Insights

18 articles on leadership, ethics, trauma healing, wellbeing, youth and peace, written from six years of work with Ethiopia's institutions and communities. Choose a topic or search.

18 articles

LeadershipFeatured · 2 min readChange one at a time, then change a nationThe idea that has guided Team Paragon since 2020: nations change when people change, and leaders are where that change starts.10 October 2026
Leadership2 min readLeadership is life service: where our work beganIn 2020 our first programs trained sub-city leaders in servant leadership. What we said then, and why it still shapes every program we run.8 October 2026
Ethics2 min readDoes the end justify the means?Ethical leadership for the people who manage land, justice and public trust: what we explore with directors and prosecutors in the Praxis programme.6 October 2026
Leadership2 min readEmotional intelligence is a banking skillBank managers make decisions under pressure every day. What we taught the head-office and branch managers of a leading bank about self-awareness, self-regulation and motivation, and where that teaching began.2 October 2026
Peace-building2 min readThere is no way to peace. Peace is the way.From a community and youth dialogue in Arsi Zone to training in Gambela and Itang, and digital peace-building tools in Sheger City: what our peace-building work asks of everyone in the room.28 September 2026
Peace-building2 min readThe courage to reconcileFive days of mediation and dialogue training for the volunteers who give free legal aid across six regions, and the elder whose words stayed with everyone in the room.24 September 2026
Wellbeing2 min readBurnout on the front line of justiceProsecutors, lawyers, psychiatrists, police officers and social workers carry the weight of violence against women and children. What we cover when we train them to carry it without breaking.20 September 2026
Trauma healing2 min readWhat trauma does, and how healing startsTrauma damages the cognitive, emotional, social, physical and spiritual dimensions of a life. What our trauma healing trainings set out to do, from public cohorts to humanitarian staff.16 September 2026
Youth1 min readWhy we invest in young peopleFrom Kibur College to Selam Children's Village: why a leadership firm spends so much of its time with teenagers and students.12 September 2026
Youth1 min readSix rounds and two hundred young leaders: our partnership with Kibur CollegeSince 2021, Kibur College and Team Paragon have trained hundreds of young people in leadership. How the partnership grew from five-day courses to a two-week program for more than 200.28 August 2026
Trauma healing1 min readThe seven skills of trauma-informed careThe core of our Trauma Healing Training: seven skills for anyone who supports a child, a family member or a community through trauma.28 August 2026
Ethics1 min readThree days on ethics with Ethiopia's young prosecutorsSelf-awareness and character, then morality, ethics and law, then real cases: how the Praxis ethical leadership training for junior prosecutors at the Ministry of Justice was built, day by day.12 August 2026
Youth1 min readCaring for the people who raise orphaned childrenCharacter building, conflict resolution and parenting: what we have worked on with caregivers from more than twenty orphan centres, together with Love and Care Ethiopia.30 July 2026
Trauma healing1 min readHealing inner wounds where people have been displacedAround 26,000 people displaced from Oromia were living in shelters in Debre Berhan. With the Ministry of Peace, we trained community leaders among them on healing inner wounds, wellbeing and telling their story in a way that builds trust.14 July 2026
Youth1 min readFrom the classroom to the first jobCommunication, team building, job readiness and employability for young professionals with FAWE and the Mastercard Foundation, and entrepreneurship for young people with Coca-Cola.20 June 2026
Leadership1 min readLearning by doing: why our trainings are not sit-and-listen seminarsExperiential training, reflective practice and active engagement: the method behind our programs, and how we passed it on to new trainers in Dessie.5 June 2026
Leadership1 min readWomen at every level of leadershipWhy we train women for leadership in politics, organizations and business, and what that work has looked like, from women parliamentarians to bank staff.22 May 2026
Leadership1 min readStrategy before activityA strategic plan is a roadmap from where an organization is to where it wants to be. What we teach about strategy, influence and accountability, from United for Life to MYS Academy.8 May 2026

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