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21 Jun 2010 | Rowena Lewis

A recruitment consultant told delegates at Acevo's Future Leaders Summit they had to 'look' like a chief executive to get the top job. Rowena Lewis questions why

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Bubb's consistency of argument seems a little challenged

A new group of charity leaders headed by RNID chief executive John Low has met to discuss the role of the chief executive in corporate governance, ACEVO announced today.

The group, which met on Tuesday,...

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In my spiralling walks I am coming across situations where board members are bullying the chief executive, chief executives are bullying board members, board members are bullying each other and some staff...

A culture of openness makes abuse much less likely

Very interesting debate. Having worked in the charity sector for nearly 20 years as a consultant I am afraid I have come across too many examples of where chief execs of charities have abused expense systems...

Bubb responds

So we have heard from Stephen Bubb – chief exec of Acevo. He has commented on the expense issue on his blog - 1,459 words, no less. Almost a book!

To cut to the chase, if I read his blog correctly,...

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