Podcasts
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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.
Rachel Harrington and Andrea Coleman, discuss key insights on succession, leadership, funding, boards and the private sector, as well as exploring the differences and similarities between family-businesses and social enterprises.
Boards are an important component of many social impact organisations, but managing the relationship through succession can be a delicate balance of letting go and reassurance. In this episode we explore insights from Dan Viederman (an award-winning social entrepreneur and former CEO of Verité) as he discusses his succession out of Verité, board management, the importance of allowing the organisation to move on from his leadership and why he joined the board, but chose not to be the Chair, after he left.
For a social entrepreneur, transition out of an organisation is an opportunity to reflect but it can also stir feelings that could be stressful or recall difficult memories. Elaine Miller-Karas and Ma. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda talk about navigating this and discuss practical tools to provide relief from symptoms of trauma.
DY Suharya describes her powerful founder journey, how her organisation works with the government in Indonesia and practical insights into her succession plan.
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.