Many charity leaders are carrying more responsibility than ever, while traditional hiring feels slower, riskier and less affordable than it once did.

Trustee boards understandably want greater assurance.
Operational and regulatory complexity continues to increase.
Many organisations are facing headcount freezes or even reductions.

This short, practical briefing is designed for charity CEOs asking a simple but difficult question:

How do we strengthen senior leadership and skills capacity without making permanent hires we may not be able to sustain?

In this session, Mark Preston, founder of Start Bay, will share:
• Why recruitment is quietly failing many charities at senior level
• The hidden leadership gap sitting between trustee expectation and staff capacity
• How some CEOs are stabilising finance, operations and decision-making without adding headcount
• When alternative leadership models work, and when they do not

This is a strictly 30-minute executive briefing, grounded in real situations charity CEOs are facing right now.
No consultants will be on the call.
CEOs will be offered a follow-up conversation only if they wish to explore further options.

Format
• 30 minutes, hard stop
• Private session for charity CEOs
• Limited places

Who this is for
• Charity CEOs navigating leadership pressure or skills gaps
• Leaders considering alternatives to recruitment
• CEOs who want clearer options before their next board conversation

Attendance is limited and places are confirmed manually. Following the session, attendees will be offered the option of a private, no-obligation CEO conversation to explore relevance to their context. Request your place.