Skills Development
Rarely do trustees and employees find themselves with the skills they need when they need them the most! In today’s world of competing demands on donors, trustees and professional managers need to be able to use the commercial approach to ensuring that their organisation is the one which survives most effectively. It is only working together that trustees and managers can efficiently and effectively deliver on their chosen strategy. This requires a shared knowledge of the latest business and management methods.
Providing management skills support to senior management
A department of a large charity was undergoing a period of change as a new manager was promoted to head of his department. The new manager did not feel inclined to involve internal management support or to avail himself of the internal skills programme. As a result, staff in the department felt unclear about the future strategy, and worth, of the department to the rest of the organisation as a whole. This in turn impacted upon their willingness to generate new leads and ability to service existing stakeholders. Firm Beliefs was asked by the individual to develop his skills via the Firm Beliefs 'Mini MBA' programme. More
Providing commercial skills support to trustees
Trustees from an old and well-respected charity were facing hitherto unexperienced demands from the management of the charity. Those demands were relating to the future strategy and implementation of the charity. The trustees had come to realise that their own skills were not sufficiently robust or up to date to enable them to judge the feasibility of the management's recommendations. More
Legal skills for all
A small charity had undergone years of change in terms of both trustee and Chief Executive personnel. It was clear that the professional managers employed by the charity had lost confidence in the ability of the board of trustees to support both the charity and the employees. The board of trustees had also had a difficult relationship with the various Chief Executives over the years. More
