Packed with insights from our speaker, Rachel Harrington (Executive Director, Coutts Family Office and Coutts Institute) as she and our co-founder Andrea Coleman, explored key areas of succession, leadership, funding, boards and more. Bringing a wealth of knowledge from the private sector, and understanding the differences and similarities between family-businesses and social enterprises, Rachel discussed defining organisational values and culture, while providing practical tips. 

We all know the feeling of ‘there's just so much more to do’ but celebrating your journey and the future that awaits is important. Our guest speakers Taffy Adler (former CEO of the Housing Development Agency), Gretchen Ki Steidle (Founder of Global Grassroots) and Andrea Coleman (Co-founder of the Elders Council for Social Entrepreneurs) discuss transition and building a culture of celebrating success while learning from what didn’t work. All bringing to mind the Elton John song ‘I’m Still Standing!’

Molly Melching (founder of Tostan) and her successor, Elena Bonometti discuss the succession process and how they both have a role to play in Tostan. We discuss this exciting journey and how they arranged matters to deliver Tostan’s incredible programmes.

Areeba Hamid, Joint Executive Director at Greenpeace UK, joined us to talk about how she and Will McCallum decided to apply for the leadership role together, and how it works in terms of practicalities and relationship management.

The Founder of a social enterprise does many things – the visionary, the fundraiser and they bring the magic. What can we pass on from our experiences and what do you need the successor to bring? Most importantly, how do you collectively maintain the culture and mission? Inspired by the song “I Can See Clearly Now” (sung by Jimmy Cliff) we reflect on all these aspects of succession planning with Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, Ruth Ibegbuna and Rupert Roniger.

Rebecca Eastmond, who has experience as a a founder, a funder and a board member, provides valuable advice on how and when to talk to a funder about succession, she gives examples of how it can be done well and examples of what to avoid and she answers questions from the audience.

Dr. Susanna Kislenko (Director, The Founder Leadership Research Lab at the University of Oxford and Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University) shares her groundbreaking research on Founder’s Syndrome.

Learning from Molly Melching and her successor, Elena Bonometti, we explore the experiences of the person leaving and the person taking over, giving you a double-sided perspective on transitions.

An article exploring the valuable insights Dan Viederman shared on working with a board of trustees. Dan is as an award-winning social entrepreneur with extensive experience on both non-profit and for-profit boards.

Neelam Chhiber and Jacob Mathew discuss their succession journeys as individuals and as a couple, providing valuable practical insights.

Webinar: We hear insights from Dan Viederman, an award-winning social entrepreneur, who shares his experiences of the succession process and his learnings from being on boards across the non-profit and commercial sectors.