Sandy Thompson blogs how exceptional leaders are life-long learners, and gives some characteristics of a good leadership development programme.

A case story from Fiji show us how resistance to change and project setbacks give us the opportunity to learn some important lessons.

Garth Nowland-Foreman & Sandy Thompson unpack some of what is put forward as ‘good governance’ practice, and shows how it’s not what actually happens in many real live non-profits.

Before we can lead a team, organisation or community, first we need to lead ourselves. Self-reflective capability is crucial to self-leadership.

Aly McNicoll shares how if you’re a team leader or manager, what people care about most at work, is in your control

In working with New Zealand organisations, Sandy Thompson finds that when it comes to making stuff happen together successfully, leadership is a key.

As a Sector and as individual not for profit organisations we're stronger than we think.  We have a huge wealth of knowledge and operate in a unique context.  In this article Sandy Thompson, Hilary Star Foged and Garth Nowland-Foreman put forward the value of leadership training for not for profit leaders that is deeply embedded in and informed by the sector, rather than generic approaches that fail to understand our unique qualities.

Aly McNicoll talks about the inherent conflict of interest for managers coaching their direct reports, and the value of knowing which role you’re playing.

LEAD Centre for Not for Profit Governance & Leadership propose that the Charities Act Review should be referred to the Law Commission for a more considered, wide-ranging and independent review, based on first-principles. Failing this we make further specific recommendations in six areas for immediate remedy of the current legislation

Outcomes are clearly important, and 'making a difference’ or having an impact is what we want to focus on as tangata whenua, community and voluntary sector organisations. However, Outcome Measures are riddled with systemic limitations and distortions. This webinar is hosted by Community Research & presented by Garth Nowland-Foreman, LEAD Director.

Garth Nowland-Foreman offers six Recommendations that we can make before 30th April. This is your once-in-a-generation opportunity to help create a world-leading framework of charity law in New Zealand.

Sandy Thompson summarises her key learnings on making smarter succession decisions for an all-round win.