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Leading Thought
By Ian Sampson I have a Google alert that daily gives new the new leadership articles on the web. It is fascinating to watch the ebbs and flows of thought about what works and what doesn’t in...
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When it Comes to Recruitment Right Trumps Good Everytime
By Chris Gandy How often have you heard a CEO or Chairperson procrastinate about taking action on a poor performing employee or Board member by using an excuse like… “Joy is a good person. Her heart...
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Leaders – Inspiring Others
By Joe Moore A recent online poll of some 2000 Australian employees of their thoughts on leadership revealed that they didn’t think much of their Australian bosses. I asked a senior healthcare...
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Is Your organisation Fully Exploring The Opportunities When the CEO Departs?
By Chris Gandy We have posted in the past about the great value an organisation can derive from an Executive Transition Program and this is time and again reinforced when I come across people who have...
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Are You Interested?
By Chris Gandy Ran into old Alf again last weekend walking his dog on our bush track and as always he had a story for me. This one was about Brian, the youngest of three sons from a farming family in...
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Do You Avoid Reference Checking For Fear Of Bursting Your Balloon?
By Chris Gandy The news that broke last week about retail giant Myer dismissing their new Group General Manager Strategy and Business Development, on his first day apparently due to a falsified CV has...
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Been Barking Up the Wrong Tree For a New CEO?
By Chris Gandy As a not for profit board member what is your most important and probably most difficult task? Most board members I speak to say it is finding and recruiting a new CEO. I totally agree...
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Things Have Never Been So Bad For Not for Profits! Really?
By Chris Gandy When I moved from the corporate world to the not for profit sector in 1986 I was greeted by a large number of well wishers who made me feel very ambivalent about my decision. Bob, a...
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If Only I Knew Then What I Know Now
By Chris Gandy How often do you find yourself thinking something like: “If only I knew then what I know now”? I seem to be thinking that quite a bit lately, particularly as Cause & Effective grows...
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No Need to Hit The Panic Button When a CEO Decides to Leave
By Chris Gandy If you have been a Director of a not for profit, I am sure you can relate to this. I received a call recently from a Board Member of a mid-sized cause-based organisation and the...
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Our Janus Program In 3.29
OK, this may not be your ideal “elevator pitch” but here is a pretty quick overview of our Janus Leadership Transition Program and why Boards should take advantage of our free no obligation...
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There’s No Future in Looking Back When Recruiting NFP Executives
We need to focus on the road ahead and not the rear vision mirror when recruiting executives Typically when a not for profit CEO, or perhaps a member of the Leadership Team, announces their intention...
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‘ACE’ That Job Interview
We all know that interviews can be stressful and you invest a large amount of time and energy in the anticipation and preparation. What will they ask? Do I have the skills and what it takes? What from...
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Still Walking in Their Shoes
After take-off on the “Red-eye” from Perth to Sydney the other night, I decided to forego the in-flight entertainment and listen to my own music and hopefully get some shut-eye. This was my last trip...
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Skip the Mission and go straight to the Vision
By Chris Gandy Perhaps I am being alarmist, but I am genuinely concerned that the NFP sector is failing to develop and attract the calibre of leaders needed to meet the demands our society is placing...
View ArticleQuestions to unearth exceptional leaders
So, you have narrowed down a field of candidates for your organisation’s vacant CEO position to 4 applicants. How does the Selection Committee now decide who they will recommend to the Board? Usually,...
View ArticleBeing Refreshingly Different
Of the various compliments we have received from clients and candidates since introducing our new range of senior executive recruitment services some six months ago is that we are “refreshingly...
View ArticleBe a leader in the global movement to end street sleeping in NSW
In February this year, in a landmark step, the NSW Government, the City of Sydney, and leading homelessness charities joined 13 other cities in a partnership with the Institute of Global Homelessness,...
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