Looking after your workforce: Lessons from abroad (repeat)

The homelessness, supported housing and social work field is full of challenges, and if we don’t take care of the workers, they won’t be able to take care of their clients.   

HVO-Querido in Amsterdamn is a compassionate nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals seeking to regain control over their lives. Their Innovation Department is known for creating exciting, unconventional, and useful methods for supporting clients, but in this session Team Manager, Valerie Boogaard-Jowers, will share how the same innovative thinking can be applied to caring for your staff and collaborating effectively as a team. 

One of Val’s favorite principles for effective leadership is: 

To grow your people you have to know your people. To know your people you have to love your people. To love your people you have to love yourself. To love yourself you have to know yourself.