Delivery, services, testimonials.
Leadership is tricky. Things go wrong all the time, the unexpected Friday afternoon email, the surprise resignation, the mystery complaint, lost grant income, bad contract, aggressive communication from a colleague...
If you can’t think, you can’t think; and the more you think, the more you can think.
You might think it’s all your fault- and you might think it’s not your fault at all. You might be confused or feel totally alone with the responsibilities of your role.
You might be thinking of leaving, sacking someone, hiring someone or you might even be feeling ill.
You might be enjoying your job and things are going well.
There isn’t anyone who doesn’t sometimes need some external critical thinking and a space to say what’s on their mind free from fear of repercussions, judgement or conflict.
"As a new Chief Executive, I was looking for someone to think through some of the challenges and opportunities ahead. Charlie understands and embraces the complexity that comes with the role of a CE of a voluntary-led organization, but working with her brings out the optimism and belief in myself to tackle them in a way suited to who I am."
Jo Burill, Birmingham Community Matters, January 2023
Services
Whole Organizations:
- Strategic planning
- Board development
- CEO 1:1 support for transformational change
SLT and team development Reflective Practice:
- 1:1 and group supervision and support sessions, available in single or rolling sessions
- Team building, dynamics, and training: individual, team, and organizational development programs for transformational change
Training and facilitation:
- Design and delivery of bespoke group learning and development opportunities, customized to your unique needs (most recently ‘Environments of Care’ supporting volunteers to de-escalate and prevent violent incidents at a foodbank and community welfare service (June 2024)
- Away Day facilitation, strategic planning processes, team dynamics, systems change, culture shift
- Organisation on the couch- systemic analysis of internal conditions and processes for transformational change
Specialist Organisational Consultant | Transforming Leadership and Team Dynamics
“Charlie has been alongside Abianda for over a year, leading Abianda's process of strategy development and, subsequently, providing a reflective one to one space for me in support of my leadership. She is objective and forensic in her analysis and challenge and rooted in her own extensive leadership and governance experience. She has provided the space that any leader needs, in which you are held to account, and issues of leadership and organisational culture can be challenged - always with compassion for, and understanding of, the complexities of running an organisation - particularly one with such a close proximity to trauma and inequality."
(Abi Billinghurst, Founder and CEO, Abianda)
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“Charlie has the ability to hold an incredibly safe space for leaders, to provide tough levels of challenge and to analyse complex and layered issues through multiple lenses. As a result of our work with Charlie, we have a robust 3-year strategy in place that provides clarity for our team, young women and the sector. I continue to have a space where I can step out of the challenging day-to-day of leadership, get clarity, and step back into the organization ready to go again with a greater grasp of how I will work through complexity while keeping focused on the global view and strategic direction of the organisation.”
(Abi Billinghurst, Founder and CEO, Abianda)