Interim Chief Executive | Charity Sector | Dr Nia D Thomas
Creating Measurable Impact Across the Charitable Sector
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I am an Interim Charity Sector CEO who supports organisations to strengthen their strategy, systems, and culture in order to achieve measurable and sustainable impact.
I bring extensive experience from across health, local government, civil service, and the charitable sector, combining strategic and systems thinking with a people-centred approach. My leadership style is inclusive, practical, and forward-looking. grounded in human-centred planning and improvement that ensures organisations are effective, resilient, and built for the future. If you have an interim role or a project with which you need structured and accountable delivery, get in touch.
latest blog articles...
New Journal Released for 2025!
What’s new in the Self-Awareness Superhighway: Reflections Journal 2.0? Check out the new format and the different spaces where you can: assess yourself against the self-aware leadership compass, write down your reflections, doodle thoughts and ideas about what you want to do differently next time. And it’s square!!
Elevate Your Leadership Voice: 5 Filler Words That Sabotage Your Success
From 3 years of podcasting on The Knowing Self Knowing Others Podcast, these are filler words that make you sound stupid, ruin your reputation and make people question your competence. Ditch the ums and ahs and elevate your leadership voice!
Core Concepts: Cultivating a Feedback-Friendly Environment
Check out the concepts from The Self-Awareness Superhighway on feedback….. Feedback is essential, but not easy, neither to give nor to receive. As a leader, creating a feedback-friendly environment is a critical skills for building relationships with individual, developing relationships between team members and in achieving organisational effectiveness.
Core Concepts: Mastering Unlearning & Relearning
I was recently joined by Juan Gonzalez to discover more about learning, unlearning and experiential learning. Being that experiential learning is the 9th direction of my self-aware leadership compass, this was a really good opportunity to discover more. Here are the core concepts from my blog article.
From Outdated to Outstanding: 3 Ways to Master Unlearning & Relearning
I’m really lucky that from time to time, I get to collaborate with amazing thinkers from around the globe! This time, I’m joined by Juan Gonzalez. I caught up with Juan to discover more about learning, unlearning, experiential learning, self-awareness and the future of the world of work. The ninth direction of my Self-Aware Leadership Compass is experience (i.e. experiential learning) so it seemed like an excellent learning opportunity to catch up with Juan! Check out our interview
Core Concepts: Top 11 Trends Shaping Modern Leadership Today
The other day someone asked me what I thought the current themes were in the leadership space. Here are the core concepts from my blog article that explores the top 11 trends that are shaping modern leadership today.