The journey starts with a commitment
Carers Link East Dunbartonshire are faced with a challenge that so many charities can relate to: when you’re full to capacity, how do you make the space to focus on…
Why Giraffes have brass necks – system leadership in practice
“People coming together, you can see the leaders and organisations that are equally placed to join up and work together on stuff.” Our practical guide to system leadership features real-life…
Annual Lasting Leadership programme open for applications
We are inviting applications for our next Lasting Leadership action learning programme. The programme is aimed at people who want to explore and develop sustainable leadership capacity in their organisation....
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Lasting Leadership: Equalities
The Lasting Leadership guide to sustainable charity leadership is now complete! Today we’re publishing part four of the series, Lasting Leadership: Equalities. You can download the guide here, updated from…
Grampian champions system change!
There’s something happening in Grampian. Long established systems and structures are being changed. Charities and public sector organisations are leading system change by championing community voices and challenging the traditional…
Self-care guide out now!
Sustainable leaders look after themselves and the people around them. If our people and organisations don’t take care of themselves, they can’t do their best work for the people, communities…
Succession Planning – update out now!
Succession planning and knowledge management When we started researching sustainable leadership, one thing quickly became clear. Everyone we spoke to had been affected by the sudden loss or departure of…
Buy in – or ownership?
Organisational leaders dream of everyone ‘buying into’ their plans. Wouldn’t it be nice if your colleagues just assumed responsibility and accountability, without being told? But what does it mean in…
Sustainable governance
New sustainable governance guide published Effective, sustainable boards regularly review their performance, skills and composition. We’ve just published our Sustainable Governance resource to help you do just that. It’s a…
*New* Lasting Leadership programme for 2021
Lasting Leadership programme opens for applications We’re offering 12 subsidised places on our transformational Lasting Leadership programme. Focused on the Lasting Leadership guide, it will help participants to: Plan succession…
The year for Lasting Leadership
Well if there was ever a year for a sustainable leadership guide, it was this one! When we launched the Lasting Leadership® guide in February, we knew it was timely….
A short film – sustainable leadership
I should have been in London yesterday with the good people at Directory of Social Change. They run a great event - very welcoming and with an ever-diverse and interesting...
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Lateral leadership
One person alone cannot deliver an organisation’s strategic plan, but strategies are often seen as ‘belonging’ to the Chief Officer or senior team. Lateral leadership involves people taking ownership, autonomy,…
Lasting Leadership lifts off!
This week we launched the Lasting Leadership guide to a full-house at the Gathering. It was fitting that its core messages about managers letting go of control and empowering their…
Fit for the next generation
In previous articles, I introduced the principles of sustainable leadership and the first two areas to address: succession planning and lateral leadership. this article, a preview of our new Lasting…
Succession is inevitable – success isn’t
Around a fifth of voluntary sector leaders are currently seeking a new opportunity. Three quarters of non-profit organisations do not have a succession plan in place[1]. In this blog we…
Principles of sustainable leadership
Next month we’ll share a free new resource to help nonprofit leaders and their organisations. ‘Lasting Leadership’ builds on some simple principles, set out below. It features four capabilities, introduced…
Lasting Leadership launch
There is no sustainability without sustainable leadership. We’ve been researching the topic for the last 12 months and will be launching our inspirational new ‘Lasting Leadership’ guide with a one-off…
Lasting Leadership programme opens for applications
We’re offering 10 subsidised places on a transformational Lasting Leadership programme focused on our soon-to-be published sustainable leadership guide. It will help participants to: Plan succession and capacity building in…
Congratulations to the first five Lasting Difference Symbol holders!
The first five charities have been awarded The Lasting Difference® symbol in recognition of their commitment to organisational sustainability. This new symbol, launched in June 2019, allows organisations to demonstrate…