In February this year, in a landmark step, the NSW Government, the City of Sydney, and leading homelessness charities joined 13 other cities in a partnership with the Institute of Global Homelessness, becoming part of a global movement to end street sleeping through the IGH Vanguard City Program. The target in NSW is to reduce […]
Of the various compliments we have received from clients and candidates since introducing our new range of senior executive recruitment services some six months ago is that we are “refreshingly different”. The reason this was music to our ears is that this is precisely the reaction we set out to achieve. Having spent many years […]
Recently I was approached by Alice, the Chair of mid-sized Not-for-Profit (NFP) who asked for advice on how to make mythical needles in a haystack into the size of broom handles. Turns out Alice’s organisation had just conducted their own lengthy search for a new CEO using the major Job Board sites. This elicited a […]
By Chris Gandy When I reflect on my primary school days I can vividly recall teachers constantly regaling the class to not drop our aitchs. Seems we were running about the place saying things like “elp” instead of “help”; wondering how we could get to “eaven” and not “heaven”; and asking “arry” instead of “harry” […]
“Don’t go in and hide; don’t come out and shine; stand stock-still in the middle.” ― Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu Here is how a common mistake occurs. When an undesirable development occurs or a difficult situation arises, we often think, “Oh, I have got such rotten luck, why is this happening?’ We […]
By Chris Gandy Perhaps I am being alarmist, but I am genuinely concerned that the NFP sector is failing to develop and attract the calibre of leaders needed to meet the demands our society is placing on it. Not that great people aren’t out there, they are. It is just that as a sector we […]
By Heather McCauley “The ideas are louder when there are fewer of them.” David C. Day We have been talking about getting off track, finding ourselves where we did not expect to be, getting back on the road and assuming that after having done all this extra work, we can make up some lost time. […]
By Chris Gandy One of the most common questions we are asked by Not for Profit Boards who find themselves in a position of suddenly having to search for a new Chief Executive is: “What should we look for in a new CEO?” To be honest such questions fill us with joy as they demonstrate […]
By Joe Moore: For most of us work is more than selling our labour for money. We also expect to find motivation and satisfaction. We’d prefer work to be fulfilling – rather than “just a job”. We talk about finding meaning at work, learning and developing at work, finding dignity, respect and opportunities to grow […]
By Penny Beeston : The future. It hovers in front of each of us on a daily basis. In a busy life, we can fall into the trap of becoming somewhat ambivalent about our future. We are paying down mortgages, busy raising kids and working hard. During these periods in our lives we tend to […]
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