Wednesday 16th May 2012
Third Sector organisations, both charities and social enterprises, are typified by a history of ever changing funding streams with periods of growth and contraction of staff and activity. This structure can make it difficult for trustees and CEO’s to effectively manage ‘the bottom
Monday 14th May 2012
The cost of getting it wrong
During 2010/2011, awards for cases of age discrimination averaged £30,289. Disability discrimination pay outs averaged £14,137.
Three fifths of the entire Tribunals Service outstanding work load is made up of multiple employment tribunal claims – a direct result of
Monday 23rd April 2012
What is in a brand? It is a lot more than a clever logo. A brand is about what people associate with your name or logo.
Remember Ratners the Jewellers? At its height Ratners ruled the high street jewellery market. They offered gold and diamonds at a price most people could afford. Though you might
Monday 16th April 2012
“The Results-Based Accountability™ concepts utilised in this document are derived from the book ‘Trying Hard is Not Good Enough’, by Mark Friedman.”
Ok, so let’s start with first principles: I am a massive fan of the Mark Friedman model of RBA, but for it to work I believe you cannot cut corners.
Thursday 5th April 2012
Whether you use organisational events to inform, educate, celebrate, entertain or as a networking opportunity for your clients and service users, it’s imperative that they make an impact.
Successful events are an investment for your organisation and merit both the time and effort it takes to plan
Wednesday 29th February 2012
But let’s get back to that stadium in Swansea. I was opening keynote speaker at a conference entitled: ‘Sustainability – not just surviving but growing in recession’. It was a bold objective and the audience eager and willing.
Organiser Bev Garside, founder of training consultancy Empower
Monday 23rd January 2012
Organisational costs / The size of the problem:
A survey by NICE found that the cost for work related mental illness in the UK was £28 billion.
An additional study by MIND found that in 2008/9 20% of workers took time off due to work-related stress, but an alarming 90% of these lied about the
Friday 13th January 2012
Results Based Accountability is measuring the success of a project based wholly on its impact on a community; the results.
In order to be able to establish the amount of change in a community or group you must first be able to accurately assess where the community is at the outset of the project
Wednesday 14th December 2011
A number of managers across the sector have expressed their views that they struggle to get buy in from some staff members and that teams regularly miss deadlines or fail to deliver on key elements of their work programme.
If this is an issue for the odd individual within an organisation then
Tuesday 6th December 2011
Definition of an asset: “Property owned by a person or company, regarded as having value and available to meet debts, commitments, or legacies.”
Definition of a liability: “Something for which one is liable; an obligation, responsibility, or debt. Liabilities: The financial obligations
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