Consulting
Consultancy Services
Management and organisation support are essential for the wellbeing of staff, and this is particularly true for human service professionals, including humanitarians, who are exposed to many external and internal stress factors. The right organisational culture enables staff to trust the organisation to look after their safety and security, both physical and psychological. This supportive organisational culture creates and maintains an effective workforce. Recognising that a "one-size fits all" approach is not effective for an organisation to meet their duty of care responsibilities is essential.
My experience in country offices in multiple locations and management roles; followed by my work as the Executive Director of the Global Interagency Security Forum (GISF); my passion for inclusivity and equity; and last, but not least, my experience in mental health and stress management, provide me with a unique set of skills and knowledge for organisations wanting to develop a safe and effective workforce.
Ensuring organisations learn from experience is essential for growth. I find facilitating these learning moments with organisations a great opportunity for positive change, whether through stress testing, security audits or after action reviews.
I have been developing capability building programmes and delivering trainings for staff safety and well-being within the aid sector for many years now. This includes both bespoke and open courses developed with and for headquarters, regional and country offices. Topics covered include personal security and security risk management, building a person-centred approach, resilience and stress management, as well as organisational culture and change management.
I continue to develop my understanding of the fundamental relationship between physical and mental well-being and this is incorporated into the services I offer. With my unique experience, I am in an excellent position to support organisations, teams and individuals to build resilience. Taking a community or team approach with peer to peer support and a positive management culture, supports the capability of individuals, teams and organisations to deal with day to day stressors, vicarious trauma, serious incidents and crisis.
I work with a variety of different experts to ensure I continue to grown and update my skills and knowledge.
Find out more about my therapy and counselling services for individuals here.
“If you want to grow an organization then enable its employees to experiment, explore and express their creativity without limiting them to title, department & designation”
-Aiyaz Uddin

Preparing for NFI distribution, Sudan 2004