The cover theme in the March edition of Governance & Leadership is good endings – or, what good leadership looks like when charities are considering or managing closures and other types of ending.
As well as some expert advice from Iona Lawrence, co-founder of The Decelerator, we’ve got some reflections on the closure of iconic charity Bloody Good Period from a former director, and the story of how Revitalise was able to avoid closure by reinventing its business model and changing how it delivers public benefit. The cover theme topic is also traversed by our two regular columnists, Emeka Forbes and Penny Wilson.
We’ve got an exclusive first interview with the new chair of the Charity Commission, Dame Julia Unwin, who rattles through a panoply of governance subjects from board diversity and trustee payment to the regulator’s role in educating the public about the sector, and plenty more besides.
In People & Culture, Felicia Willow takes aim at a large elephant in charity sector HQ: what happens when a charity’s staff turn on the leadership, and weaponise values as they seek to capture the moral high ground. And in Strategy & Operations, we have three succinct articles covering policy-writing, optimising the membership function, and why charity operations should have a seat at the leadership table.
The Charity Commission outlines new rules on moral payments in its regular column, and in Core Functions, Pesh Framjee addresses the theme of finance & audit by offering his advice on how to recruit and review charity auditors.
Regulars
Cover theme: Good Endings
Opinion
People & Culture
Interview
Strategy & Operations
Law & Guidance
Core functions: Finance & Audit
The final word
