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Building your personal skills and resilience so you can bring your best to your organisation.

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Your first charity leadership role

Posted on 2 April 20252 April 2025 by Katherine

Thinking about stepping into your first charity leadership role in a charity or nonprofit? That’s exciting! Leadership in the third sector can be deeply rewarding—but it’s also a unique journey that comes with its own challenges. Despite the term “career ladder,” leadership progression isn’t always a straight climb. It’s more of a winding path, filled…

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Building Resilience: Becoming a resilient leader

Posted on 5 March 202531 March 2025 by Katherine

Resilience has become a bit of a buzzword and there’s a risk of it being used to mean that ‘shutting up and getting on with it’ is valued. There are plenty of bad managers out there who would happily use ‘resilience’ as a tool to blame the victim by giving you bad news and then…

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Mastering Context Switching: Boost Your Productivity and Focus

Posted on 22 January 202531 March 2025 by Katherine

As a non-profit leader, your day is likely filled with jumping from one task to another, often leaving things half-finished or feeling unprepared for the next meeting. This constant context switching can sap your energy, focus, and ability to do your best work. But fear not! There are strategies you can implement to help you…

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