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.
latest blog articles...
3 Layers of Awareness
Isn’t it strange, how once you bump into an idea, that idea keeps following you around? I guess it’s a bit like when you’ve bought a yellow car and you start seeing them everywhere! I was re-reading my thesis and I was reminded that Brewer and Gardner (1996) say that...
Doing Great Thing Together
Isn’t it interesting how we all make sense of the world and generate solutions? You’ll already know that I like to write things down. I like to work from a skeleton and build up the flesh, working from the bigger picture to the detail But not everyone works likes...
Reasons to have difficult conversations
As a manager of people, I’ve grown to enjoy having #difficultconversations. The reason? Initially, I hated them and I had to find the good in them if I wanted to carry on being a good manager and role model to others. Little by little, I saw the benefit of them….....
What will we take into the Next New Normal?
I’ve been thinking about ‘the Next New Normal’, now that the country is opening back up and we’re talking about face to face meetings and desks and who will go where…. When we talked about the New Normal before, we were in the midst of a lockdown and unable to do so...
The Struggle for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The struggle to achieve equality, diversity and inclusion is an uphill one The dichotomy of the push and pull between the voters who want separatism and the organisations who want integration is real and tangible. Over the last few years we’ve seen Trump, Brexit and...
Write your own job description!
Have you ever written your own job description? I don’t mean amended the JD for the job you’re doing, I mean written the JD of your ultimate job! A few months ago I was lucky enough to be coached by Mike Roarty. Mike asked me to identify my strengths and my values. It...