Interim Chief Executive | Charity Sector | Dr Nia D Thomas

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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.

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Why, How, What Legacy

Why, How, What Legacy

What will be your professional legacy? I’ve been checking out my pension, so it’s got me thinking…. I want to be remembered as a #leader that: always had time for peoplewas more interested in what could be done than what couldn’tput children, young, people, families,...

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Senior Managers or Senior Leaders?

Senior Managers or Senior Leaders?

The more I’m reading about various things, the more I’m seeing a pattern about leadership. Well, actually, more about the leadership of people working at the strategic level of organisations When I read about emotions and behaviours, it say that it all starts with...

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Raise Them Up!

Raise Them Up!

Today I was blown away by the impact of a conversation. Having felt down, miserable and generally incompetent at everything, today I found myself having an unexpected conversation about something I love and something I’m good at! It made me think about how fragile our...

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Feeding back ‘up’ the line

Feeding back ‘up’ the line

Towards the end of May I posted about the benefits of having difficult conversations. Then, I was predominantly talking about having those conversation down the line, with people you manage But how about having difficult conversations up the line? My husband is a...

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Working from Home or Office?

Working from Home or Office?

A few days ago, The Guardian shared an article about the big ‘return to the office’ debate. I’d been thinking about it for a long time, but until then, I hadn’t been able to put my thoughts together, but this is what I came up with…. I don’t think we need to go to the...

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You need experience to get experience

I’ve always struggled with this idea of needing experience to get experience. When you apply for a new jobs it’s generally because you want to move onwards and upwards or you need a change. So, it’s fairly unlikely that you’ll be applying for a job that’s identical to...

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