By Chris Gandy Working with Cause and Effective is like shifting through a box of assorted buttons. The organisations we deal with have one thing in common – are all cause-based. But there the similarity ends. They have different missions, sets of stakeholders, are different sizes and are located in diverse locations across this continent of ours. […]
Give Your New CEO An Even Chance By Reducing Wake Turbulence
By Chris Gandy This is the third in our series of posts each dedicated to one of the opportunities (we call them Janus Factors) that present themselves to cause-based organisations during the executive transition period between the announcement of a Chief Executive’s departure and the on-boarding of a replacement. Last Monday I caught an early morning flight from […]
Janus Factor # 1 – Taking stock
By Chris Gandy This is the first in our series of posts each dedicated to one of the opportunities (we call them Janus Factors) that present themselves to cause-based organisations during the executive transition period between the announcement of a Chief Executive’s departure and the on-boarding of a replacement. Taking Stock Over the past week or so […]
The Janus Factors – The bountiful opportunities arising from Executive Transition
By Chris Gandy Executive transition is all about endings, changes and beginnings of various types. Transition represents a time of disruption and hope, one of reflection and renewal. But as Tom Adams, a specialist in executive transitions in the not for profit sector insists, “if managed intentionally and proactively, transitions can serve as pivotal moments, […]
Seizing opportunity from the jaws of crisis
By Chris Gandy Even in the best of circumstances the departure of a Chief Executive from a cause-based organisation can be highly disruptive. Staff are unsettled. Programs may be placed at risk. Indecision and uncertainty often reign. Clients get twitchy not to mention funding bodies. Also, if we are absolutely honest with ourselves more the one volunteer […]
I quit!
By Rachel Muir This post originally appeared at connection cafe and rachelmuir.com on January 20, 2012. We thank Rachel for agreeing to slight changes for our Cause and Effective audience. Two words a board chair never wants to hear from their CEO. Few things can be as disruptive to an organisations success as a Chief Executive transition. […]
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”…was Charles Dickens referring to Executive Transition?
By Chris Gandy Charles Dickens classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities, opens with the famous lines: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was […]
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