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Time to motivate the troops

17 Jun 2013 | Robert Ashton

Robert Ashton believes you have to think more creatively to reach the right people.

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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 are bullying each other. I thought this was it, and then last week came across a case where volunteers were bullying the board and the focus was taken away from providing a quality service!

The Tipping Point

In challenging times like these a treasure like The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell can really make a difference, says Tesse Akpeki.

Chairman's Corner: Benefit of the doubt?

A troubled chair of a small charity which is heavily reliant on its trustees for funding is faced with the dilemma that one of the members may have been wrongly accused of shoplifting. The Chairman offers some welcomed advice.

Reading the river (feeling it in your waters)

Do your best to read what's ahead of you in order to avert disaster, says Martin Farrell.

Having worked in the NHS and more recently in the third sector, I would wholeheartedly support the abolition of equalities impact assessments. Despite my best efforts to complete them accurately, I found them completely useless and have found few people who ever read them. They seemed to represent one of the worst examples of tick box bureaucracy that added nothing to decision making.

» PM should think carefully before removing equality impact assessments

Unitary or two-tier?

Paul Gibson ponders the best governance model for charity boards.

Back to work...

It was fantastic being in Jamaica during the silly season.As a British African visiting the Caribbean for the first time, I did not quite know what to expect. What is written about Jamaica does not quite prepare one for the excitement that can be experienced. Positively this trip is by no means the last I will be making. Jamaica revealed wonderful gems.

Risks in the charity sector: Learning lessons from Unicef Germany

A scandal within one prominent charity can have a devastating domino effect across the sector, says Martin Brookes.

Chairman's corner: To pay or not to pay?

The chair of a grant making foundation who also manages a large investment portfolio is faced with the problem of how much to pay his trustees. The Chairman simplifies the problem.

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