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...
Leadership at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
I went to the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year with one eye on the leadership of the event. I came away with 3 thoughts… Impeccable planning. This is a massive event that runs like clockwork and is incresibly impressive. It has a huge array of cars and bikes to...
The Neuroscience of Change
Yesterday I watched a really interesting interview fromThe Happiness Index about the #neuroscience of change. Over the years I’ve both led change and been involved in change, some of which have had fundamental impacts on the course of people’s lives and careers, mine...
A Brilliant Team Day
Over the last few weeks I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of a couple of brilliant team days. I’ve been trying to pin down what exactly equates to ‘brilliant’ and my top 5 recommendations for a brilliant team day are….. Include everybody. Ensure your day is made...
Leadership for Customer Services
This weekend was an annoyance of train journeys: one lost bag and a customer refusing to get off, a pulled emergency handle and a train stuck in a tunnel, a jamming of doors and a train stuck at a platform…. and so it went on. But what stuck in my mind was the...
Home and Away
On the train heading home for the weekend. I’ve listened to the Welsh accents that I didn’t notice for 40 something years and thought how foreign they now sound. I’ve listened to the conversations of the people coming and going and thought about how different life is...
Be the Helper
A lady fell down the steps. Right next to me. I think she was absent mindedly walking down the steps whilst looking at her phone I rushed over to check her out and gave her my hand to help her get up. She was ok, but I suspect her knees are going to hurt tomorrow...