Welcome to the home of the renowned Lasting Difference and Lasting Leadership Guides.

Our free guides and the consultancy practice we base them on aim to be –

  • Clear: Easy to understand and use, with straightforward ideas for action.
  • Practical: Grounded in practice, with tried and tested tools and templates.
  • Provocative: Reframing your key challenges with new definitions and fresh perspectives.
  • Powerful: Transforming the way you think about – and run – your organisation.
  • Relevant: Suitable for projects or organisations, large or small, in any part of the non-profit world.
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The Lasting Difference® is the go-to guide for sustaining non-profit organisations, used by over 7000 non-profit organisations worldwide. Trusted by charities, social enterprises, funders, commissioners and policy makers since 2016, it’s now in its fifth edition. Find out more and download your free, interactive PDF copy here.

Find out more and download your free copy here.

Lasting Leadership® defines and demystifies sustainable leadership. Made up of four guides focusing on succession planning, lateral leadership, equalities, and self-care, it addresses the key issues of the day. Perfect for managers, trustees and anyone wanting to develop leadership capacity. Your writeable PDF copies await!

More information and your writeable PDFs await!

New to sustainability?.. Start here

‘The Lasting Difference’

Graeme Reekie, author of the Lasting Difference resource, explains where the ideas and toolkit originated, and some of the principles that underpin it.

The paradox of change

Sustainability isn’t easy. The challenges are complex and often paradoxical – more of one thing often means less of something else. First up, the paradox of change: only by changing can we stay the same.

The octopus paradox

If sustainability requires us to change and develop, can we do this without getting pulled out of shape? There are good reasons many organisations are octopus-shaped, as Graeme explains in this short clip.

The yes/no paradox

We often say ‘yes’ to things because we think they will help us survive. Yet most organisations have sustainability challenges because of saying yes, not in spite of it.

The efficiency paradox

To be sustainable, organisations must be efficient. But if they are too efficient, they won’t have the spare capacity, resources or headspace to be sustainable.

‘Lasting Leadership’ overview

A 15-minute presentation on Lasting Leadership®, the guide to non-profit sustainable leadership. Shorter, specific clips are available on the dedicated Lasting Leadership page.

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