The Commercial Charity Book
The Commercial Charity tells you everything you need to know to develop profitable earned income, and how to apply business principles and techniques to dramatically increase any non-profit’s reach and impact.
The Commercial Charity tells you everything you need to know to develop profitable earned income, and how to apply business principles and techniques to dramatically increase any non-profit’s reach and impact.
I will provide you with immediate objective feedback and advice on any decisions, ideas, opportunities and challenges you wish to discuss, enabling you to confidentially talk through your thoughts, clarify your options and alternatives, and make better, more confident decisions.
I will challenge your thinking, offer new ideas and perspectives, diffeerent frameworks for thinking and action planning, and prepare you for success every step of the way.
For CEOs who want to dramatically elevate the capability, effectiveness and performance of themselves and of their leadership teams.
An intensive development programme specifically designed for non-profits that need to rapidly improve their commercial acumen and skills.
Our twice-yearly, invitation-only seminars are the only place where CEOs of the UK’s largest charities come together to share their insights and experiences around the sector’s greatest challenges and opportunities.
In a race between a team and a committee, the team will always be able to travel lighter, move faster, and go much further in actually shaping the future.
Tues 14th June 2022, 5pm to 6pm. Come along to hear and discuss why and how our leadership model needs to change, the challenges we will face, and how we can make the change stick.
Every radical new idea, every transformational opportunity, will generate objections. And in every objection, there will be text and subtext.
Lots of charities have areas of expertise that can be incredibly valuable to other organisations, but most will never get anything like their fair share of that value, simply because of the way they sell.
Certain words can make people within charities uncomfortable, but more importantly, can become a barrier that stops them engaging with the opportunities they represent.
The world is not going back to normal any time soon. This “rolling crisis” is here to stay for the foreseeable, and we’re going to have to think, act, and above all lead, differently.
The “drama triangle” can be a surprisingly thought-provoking model for shining a light on interpersonal dynamics. But also, perhaps, for thinking about the philosophy of a sector struggling to change.
It’s hard to be dispassionate and objective, let alone radically honest, when it comes to a charity’s services, but be honest – what do you actually, incrementally, bring to the party… if anything?
I’m constantly told by Chairs and CEOs they want their organisations to become more agile, embrace learning and innovation, and for their leaders to be operating far more strategically. So here’s what to do…
Tues 18th January 2022, 5pm to 6pm. How any organisation can make the leap to Engagement 2.0 and create far deeper connection and loyalty with cutomers and employees