The dates for the meetings for the Thrive Leaders Network are now set for the year ahead. These are… Monday 25th January 2010 Monday 1st March Monday 10th May (postponed from 19th April) Monday 14th June Monday 13th September Monday 15th November As before, we meet at around 5pm, kick off at 5.15pm and look [...]
The Community Sector Coalition has this month launched a new training and support inititative designed to assist with leadership development in community groups. This “Liberating Leadership” programme aims to develop leadership within grassroot level organisations in a practical and appropriate way – different to more ‘common’ leadership development programmes. The website is here with a [...]
The Thrive Leaders Network is new. But there’s nothing new about leading and there are plenty of people helping to develop leadership already. So let’s not forget to look elsewhere for inspiration, support and resources. A great starting point for easy reads and leadership guidance is the Common Purpose blog. It’s here : http://commonpurpose.net There [...]
This is an invitation to others to join the Thrive Leaders Network. Our next networking meeting is on Monday 16th November 2009 at Grimsby Neighbourhood Centre (5pm-7pm) and it’s free to attend. But you can also simply register on this website to get involved too. Either way you’ll have access to a variety of support [...]
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We’re in a recession (if you hadn’t noticed). The old rules have changed. Your plans for your organisation made last year probably won’t work this year or next. The only certainty is that change is in the air. Has your leadership changed? Are you still leading your organisation in the same way you did before [...]
How do you relate to others in your role as leader? Leaders require effective, authentic relationships with others for leadership to work. This article – “Authentic Leadership” by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones discusses these relationships and outlines a CASE framework which you can use in a few seconds to help you decide how effective [...]
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six sharpening my axe – Abraham Lincoln If it came down to one thing to make a local Third Sector Organisation better, more effective, more resiliant and more likely to be sustainable long term (through the recession), what might it be? How about [...]
We can always learn from others. Those who lead their fields or excel at what they do or believe in. TED (www.ted.com) allows us all to hear from world leaders, movers & influences from the comfort of our own web browsers. TED (originally Technology, Enterprise & Design) is a non-profit dedicated to “Ideas worth Spreading”. [...]
There are many approaches to developing Leadership for indivdiuals or within an organisation. …coaching, mentoring, training, networking, on the job development, support… “Learning Circles” is a toolkit developed by Peter Fryer of TrojanMice. It helps simplify the maze of options that exist for taking Management and Leadership Development forward. It brings together information about each [...]