The truth is that setting up an NGO is not easy. Many people go through a rough time in trying to start up such organizations. I have come across many ambitious people whose efforts have been frustrated by the hard circumstances surrounding the foundation of NGOs. Anyway, one major reason why people fail is because they are unwilling to follow the right procedures, especially the laid down policies by the government. Many NGOs have been known to solicit for funds from unsuspecting donors and well wishers and using such donations to enrich a few individuals. If that’s your intention, then what you have is not an NGO but a defrauding scheme, which is against the law. This is why many governments have put in place regulations to help come up with genuine organizations.
A non governmental organization begins by writing down your vision. This helps one to avoid straying away from what you want to achieve. After this, you need to look for people of your kind to help you in achieving it. But always remember that you are the vision carrier and if you do not succeed, then you are the one who has failed and not your friends; success may be credited to all but failure will be attributed to you.
The people who join you will help you in coming up with a mission. This is the game plan on achieving you vision. It also means the strategies that you will take to get to your set objectives.
NGO funding is one of the many strategies that you must make clear. No NGO will survive without money. This calls for writing proposals if you need support from friends. Anyway, many NGOs are also funded from personal or businesses income. Whatever the case, set it clear from the onset.
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION
Everyone is a leader in his own ability and capacity. The success behind any kind of organization is effective leadership and administration. However, there are people who are born as leaders but it's important to note that leadership and administration is an art and every art can be learnt. I have met many people who never thought of being leaders but have effectively learnt the art of leadership and emerged as leaders to be admired.
In any kind of leadership, the first area of effective administration is the administration of funds. Be it in business, government departments, church or any other kind of organization, you will have the most effective leadership if you learn to use the funds properly. If any of your employees wants to paralysis your operations and bring down decades your leadership, the first place to target is your finance or/and accounting department. Your employees in this area should therefore be people of integrity and who have internalized the vision of your organization.
The second area that determines how effective you will be in your leadership is managing people. The human resource directly affects the operations of your organization. You must begin by placing every employee in the department where he/she will work best. You therefore begin by identifying where to place your staff. This means that an effective leader is close his or her staff and spends time them. After placing them in their rightful places, you need to monitor their performance. Performance of your staff is closely tied to motivation. Every employee needs to be motivated. This entails different strategies. Know which kind of motivation to use. It is not necessary to promise your staff a reward for good performance. This may bring in unhealthy competition, hatred and lack of cooperation between staff who want to out-do each other. Therefore reward unexpectedly.
Motivation may be as cheap to the organization as recognition, but make sure you recognize a staff in the midst of others. Do not do it in a closed office. It may not serve the purpose. Other strategies may include promotions, gifts, added responsibilities and increase in salary. You must also ensure that your staffs are working as a team. Working together ensures the staffs are focused towards the goals of the organization.
Effective leaders give an ear to every stakeholder of the organization. Know that the whole organization is looking on you to give direction. Begin by listening to every stakeholder then give a direction. Sometimes it's necessary to give directions basing on what you believe is best for the organization regardless of other peoples views. But this should not be always because it does not mean that you are always right. Conflict resolution strategies are important. Know that there will always arise conflicts. The win/win strategy works best for most organizations. Therefore make sure that each of the conflicting parties does not feel offended.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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