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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Call me what I am!
I watched an excellent address from a marketing executive of a great company today, but he surprised me. He referred to the good men and women of his organisation as ‘boys’ and ‘girls’. Now, for anyone who’s ever worked for me, you will know that this makes me wince...
Vaccine No. 1
Today I had my first vaccine injection and I’m surprised at the mix of emotions I feel. I’m extraordinarily grateful for the scientists that have devoted their lives to their profession and have developed this vaccine for us. I’m also grateful to the professionals who...
Doing the right thing
We’ve all had a gut feeling when something isn’t right. But sometimes, even when it looks right, sounds right and feels right, we can’t do right for doing wrong. We’ve set ourselves up with processes and procedures to help us dot the i’s and cross the t’s. Our...
Discovery Series – Part 10
Welcome to the Discovery Series Part 10. In this blog, I’m going to talk about the final four themes that came from my research: WELSH COMMUNITY CONTEXT: Wales needs to be considered specifically, because it has its own laws and indigenous language. It can’t simply be...
Thinking with an Infinite Mindset
Over breakfast this morning, I listened to the amazing Brené Brown interview with Simon Sinek. (Access it here) It made me think about the things I've played as finite games, when really I should have been playing with an infinite mindset. One of the big things on my...
Knowing more isn’t changing your mind!
After the Prime Minister’s address today I looked at some Facebook reactions. One person said they couldn’t believe that only a few weeks ago the government said the new strain of COVID was more transferable and now they’d changed their mind to say it caused a higher...