ways forward.
- Build your team
- Communicate and Collaborate
- Plan!
Have great meetings that actually do something, not a lovely conversation with no results
Change How You Work For The Better With Our Expert Support
Contact us to discuss your situation and see whether we are a good fit for each other
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions and concerns about our services.
I have worked in the non-profit sector for my entire career, since 2010 entirely focused on building capacity in humanitarian NGOs. I know the reality of managing aid projects in the field, and am an expert in learning design and running training – using research-backed methods
Because my process starts with analysis, we’ll discover the root causes of your challenges as the first step in any work – and if my services won’t help resolve them, we won’t go any further! Often skills development or adapting how you work is a big part of the issue – and then I can custom design training that addresses the specific gap and gets your team practicing the skills they need.
I’m not interested in running training if it won’t actually help you. The analysis I do is much more profound than other training and learning consultants, and looks at systems, processes, motivation and environment – as well as team skills. If skills aren’t the issue, we’ll either agree to leave it, or I can support you with references or job aids, or adapting your processes. If skills are the issue, then we can design training that is designed so your learners practice those skills, often many times, so that they actually get better at them.
Book a call into my calendar directly above – or drop me an email
Yes, I have a free course on How Adults Learn you might find interesting . And I have a couple of pre-designed courses I can offer. Normally, we need to design something together, because two different organisations with the same “problem” might have two completely different causes – and each will need a different approach to fix it
Normally I don’t, as not many learning designers have the same criteria around the amount of skills practice learners need to do, how that practice is supported, the spacing and structure of practice activities and so on. But I don’t rule it out and I’m interested in your project – feel free to book a call with me, and we’ll talk about it.
I’ve trained all sorts of groups in my career, from environmental activists to INGO global leaders. I’ve worked with community groups, international NGO networks, global INGOs and the Red Cross. A lot of my work is with international organisations, but I’m very happy working with aid organisations of any type.
Let’s try to give you a helpful answer, rather than just telling you that “each project is unique and it depends on all these different factors…” – which is true!. For a project to be done quickly, you need to be extremely available, and you need to be able to arrange interviews with all the different stakeholders needed for the analysis quickly. Analysis and design take several weeks each. If all your people are available, you’re in a position to agree what we do right away (no long approval or consultation processes within your organisation) and the project is not overly complicated, we can have something ready to deliver in four to six weeks.
This really does depend on the project! If the analysis shows that training won’t help that much, or we just need some short information sessions, then the costs for the training component will be pretty low. If the project involves me delivering a six-week online course for a group of 30 people, it will be a lot higher. Most of the time, even the most basic projects don’t come out below $5000, because of the amount of analysis work. But contact me and let’s discuss your specific situation.
What normally works best is if I work with one or more experts from your organisation to help design the training, to make sure that any technical content matches with your approaches. For delivery, like a lot of professional trainers, I’m pretty adaptable. I know a good amount about a lot of topics – I’ve led courses on finance, quantitative analysis, gender, communications skills, reporting, facilitation, and more. I do a lot of management and leadership training because good management is so important to things running well. I have a small group of technical experts that I can pull in for additional ideas or support if we need.
A huge amount. The analysis guides most of what we do, and you play a massive role in that. That will set the overall direction and focus of any project. We will coordinate closely to make sure the work is still on track and that we’re tackling the right challenges, the right way.
Absolutely not. Ask anyone who knows me and they will confirm this to you – I LOVE talking about training, learning and improving performance. If you’ve got a vague idea about a project, or are just stuck with a challenge, feel free to book a call with me – with no obligations at all.
Contact
Start your journey to more impact with a free assessment
Use the calendar to book a free, no obligation call with me about your work.
I know the reality of managing aid projects in the field, and am an expert in learning design and running training. If you want to boost your team’s skills, understand complex challenges, or increase your overall impact – I spend my time thinking about how people like you can do that.
We’ll talk about your situation, what you need, and if I can help. If you think it’s a good fit, we’ll talk about the next steps.
The calendar will put a meeting into my calendar at the time you choose and send you an invitation to it too.
Email me
greg@gregorjack.com
