by Aideen McGinley, Co-Chair, Carnegie Roundtable on Measuring Wellbeing in NI
1 April 2015 marked the biggest transformation in local government in Northern Ireland since the Local Government Act (1972) created 26 single-tier district councils.
When I think of succession planning I always think about the story of the two traveling monks. If you haven’t heard the story it begins with these two monks reaching a small town and where they witness a young woman waiting to step out of her fancy buggy.
by Tracey McCreanor, Corporate Services Manager, CO3
CO3 has been delivering an Executive Mentoring Programme for almost 15 years, and to date nearly 200 CO3 Members have been supported with a year’s mentoring support.
When Nora asked me as I retired from my role as CEO at Bryson to produce a short blog reflecting on over 30 years of working in the N Ireland 3rd Sector, it got me thinking. The first thought that came to mind was that I had perhaps reached my ‘sell by’ date but then it got worse; in extending the analogy, the ‘best before’ date come to mind – OmG; what if I should have retied some years ago; a sobering thought.
Governance in the third sector is a most peculiar beast. The people with complete legal and financial responsibility for the organisation are a group of part-time volunteers, while the people who do the work of the organisation are usually experienced full-time professionals.
