By Anthony Apubeo, GNA
Bolgatanga, Jan 20, GNA – The Libre
Foundation, a Netherlands-based organization, has started a two-day training to
build the leadership and communication skills of Non-governmental organisations
(NGOs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) in the Upper East Region.
Libre Foundation is a professional training
company based in the Netherlands that contributes to offering free training on
leadership styles and communication skills to countries, especially developing
ones.
Ms Iris Pouthouwer, a trainer at the
Foundation, facilitating the training session in Bolgatanga, said good
leadership and right communication skills were important to organisational
growth and development.
This is because, it enables people to reach a
large number of people with the intended information and help to properly
manage time and save energy and resources.
She, therefore, called on management and
leaders of organisations to develop their leadership qualities and
communication strategies to get the best out of their subordinates.
She said the vision of the Foundation was to
offer humanitarian services to organisations in its operation countries to
empower them to deliver on their objectives for greater impact.
According to her, the ability to identify and
use a particular communication skill, especially to solve and correct
behaviours of staff, it made both parties feel satisfied and encouraged a sense
of urgency to work for increased output.
She identified poor leadership and
communication skills as major challenges facing most organisations, and
therefore urged them to invest in developing their skills.
Mr Hilary Adongo, the Local Project
Coordinator of the Foundation, explained that the two-day training was part of
several training sessions the Netherlands-based organisation was organising
over the years to empower organisations to increase output.
“Usually, it happens in two parts, the first
part is a five-day training and the second part, a two-day follow up training
to find out the difficulties leaders of beneficiary organisations are still
facing so that the trainer will help them out,” he added.
He said the training empowered leaders of
various organisations to employ good leadership and communication skills to
ensure improvement in performance.
Mr George Gbenga Solomon, the Organizer of the
Narrative Changers, one of the beneficiary organisations, expressed gratitude
to Libre Foundation for the training.
He said experiences from the training helped
him to solve many issues he used to have with subordinates and have also
contributed to improving performance of his organisation.
Ms Dorcas Apoore, the Executive Director,
Advocacy for Social Inclusion and Girls Education, said after the training she
realised most problems the organisation used to face were due to lack of good
leadership skills, conflict management and good communication skills.
She said the situation had since improved and
her outfit was running smoothly and effectively
Most of the leaders who spoke to the Ghana
News Agency gave testimonies about success of the training as it helped improve
their work.
GNA