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Every leader in the social sector starts out believing they can change the world. But they often find that making a clear, measurable difference isn't easy. Few, by mid-career, are achieving quite as much impact as they anticipated. Some leaders settle for that and focus on having a decent career. Others don't sit back. Instead, they look to take their effectiveness as a social sector leader to another level. This book shares the experience of more than 25 exceptional leaders running successful charities, social enterprises and public service mutuals. 'We need honest discussion and bold solutions to the challenges facing our society today. This book will help you play your part in leading the change we all need to see,' Norman Lamb MPWe're seeing increasing insecurity and instability in the charity sector as funding becomes harder to secure. This book will help you adapt to these changing times, survive and succeed.' Dawn Austwick, CEO Big Lottery Fund

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Publié par	Turnpike Press
Date de parution	27 novembre 2017
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780955963223
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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How to Change the World
The essential guide for social sector leaders
CRAIG DEARDEN-PHILLIPS
Turnpike Press Wymondham NR18 9SS www.turnpikepress.co.uk
First published in Great Britain in 2017
Turnpike Press
The right of Craig Dearden-Phillips to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
ISBN 978-0-9559632-1-6
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without either the prior written permission of the publisher or a licence permitting restricted copying in the United Kingdom issued by the Copyright Licencing Agency Ltd, Saffron House 6-10 Kirby Street London EC1N 8TS. This book may not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of trade in any form or binding or cover other than that in which it is published, without prior consent of the publisher.
Cover design by Carl Byrne Illustrations by Jim Goreham
Introducing Social Club

Social Club is a unique place for a new generation of social sector leaders to come together, share, learn and have a voice. This book is one expression of that voice, with many of our profiled leaders here also members of the Club.
Social Club starts with the understanding that successful social change now and in the future relies on great leadership. This means helping today s social leaders to identify and fulfil their true potential. It also means helping people in very tough jobs to succeed in the rest of their lives, too.
To join Social Club, therefore, is a commitment not only to your professional development as a leader, but also to your own personal development. For, to be fit for the long-haul, you need to know yourself, be in balance and maintain a level of emotional control, even when all hell is breaking loose. At Social Club, we don t pretend leadership is easy. Indeed, we start from the premise that it s very easy to get it wrong: for your organisation as well as yourself.
Social Club membership offers the opportunity to meet with fellow leaders up to 10 times a year at our networking events held around the country. At these events, you hear from distinctive speakers from a variety of worlds, often beyond the social sector.
The Club is a place to grow, so we offer on top, bespoke one-to-one coaching, breakthrough events for senior teams, a peer-led advisory service and a range of smaller themed events throughout the year, where you can find solutions to the biggest issues facing you and your organisation.
Social Club is also about having a voice as a leader. We help leaders develop their voice individually and as a group through our social media channels, podcasts and publications. We help you as a social sector leader carry your influence further and faster both inside and beyond the organisation.
There are no formal entry bars to Social Club. Your organisation can be large or small, a charity, a CIC or private. Informally, we look for thoughtful leaders who want to get better, want to share and have more of a voice. If this is you, then get in touch and we can talk.
Craig Dearden-Phillips: http://SocialClubUK.com
I dedicate this book to my late mother,
Margaret Dearden
14 August 1944 - 26 January 2015
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Introducing Social Club
Dedication
Foreword: Rt Hon. Norman Lamb MP
Epigraph
Author s Note
Introduction
Section 1: Transformation Leadership
Mark Atkinson, CEO, Scope
Julie Bentley, CEO, GirlGuiding
Chris Sherwood, CEO, Relate
Section 2: Entrepreneurial Leadership
Paul Sinton-Hewitt, Founder, Parkrun
Brett Wigdortz, Founder, Teach First
Sam Conniff, Co-founder and Chief Purpose Officer, Livity
Section 3: Digital Leadership
Zoe Peden, Founder, Iris Speaks
Philip Colligan, CEO, RaspberryPiFoundation
Fiona Nielsen, CEO, Repositive
Section 4: Cultural Leadership
Lesley Dixon, CEO, PSS
Thomas Lawson, CEO, Leap Confronting Conflict
Simon Blake, CEO, National Union of Students
Section 5: Team Leadership
Janet Tuohy, CEO, Aspire CIC
Matt Hyde, CEO, The Scout Association
Kuljit Sandhu, MD, RISE CIC
Section 6: Turnaround Leadership
Kirsty McHugh, CEO, ERSA
Rob Parkinson, CEO, Home-Start UK
Matt Stevenson-Dodd, CEO, Street League
Section 7: Charismatic Leadership
Sat Singh, CEO, Renaissance Foundation
Dawn Hewitt, CEO, CHUMS CIC
Kevin Davis, CEO, The Vine Trust
Section 8: Funder Leadership
Nat Sloane, Chair, Big Lottery
Andy Ratcliffe, CEO, Impetus-PEF
Ben Rick, Managing Partner, SASC
Section 9: Future Leadership
Karl Wilding, Director of Policy and Volunteering, NVCO
Andy Hillier, Editor, Third Sector
Professor Andy Wood, CEO, Adnams plc
Section 10: Your Leadership
Reading list
About the Author
Foreword by Norman Lamb MP

