Getting your board on board
Most bad board meetings are easily avoidable if we do the right things, and most of them are things we already know how to do.
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Culture
Raising performance
For any group of people, the first step to improving performance is always to align on expectations; to explicitly agree what good looks like
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Preparing for the future
If we’re serious about making the world a better place, these are the building-blocks charities need to start preparing for the future
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Critical competencies
There’s a new set of critical competencies we need all our people to develop, and their absence is a growing source of stress for leaders
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Asserting your value
It’s a common misconception that in order to collaborate well with others, you need to “be nicer”. When in reality, what’s usually required is to get far better at asserting your value. One of the most enduring models for explaining the difference between being nice and actually collaborating is something called the Thomas-Kilmann matrix, named
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Building momentum
It’s easy to get so fixated on the challenge, that we think about “getting through it” rather than building momentum from it.
Existential conversations
Are we here to deliver contracts or change the world? These are the existential conversations I’m having and you can listen in.
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In Good Company
In Good Company: a series of conversations on the future of charity and its leadership
Choosing your style
When did you last find yourself consciously choosing your style. whether for a discussion or for navigating a conflict?
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How to give useful feedback
When people give feedback it’s more often about them than it is about you. Here’s how to give useful feedback.
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