For empowering technical field teams in humanitarian organisations
Field Team Impact Kit
Stronger Teams = Better Outcomes
The FieldTiK provides a step-by-step approach to achieving more
accountable, locally driven, high-quality, sustainable outcomes and enhanced well-being in humanitarian technical field teams.
Kathryn Harries designed the FieldTiK in her PhD research,
building on global good practice and practitioner experience.
Challenges facing field teams
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Tough environment
More devolved decision-making
(less ‘command-and-control’) than in other emergency services. Field teams operate semi-autonomously.Dual accountability
to people affected by disaster and donors, generally under the leadership of government. -
Insufficent support for team leaders
Team leaders learn from personal experience, not global knowledge sharing.
No practical tools
Organisations focus on individuals, not teams.
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Lack of resources
Finding practical relevant resources (on technical and/or cross-cutting issues, such as accountability and inclusion)
can be difficult.Inadequate training, connected only loosely to change in practice.
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Lack of useful systems at team level
Teams lack the systems needed to
adapt and continually improve,
within and between emergencies,
as part of a system-wide response. -
Poor retention of knowledge
within and between emergencies, due to
High turnover of team members
Poor team-based
knowledge management
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Insufficient support for team well-being
Low energy and commitment.
Poor staff retention.
The FieldTiK empowers
a step-change in professional practice
Empower individuals to function more effectively as a group.
Phase 1 - Find your gaps | Use our team diagnostic to select the top 1–3 areas to work on
Phase 2 - Fill your gaps | Follow our examples and resources to develop new team-specific practices
Phase 3 - Review and improve | Use our reminders and templates to review every 1–3 months
What people are saying…
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"TiK is the missing element. Ensuring we have a dynamic team of people really working together, that's when we can really make great changes"
-Global technical specialist
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"This is very, very useful"
-National technical specialist
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"Local NGOs are probably one of the biggest customers"
-Senior manager, from Global South
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"Very practical"
-Local technical specialist
Want to hear more?
Contact us at
Kathryn Harries
Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, Australia
teamimpactkit@gmail.com
+61 498 727 772