Leadership and strategy

It is a charity’s leaders, both executive and voluntary, that decide and deliver the direction of work for the organisation. The trustee board is tasked with setting the strategy, and the executive team is tasked with delivering it. Strong, effective leadership is crucial to the success of any civil society organisation.

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News

Christian Aid dumps head of fundraising role 1

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 8 Feb 2012

Tags: Human resources | Leadership and strategy

Christian Aid has “disestablished” its head of fundraising role as part of a new approach to fundraising which emphasises integration with church groups and campaigning.

Blogs

The sector needs to better support its women, says Rowena Lewis 2

Fundraising | Rowena Lewis | 7 Feb 2012

Tags: Leadership and strategy

As the sector dedicated to social justice, why are charities not making better progress at smashing the glass ceiling? Rowena Lewis says leadership is needed.

News

Acevo chair: equality debate 'must move on from bra-burning' 8

Governance | Tania Mason | 27 Jan 2012

Tags: Human resources | Leadership and strategy

If women in the voluntary sector are to achieve equality of pay and opportunity, the debate needs to move on from the “old-fashioned bra-burning era” and focus on skills, according to Acevo chair Lesley-Anne Alexander.

News

Proposal for sector equalities champion gets little support

Governance | Tania Mason | 27 Jan 2012

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Human resources

An idea from the 20/20 Leadership Commission to appoint an organisation as equalities champion for the sector got short shrift from a panel of women leaders yesterday.

News

Bill Gates pledges $750m as Global Fund announces new leadership

Governance | Niki May Young | 26 Jan 2012

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Funding | Statutory funding | Ethics | Law

Bill Gates has pledged a $750m vote of confidence in the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria after it was announced its executive director would step down following the exposure of a "grave abuse of funds" in several countries the fund works in.

News

Voluntary sector is 'failing its women' 7

Governance | Tania Mason | 26 Jan 2012

Tags: Human resources | Leadership and strategy

Seven in ten voluntary sector employees are female, yet just over four in ten charities are led by female CEOs or chairs. And in charities with turnover of £10m or more, women are in the top jobs at just 27 per cent of them.

News

Freedom of the City of Liverpool for charity founder

Governance | Adam Martin | 26 Jan 2012

Tags: Funding | Leadership and strategy

Children’s charity Kind has announced that its founder and chief executive Stephen Yip has been granted the freedom of the City of Liverpool.

News

Joseph Rowntree plans UK anti-poverty strategy 1

Governance | Tania Mason | 20 Jan 2012

Tags: Leadership and strategy

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust together plan to invest up to £125m over the next three years on services, research, and new property developments.

Blogs

Stand and deliver – but for heaven's sake stop meddling 6

Governance | David Philpott | 17 Jan 2012

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Chairs

Chairs have a place in charities, says David Philpott, but it shouldn't be in the stationery cupboard counting pens, or debating the cost of electricity.

Blogs

'Let's not become victims of this downturn' - Tom Flood speaks ahead of his exit from BTCV

Governance | Tom Flood | 17 Jan 2012

Tags: Leadership and strategy

Tom Flood CBE, who will step down as CEO of conservation charity BTCV in July, provides some words of encouragement for a charity sector facing increasingly challenging times.

News

Tom Flood to step down as BTCV chief

Governance | Niki May Young | 5 Jan 2012

Tags: Human resources | Leadership and strategy

Tom Flood, chief executive of the Charity Award-winning environmental charity BTCV Group, is to step down in July after a quarter-century working for the organisation.

Blogs

The Strictly Come Dancing approach to charity strategy

Governance | Tesse Akpeki | 4 Jan 2012

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Impact reporting

Strictly Come Dancing set smashing standards last year, and delivered results. Tesse Akpeki muses that the Strictly approach could be adopted by charities.

News

Leadership Commission calls on funders to explicitly value leadership

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 15 Dec 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy

The Leadership 20:20 Commission has called on funders and commissioners to include management and leadership development components in funding agreements.

