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Understanding the challenges a community faces and identifying potential solutions can be difficult on its own. But determining who to engage and how to involve them in the solution is often even more challenging, especially because communities have varying needs, interests, and perspectives. To effectively harness the power of a community, we need to adapt our approach based on each individual’s position on the issue. In this session for the North American Association for Environmental Education I focus on how to collaborate with others to advance your ideas, suggestions, or the actions you want. The key leadership skill of building strong partnerships is rooted in understanding the nature of your relationships with others—specifically, the levels of agreement and trust you share—and using that insight to guide how you communicate and engage with different colleagues and key audiences.

In this panel discussion with George Mason University Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, my TRG colleagues and I talk about how to build a career in the Organizational Development (OD) space. We discuss how an interest in peace and conflict resolution led each of us to work in OD, and the paths we see for emerging practitioners. We share about how skills like facilitation and stakeholder analysis enhance our work with a variety of US Government and private sector clients, and the opportunities we see in the OD space to continue learning from innovations in the field of peacebuilding.

Panelists:

• Shareef Khatib, Organizational Development & Training Consultant, Training Resources Group
• Avi de Silva, Collaborating, Learning and Adapting Program Management Specialist, USAID ACE Project, Training Resources Group
• Ruth Speyer, Organizational Development & Learning Specialist, Training Resources Group
• Sharon Kniss, Organizational Development & Training Consultant, Training Resources Group
• Daryn Cambridge, Organizational Development & Training Consultant, Training Resources Group