Building Outstanding Leadership Teams [1st edition]

That is what Compass Partnership and CASS did, uncovering the common characteristics in the management, structure and strategies of the UK’s most outstanding not-for-profits.

Here learn what the researchers discovered about really effective leadership, then apply it to your own organisation.

Who should buy this book?

This report is for those working at the very top of charities of every size, from chief executives and trustees, to leadership teams and department heads.

Charity sector consultants, advisers and others working to improve charity effectiveness will also find it an invaluable guide.

What does it cover?

This unique journey into the insides of the UK’s leading charities will tell you:

How are the most successful charities structured, for efficiency and effectiveness?
Which leadership styles and methods work and which don’t?
How to build great teams that work well together and across your organisation.
Discover the smallest changes you can make to mirror the most successful charity brands.

‘Insightful, thought-providing and long overdue research to assist chief executives to get the best from their leadership teams’.

David Bilton, Chief Executive, Woodard Academies Trust

‘These findings give an insight into one of the most challenging things to benchmark in your organisation – leadership. It’s invaluable to have hard data on what others are doing’.

Alison Wallace, Chief Executive, Shelterbox

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About the authors
Mike Hudson

Mike Hudson is Founder and Director of Compass Partnership and has been working with Chairs, Chief Executives and leadership teams of civil society organisations and their funders for over 30 years. He has also worked for many government departments, helping to shape policy and funding programmes for the voluntary sector. Previously Mike worked for Friends of the Earth as Administrative Director.

Mike has been a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and he is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Cass Business School at City University. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Governance magazine.