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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Watchwords for 22: Knowledge
Watchword number 7 for 22 is knowledge. As leaders we have a responsibility to increase our own knowledge and the knowledge of others. The world is awash with information, research, data and opinion that helps to build up our knowledge base. Everything is accessible...
Watchwords for 22: Acceptance
Watchword number six for 2022 is acceptance. Acceptance is a friend of tolerance. It’s about knowing what’s within our gift to #change and within our #power to #influence. It’s about knowing when to hold ‘em, when to fold ‘em, when to walk away and when to run. It is...
Watchwords for 22: Tolerance
Watchword number five for 2022 is tolerance. For me tolerance has two parts: learning when to listen and not speak, and developing the confidence to speak and be heard We are often too quick to judge. When colleague come forward with ideas that are different,...
Watchwords for 22: Connection
My fourth watchword for 2022 is connection When I think about connection, three things come to mind: home, work and covid. We need connections in our personal life to nourish us and feed our soul. It’s a fundamental human need to connect and an essential component in...
Watchwords for 22: Kindness
The third of my watchwords for 22 is kindness. Sometime last year I stumbled on the term Intelligent Kindness, which has its foundations within healthcare. This article describes is eloquently: “Intelligent kindness, then, is not a soft, sentimental feeling or action...
Watchwords for 22: Purpose
The second of my watchwords for 2022 is purpose. When I blogged my reflection of 2021, the word that captured it best was ‘purpose’. In looking back, I realised that purpose helped me get-up and get-on, during a time of social isolation and profound uncertainty. My...