Interim Chief Executive | Charity Sector | Dr Nia D Thomas
interim ceo
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.
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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...
Life of Pie
Work is what we do. Work is not who we are. I went to my first proper yoga class in two years yesterday, and it reminded me of the need to keep our horizons broad and our experiences nourishing. All of the things we do beyond work contribute to keeping us physically...
BOOK REVIEW: Think Again, Adam Grant
I’d heard Adam Grant talking on his podcast and liked what he had to say, so I picked up the book with excitement. Think Again, Adam Grant The simple tenet of the book is that rethinking our plans, answers and decisions is a good thing and a fixed mindset closes us to...
Challenging People
My husband and I had been chewing the cud about people we’ve worked with over the years and, as is so often the case, the difficult and challenging people came to mind more readily than the great people and the kind people. We’ve both worked with people who have made...