Category: Leadership

Cooperative Leaders Trained in Nuru Leadership Philosophy

In March of 2016, Nuru Kenya Leadership completed its first round of training for cooperative leaders—equipping 60 leaders across five cooperatives with knowledge…

Nuru Uses Feedback to Promote Peace and Inclusion

Nuru prioritizes feedback. In 2015, the UN ratified the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals which defined 17 specific goals for ending poverty. The goal…

Nuru Kenya Hosts Servant Leadership Summit

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­The first annual and much-awaited Nuru Kenya Servant Leadership Summit finally kicked off on Sunday, the 22nd of November. Being a non-working day,…

Why is servant leadership important to Nuru?

Feature photo: Nuru Kenya Country Director Pauline Wambeti visiting the home of a Nuru farmer. Servant leadership is one of Nuru’s values. Nuru…

Defying cultural expectations as a ‘woman leader’

As a woman journeying through various roles in different organizations, I have grappled with conflicting cultural expectations whenever I dared to seek challenging…

Bennadette Mugita on Overseeing Impact for Nuru Kenya

Feature photo: Impact Program Manager Bennadette Mugita presenting on health communications during a Nuru Kenya team building exercise in Mombasa in May 2014. The…

Jake Harriman’s remarks at Presidential Leadership Scholars 2015 Graduation

With the opportunity to speak on behalf of his graduating class, Nuru International Founder and CEO gave an impassioned speech about the idea that…

Learning from President George H.W. Bush and his team: Top 10 Takeaways from Presidential Leadership Scholars Program—Session 5

Feature photo: The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, where Presidential Leadership Scholars Program Session 5 was held. [Source: Texas A&M University] The…

Learning from President Johnson and his team: Top 10 Takeaways from Presidential Leadership Scholars Program—Session 4

Featured above: 2015 Presidential Leadership Scholars at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum. Photo credit: Grant Miller We finished up yet another…

Developing Effective Teams—While Also Having Fun!

The Nuru Ethiopia Leadership Program is using fun activities to guide the Healthcare, Financial Inclusion and Education Programs toward building cohesive teams and…