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Glocal CitizensEpisode 282: Leading Beyond Burnout with Hawa KombianGreetings Glocal Citizens!
The spirit of summers past visits with us this week; it’s another Glocal Citizens @5flashback forward episode. In 2023, my guest this week, Hawa Kombian joined us for a two part conversation while she was based in her adopted home country, Canada. Today she's back in Ghana spreading new wings as a leadership strategist, resilience coach, and organizational advisor dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations sustain their impact without sacrificing their people.
With 14+ years of experience in social impact leadership, public speaking, and organizational change, she has worked with leaders across North America, Afri...
2025-07-291h 01
We are figuring it out (We are fio)Insta live 1: Navigating toxic work environment.
😟"The job really gave me trauma. It messed with my identity and confidence." These are just some of the effects of toxic work environments, and we tackled this on our latest instalive. Of course, we love #figuringitout with you, so we brought a specialist on board to help us do just that.Meet Hawa Kombian , a leader who helps businesses and their teams work better together. She has lots of experience making businesses successful in different parts of the world and runs her own company @hawakoco
Key discussions points on the live:
➡ Understanding what a toxic...
2024-04-181h 00
Bossed UpCross-Cultural Communication in LeadershipWhether an organization’s teams are centered in a single city or dispersed across the world, cultural differences inevitably emerge. For leaders accustomed to knowing the answers and acting on their singular understanding of situations, it can be difficult to recognize these differences, much less level up the listening skills needed to address them for the good of their organization.For more than 10 years, Hawa Kombian has worked within and alongside companies in Canada, Ghana, and more, using her expertise in cross-cultural competency and communication to help her clients achieve operational sustainability and social vibrancy through customized re...
2024-03-1940 min
Glocal CitizensEpisode 188: Transforming the Future of Work with Hawa Kombian Part 2Greetings Glocal Citizens!
We’re traveling from Canada to the north of Ghana and back again in this two part conversation with Ghanaian-Canadian, Hawa Kombian. As an intentional, passionate and creative leader who enables organizational founders’ and their teams to achieve operational sustainability and social vibrancy by building results-driven cultures of connection, Hawa is squarely focused on bridges all the dimensions of leadership toward more impact and sustainable presents for her clients.
Having a background in communications, and humanitarian pursuits with organizations leading in innovative technology and social change, her experience spans education, digital health, and...
2023-08-2234 min
Glocal CitizensEpisode 187: Transforming the Future of Work with Hawa Kombian Part 1Greetings Glocal Citizens!
We’re traveling from Canada to the north of Ghana and back again in this two part conversation with Ghanaian-Canadian, Hawa Kombian. As an intentional, passionate and creative leader who enables organizational founders’ and their teams to achieve operational sustainability and social vibrancy by building results-driven cultures of connection, Hawa is squarely focused on bridges all the dimensions of leadership toward more impact and sustainable presents for her clients.
Having a background in communications, and humanitarian pursuits with organizations leading in innovative technology and social change, her experience spans education, digital health, and...
2023-08-1533 min
Open Door ConversationsEp 39: How to Build a Remote Career as a Global CitizenIn this episode of the Open Door podcast, Akua welcomes guest Hawa Kombian, a global citizen who is building an amazing remote career. The two discuss working remotely while employed with a company/organization and the crucial things that need to be considered before going remote or allowing your employees to work remotely. Whether you’re an employee looking to stay remote after shifting out of the office temporarily, or you’re a team leader considering whether remote work is sustainable long-term, this is the episode for you. Hawa dives into how she became a remote worker in he...
2022-04-1131 min
Aid for Aid Workers Leadership PodcastMaintaining Organizational Culture Despite Working Remotely in the Humanitarian SectorThe past few years have brought many changes - one of which is remote work. I know several supervisors who have not met their teams in person, and still don't know when that will happen! So since we are working remotely, how can we build trust and an organizational culture? My guest today Hawa Kombian is an Organizational Specialist who provides some practical ways leaders can do just that - unify remote teams. In this episode you'll learn: What the humanitarian world should consider before going to the field How to show up and comm...
2021-09-0641 min
The Career Gems PodcastValues, Strategy and Culture Alignment in Leadership with Hawa KombianSocial media links:LinkedInTwitter: @hkombianInstagram: @hkombianLinktree (for links to other talks & content)
2021-06-101h 11
Kings of Hearts PodcastEP09: Navigating Highs and Lows Mentally, Emotionally, and Spiritually during Covid and in Life with Hawa KombianWelcome back to the Kings of Hearts podcast! In this episode, we explore an amazing conversation with an amazing queen and woman, Hawa Kombian. So what can you expect?
We get into Hawa’s backstory, mental health in other parts of the world (Ghana specifically), navigating lows during Covid, as well as self-care around mental, emotional, AND spiritual health.
2021-03-181h 06