Steven Downey

Communications leader w/ strategic thinking and hands-on skills. Eclectic interests. Passion: international development. Now in my encore career.

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

I'm attending this event. RT if you think others will find this helpful 🙌 https://t.co/G3j4ayiR9B #usexpatconference2023

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

If you want to commemorate #MLKDay2023, watch this informative @ATLHistCenter documentary https://t.co/UzpUGbGey5 about the Confederate Monument @StoneMtnPark. #MLK dream unfulfilled: "...let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia." #History is never boring.

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

FYI for any U.S. expats who may follow me: https://t.co/iiBt3aQjZO #expats

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

Life is like this sometimes... whew!

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Well that was stressful https://t.co/6SSwX3EuoH

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

"In 1962, President John F. Kennedy declared: “Anyone who can solve the problems of #water will be worthy of two #Nobel Prizes—one for #peace and one for #science.” We are still waiting for that person." https://t.co/FMiIBOAMwU via @WSJ

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

Kudos to all the intra-organisational hard work (within GWP) and inter-organisational cooperation that made this happen. @PatricioRP @monikaericson

[Global Water Partnership Organisation @GWPnews]

Unravelling @COP26🌎

The water community showed up at #COP26 through collective action, nudging transformational change & co-owning a common vision: a water secure world.

Here our three takeaways👇

#TogetherForOurPlanet #Water4Climate
@GWPSAF @siwi_water @IWMI_ @IUCN

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

https://t.co/IkQKHbQ57t Selling your team on the idea of being a family encourages unhealthy dynamics where personal & professional lines blur, undying loyalty is expected, and people feel taken for granted. Instead... see the article for good suggestions #Leadership #Management

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

Really? 431 days since I've tweeted? 😯 Well, let's return with a big one: Who wants to be my successor? I promise you will never be bored and you will work for an issue that touches nearly every area of life! https://t.co/Wsk5Jh2jeY #communicationsjobs #mediarelations #waterjobs

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

@RevolutApp That worked, thank you.

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

So true.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

In every team and every organization, the responsibility for creating psychological safety starts at the top.

When people get penalized for voicing problems and concerns, they learn that it's not safe to speak up.

It’s up to those in power to open the door—and keep it open.

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

It takes teamwork to make this happen and GWP has a great team!

[Global Water Partnership Organisation @GWPnews]

Looking back at some of GWP's past successes, and planning ahead for the future - the GWP Annual Report for 2019 is now available: https://t.co/6n2QVYtwpV

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

"We are fine, we are fine, we are fine. We aren’t fine." And first time I've heard the scary phrase, 'We're drinking ourselves to death.' Problems are water management, infrastructure, and inequality. @LRB @rosalyster https://t.co/npPc6LfnEj

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

@PrabhuGuptara I hope I live long enough to learn the truth behind this mystery.

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

I wonder how long it's going to take orgs to acknowledge this? At one company, managers now call overtime a sign of poor planning, not proof of dedication - plus other interesting findings. https://t.co/h6NScWyRzn via @WSJ @askpang @public_affairs #leadership #management

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

IMHO, email notifications are a primary cause of lower productivity. Turn them off!

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

We don't have the cognitive capacity to truly focus on tasks at hand when we read the email notifications we get every few minutes. https://t.co/dhb7OYT3TH

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

On Mon., Jan. 20, the U.S. marks Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. If you have 17 minutes, it’s worth listening to his ‘I have a dream’ speech – for its insightful content and inspirational delivery. https://t.co/3sEyWXWbss via @YouTube #MLKDay

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

Love this: 'Picture a canary in a coal mine. They are healthy, singing on their way in. But when they come out, full of soot and disease, no longer singing, can you imagine asking why the canaries made themselves sick? No, because...' read the article. 🙂 #leadership #management

[Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl]

Burnout is a workplace problem, not an individual problem. It is up to leaders to fix. Top reasons for #burnout:
- unfair treatment at work
- unmanageable workload
- lack of role clarity
- lack of support from mgr
- unreasonable time pressure
@JenLeighMoss https://t.co/bwCuelv3si

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

There are times when you realize how HUGE a contribution a team member makes to deliver top-notch work against all odds. #Shoutout 👏to @monikaericson for two major pubs on #water and #climate: https://t.co/5HBA2QoSG6 and https://t.co/TlKBc3a233 launching at #UNFCCC #COP25Madrid.

[Steven Downey @StevenJDowney]

Good advice.

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

How to counteract feelings of being overwhelmed:
1. Pinpoint the source.
2. Set boundaries around your time and workload.
3. Challenge your perfectionism.
4. Outsource or delegate.
5. Challenge your assumptions.
https://t.co/A0It7OZvBR