Changing the world isn t easy, whether you are a politician, as I am, or running a charity or social business.
Which is why this book is so welcome.
All of the social leaders featured here offer precious pointers to others who have dedicated their careers to making a direct difference in the world.
What I like about Craig s book is that nobody is pretending they have all the answers. Successfully changing the world is about more than running an organisation really well. It is also about building the right alliances, making compromises and accepting that change is a long-game, sometimes a lifetime s work.
Rather like in politics.
My own interest in social change has been informed by my own family s direct experiences: our oldest son, diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder at the age of 16 and my oldest sister who took her own life.
We have witnessed too many failures of the system. This has informed my own as a politician and a campaigner for better mental health services for all.
The very best social change organisations do not only show a better way to help people but they also influence the way a problem is perceived. Many of the organisations featured here do both. For that reason alone, this is a book that everyone should read.
If you lead in the social sector, or hold any ambition to do so, there is no better preparation than this excellent book.
It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.
Malala Yousafzai
Author s Note
Writing a book is a labour of love. Everything else goes to one side, including the day job and family life, as you sit wondering how you re ever going to get it all done.
This book feels very special to me. I ve learned a great deal while writing it. I ve completed it feeling more committed than ever to leaders like you who choose to devote their career to changing the world.
I owe thanks to far too many people to name individually here. Particular thanks go to Robert Ashton, my publisher at Turnpike Press, who also conducted and drafted several of the interviews.
Thanks also to my colleague Jo Probitts at Stepping Out, to my long-term editor, Mark Griffiths, and to my coach Iain Hasdell for their personal support.
And, of course, to my partner, Katy, and our three kids, Ruby, Wilf and Arthur, who witness all my ups and downs.
I also want to thank all the contributing leaders who gave us such strong material for the book, not all of whom we have been able to include. I hope I have done this justice. Your generosity on all levels has made everything here possible.
Introduction

Everyone I have met who is a leader in the social sector starts out believing they can change the world. But they often find that making a clear, measurable difference isn t easy. Few, by mid-career, are achieving quite as much impact as they anticipated. Some leaders settle for that and focus on having a decent career.
Others don t sit back. Instead, they look to take their effectiveness as a social sector leader to another level. But where to go for help? One sees lots of Secrets of Success books by business gurus and entrepreneurs about being a business success. Very little exists for the social sector that explores what makes for greater success. And vanishingly little brings the wisdom of our top social sector leaders to the fore. Hence this book, now.
Before I wrote this book, I asked myself some big questions :
Why this book - and why now?
One reason is personal. I bowed out of front-line leadership before I was 40. I spent 14 years as CEO of a social sector organisation I founded when I was 25. I left exhausted, frustrated and feeling psychologically incapable of doing a similar job again.
My life had changed. Kids had arrived, money was suddenly tighter. I felt pressure on all sides. While a highly successful young leader by any conventional measures, it didn t actually feel that way inside. I was burnt out and left my CEO job not fully convinced I had done enough to justify the MBE I was offered.
So I forged a different life - helping current and future leaders across all sectors not only on how to make a bigger difference at the sharp end, but also to last the course, enjoy themselves and have a better balance.
The other reason I sat down to write this book is that after many conversations with many different social leaders, I believe I now have some powerful things to say about how leaders can really change the world for the better into the 2020s.
I have been helped massively in this by the people documented in this book. This has enabled a resource for leaders like you on how to be more successful. Not just in terms of visible achievement, but also inner success: how to remain strong, happy and balanced while also making a bigger impact in the world.
Who is this book for?
This is a book for social sector leaders, current and future. You might run a charity, a Commu