A new writing:
Leadership in Times of Covid-19:
Essential Qualities, Skills and Practices
By Doug Reeler and Desiree Paulsen

​Leading in this time is different in so many ways, so we set out to write something readable and practical for you as leaders, with some essential features of this crisis to note, as well as some of the essential qualities, capacities and skills needed.

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About us...

Desiree Paulsen
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Rubert Van Blerk
​We are a team of organisation development practitioners working to support social change organisations.  We assist them to clarify their vision, strengthen their purpose, enliven their practice and build effective, human organisation able to unlock the drive, cooperation and creativity of their staff and members.

We are based in Cape Town, working locally, regionally and globally.
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Each of us has been practicing for more than thirty years, working with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Governments and Universities in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.​

Doug Reeler

Nomvula Dlamini

Beulah Tertiens
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What we value and where we see our work
The world is facing an existential threat from the combined forces of the Covid-19 Pandemic climate change, shameless greed and ever-growing inequality, with the persistent exclusion of people on the basis of race, gender, sexuality, religion and culture. But everyday, everywhere, millions still rise as individuals, as communities, as organisations, to care for each other and the earth, respecting all living beings as worthy, looking for creative paths towards a better future. 

​Our question is: How can people like this come together into new kinds of conversations and organisations to learn from each other and to work together both to defend ourselves against inhumanity and to strengthen and create imaginative and compassionate alternatives? How do we bring out the best in each other?  This is where we see our real work. We are already a part of many such collaborations and seek to join with more people of like mind and spirit.

Some of our current & recent clients...

Civil Society Organisations: Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education, Pax Netherlands, Oxfam International, Usiko, Goedgedacht Trust, Medecines Sans Frontieres, Conservation South Africa, Street Peoples Forum, ARASA, Positive Vibes, Inyathelo Institute for Advancement, the World Bank, Technoserv, Training for Transformation, Sozo Foundation, Nelson Mandela Children's Foundation, Transformation Resource Centre Lesotho, F3E France, 

​Universities: Nelson Mandela University, University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University, Rhodes University and Cape Peninsula University of Technology,

Government institutions: South African National Biodiversity Institute,  National Research Foundation; South African Medical Research Council, City of Cape Town, Schools in the Western Cape Education Department,

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