News

BIG Scotland appoints new committe chair

Governance | Kirsty Weakley | 24 Nov 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy

Maureen McGinn has been appointed as the chair of the Big Lottery Fund Scotland Committee and to the UK board.

News

Charity sector workforce grows by 40 per cent in ten years 2

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 26 Oct 2011

Tags: Human resources | Leadership and strategy

The voluntary sector employs more women and has a slightly older workforce compared with the public and private sectors, according to new research.

Case studies

A dearth of clear policies

Governance | 25 Oct 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Expenses

James Maloney explains the problem one charity was having with out-of-date articles of association and the steps taken to improve them.

Staff issues

Unexpected consequences of having the chief executive on the board

Governance | 25 Oct 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Trustee boards | Grants & Grantmaking

A chief executive questions whether it is still in the best interests of the charity for them to continue to be a member of the board.

Chair issues

Who killed the chair? - Part three

Governance | Shirley Otto | 24 Oct 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy

A charity chairman has been killed, but who's the culprit? Delve into a leadership nightmare in the final installment of Shirley Otto's three-part governance detective story.

News

Clore Social Leadership Programme selects 17 new Fellows

Governance | Tania Mason | 21 Oct 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Professional development | Human resources

The chief executive of the Daycare Trust, an RNIB trustee and Scope’s policy chief are among the 17 new Clore Social Fellows for 2012.

News

Shaw Trust appoints new interim chief executive

Finance | Vibeka Mair | 10 Oct 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Statutory funding | International

The Shaw Trust has appointed former chief executive of Reed in Partnership, Chris Melvin, as its acting interim chief executive.

News

Event will explore future of the benevolent sector

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 4 Oct 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy

A coalition of charities are hosting a free conference this month on the future of the benevolent sector, which will look at the challenges for the sector, explore public benefit and discuss opportunities for more collaboration.

News

Ark appoints global CEO

Governance | Kirsty Weakley | 28 Sep 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Philanthropy

Absolute Return for Kids has appointed Moonpig founder Nick Jenkins to the rebadged role of global chief executive officer.

Blogs

Forging strategic identity aligns values to organisational impact

Governance | Tesse Akpeki | 21 Sep 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy

Few leadership models address a CEO's role in building an organisation to do well both financially and in a wider social context. Tesse Akpeki looks at how leaders can attain this.

News

Sally Burton steps down from Shaw Trust role

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 20 Sep 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Human resources

Sally Burton, chief executive of Shaw Trust, has stepped down from her role after nearly two years, during which time she instigated a new strategy and set about hiring lots of new talent in the top team.

Blogs

Will the female charity leaders PLEASE stand up? 6

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 19 Sep 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Professional development

If female leaders are too modest to identify themselves how will we ever get more women into top jobs? Celina Ribeiro says top women in charities need to stand up, literally.

Blogs

The best performing companies are those who take governance seriously

Governance | Tesse Akpeki | 12 Sep 2011

Tags: Trustee boards | Leadership and strategy

Tesse Akpeki highlights a new report which links good governance and a healthy gender balance on boards to better performance and profits on corporate boards.

News

Charity Commission approves Stonewall's request to lobby internationally

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 8 Sep 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Charity Commission

Gay campaigning charity Stonewall has announced plans to extend its strategic lobbying to include overseas work, following approval from the Charity Commission.

News

NPC appoints former No. 10 policy director as chief executive

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 7 Sep 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Trustee boards

New Philanthropy Capital has appointed Dan Corry, a former head of the Number 10 policy unit and senior adviser to Gordon Brown on the economy, as its new chief executive, starting in October.

News

Theodoreson elected as new CFDG chair

Governance | Andrew Hind | 7 Sep 2011

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Chairs | Recruitment | Human resources

CFDG trustees yesterday voted in Ian Theodoreson as the group’s new chair, succeeding Charles Nall who had served in the role for the last four years.