No charity can go it alone these days: real leadership involves bringing your organisation together with others. When I first became a chief executive more than 20 years ago, my brief was to grow a disruptive new organisation that would show a fresh way and shake a few trees. Partnerships and collaborations with other charities? …
BLOG – FEBRUARY 2020: What would you offer the Prime Minister if he walked into the room right now?’ This was a question we put at a recent joint event to 20 third sector CEOs from a range of charities and social enterprises from up and down the country as we sought to find out …
New Government: New Opportunity – But will the sector grasp the nettle? Read More »
THIRD SECTOR BLOG – February 2019: The starting gun has just been fired in the race to replace Sir Stuart Etherington at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. National Council for Voluntary Organisations Although the sector is more stratified than it once was, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations is still the main voice of …
What does the NCVO need in its next chief executive? Read More »
It is no longer a major news event when a well-known charity goes under or has a major financial wobble. It’s the new normal. When the worst happens, collapse is nearly always ascribed to the “climate change” in the finances of the sector and stricken charities are cast as polar bears stranded, helplessly, on floes …
Don’t be a Polar Bear! – and take control of your future Read More »
