Anna G

Emotional intelligence isn't only about reading others' feelings. It’s also about revealing some of yours. People with expressive faces are better liked—and better negotiators if they’re friendly. Showing emotion is not a sign of weakness. It's a tool for communication and fuel for connection.

Development is an agenda for hope. Hope about the future, hope in each other, hope in one's own ability to change the course of history. Development enables us to envision a world of possibilities & strategically invest in our shared future. #UNDPEB 📖 go.undp.org/4DB

🗨️ "Evaluation must be seen as an essential partner in sustainable development." Revisiting these moments from 2022's #NECdev conference in Turin is getting us excited for the upcoming 8th NEC, to be held this October in the Yanqing District of Beijing!

.@UNDP assists companies & investors in embedding #SDGs into their practices. Our private sector strategy supports our moonshot target of unlocking US$1 trillion in investments & is helping millions of people escape poverty & access clean energy. #UNDPEB 👉go.undp.org/Zbg

Congratulations to the winning country offices at the 2024 @UNDP Evaluation Excellence Awards: @UNDPCambodia, @UNDPYemen, @UNDPUkraine & @PNUD_Tchad. Your contributions in delivering impactful projects to communities worldwide serve as an inspiring example for us all.

What an award ceremony! 10 @UNDP country offices were honored for consistently delivering high-quality evaluations since 2020. Their success proves that high-quality #evaluations are not just a goal but a reality, even in challenging environments! 🌟🌍 🔗web.undp.org/evaluation/awa…

Did you know that @UNDP has implemented @GlobalFund grants in 79 countries, saving an estimated 7.3 million lives? Our new Reflections paper draws on evaluative evidence to identify 7⃣ lessons from the partnership. 🔗 Read it here: web.undp.org/evaluation/ref…

Perfectionism is a form of avoidance. Avoidance of action. Avoidance of possible mistakes. Avoidance of living just as we are: simply imperfect humans.

Catastrophizing the world's problems doesn't motivate us to solve them. It robs us of hope. Spreading doom and gloom is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Failing to see a way to change drains our will to act. Progress doesn't require positivity. It rests on a sense of possibility. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Now at #UNDPEB: Administrator @ASteiner on #LNOB, justice for people living with HIV/AIDS, and digital infrastructure. To know more about UNDP's work in these areas, explore our most recent thematic evaluations here: web.undp.org/evaluation/eva…

The best cure for loneliness is not more frequent interaction. It's more meaningful interaction. Many people enjoy solitude. They can spend up to ~75% of their time alone without feeling isolated. What matters most for well-being is the quality of connections, not the quantity.

My all-time favorite Venn diagram 😆

@thom_curran The part when you talk about the eternal struggle between what is externally labelled as success and what we feel makes us the happiest stroke many a chord. Thanks for being so open about it. It makes the whole difference ♥️

@AnnaGuerraggio A master of his craft. The production team are equally impressive.

I've done a few podcasts recently. This is the most wide-ranging, most rounded, most vulnerable one to date. On perfectionism and its heavy cost for NPR's Hidden Brain podcast. Give it a listen 👇

"In essence, monitoring and evaluation involves both practical challenges — things that are hard to know — but also cultural + institutional challenges, things we don’t want to know" linkedin.com/pulse/things-w… @iammaxnathan on the political economy of M&E

“A government that lacks imagination will find it more difficult to create value”. @MazzucatoM speaks about national civil servants. But this is such a perfect description of the challenge of #employee #engagement at the UN these days.

“Civil servants are supposed to implement government policy while at the same speaking truth to power. But if government is restricted in what it does, and civil servants do not have the freedom to find out what works, they will become cautious. Ethos and creativity will crush”.

“Not only is outsourcing (of public services) outrageously expensive, but it deprives our brightest civil servants of opportunities to work on challenging and fulfilling issues. The result: the less government does, the more boring it is to work for”. Hear hear @MazzucatoM

@thom_curran Just received the email from my local bookstore that a copy is at hand! Cannot wait, Thomas! Congratulations again and all the best!

Today marks the US release of THE PERFECTION TRAP. If my US and Canadian followers happen to find a copy in the wild, please send a pic. I’d love to know how far it’s travelled. And also, if you’re so inclined, do buy a copy too!

@keziascales Congratulations Kezia!! ♥️

Such a (daunting) honor--to help carry forward the amazing work that has already been done to develop the first-ever national strategy to support family caregivers! Now, on to implementation. acl.gov/news-and-event…