A charity’s people are what makes it successful – the dedication and efforts of staff enable organisations to deliver essential services to those most in need. And, it is the job of charity leaders – trustees, chief executives, managers and directors – to ensure employees are rewarded and nurtured. But, with limited resources and an already busy workload, this can be difficult.
How can staff be nurtured, developed and managed in a way that makes them feel rewarded, gets the best out of them, and encourages them to stay at an organisation? Join the Guardian Voluntary Sector Network and a panel of experts on Friday 4 December 12–1.30pm GMT to discuss the following and more:
- what resources are available to help managers
- how to approach people management
- how best to develop your own professional development strategy
- whether away days and team-building activities are effective
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Panel
Katie Duckworth, director at Be The Change Coaching and Training
Katie works with leaders and staff at third sector organisations including Leonard Cheshire Disability, Fareshare and Forum for the Future, to nurture happy, engaged and effective people who love their work and can be the change they want to see in the world. She also writes regularly for the Guardian Voluntary Sector Network.
Jonathan Plumtree, head of Zurich Corporate Savings at Zurich Insurance
Jonathan is responsible for the overall management and strategy of Zurich Corporate Savings, a division of Zurich’s UK Life business which provides workplace savings solutions. Jonathan has over twenty five years’ experience in the insurance industry. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, vice president of Clic Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families and is a trustee of Zurich Community Trust.
Shelagh Young, director of Scotland at Home-Start UK
Shelagh is responsible for the leadership and development of Home-Start UK’s work in Scotland. She recently led a partnership project involving the charity Working Families and the Scottish government focused on developing more family friendly workplaces. In addition to senior management experience in the voluntary sector, she has taught coaching skills to managers and is currently chair of The Phone Co-op, the UK’s only customer owned phone, mobile and broadband provider, a non-exec director of the sustainable food and farming organisation Nourish Scotland and a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.
Eugenie Teasley, founder and chair at Spark+Mettle
A teacher by training, Eugenie has worked in and consulted for youth and education non-profits in the UK, the USA and beyond. She is also a Clore Social Leadership Fellow, and has just completed her fellowship research into best practices of managing people.
Heather Brierley Staunton, trainer, facilitator, coach at The Directory of Social Change
Heather specialises in the areas of management, leadership, communication, personal development and wellbeing – pretty much anything to do with working with people and helping people be the best that they can be. She works with small, medium and large organisations, as well as those based locally, nationally and internationally, and has coached and trained people at every level from junior staff up to chief executives. Heather has always worked within the voluntary sector, previously working for Cancer Research UK and AIESEC UK.
Borge Andreassen, director of executive search at Prospectus
Borge has more than 14 years of executive recruitment experience and a wide range of chair, chief executive and senior director appointments on his track record. Borge started his career as a journalist, before working in politics on several election campaigns in Norway. He studied politics at the University of Tromso, and has a MSc in International Relations from Bristol University and is currently a trustee of Wandsworth Citizens Advice Bureaux.
