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What is it like working as an Executive Director?
April 2016
Executive Director:
Pros: The Idea behind what the organisation is doing.
Cons: Unclarity in how to make things happen.
April 2016
Start with understanding the culture...
Executive Director:
Assuming that you have already done your due diligence prior to your hiring, spend your first month on the job talking to your folks about their jobs and their work relationships, listening and analyzing with a goal of understanding the culture that exists within your company and even individual working teams. Communications, values, attitudes, all the parts that make up a culture within an organization. This understanding is the single most important tool you'll have available to you as you then attempt to bring about any changes in the organization that you feel are necessary too move forward.
April 2016
Always keep learning.
Executive Director:
Push boundaries and have a clear strategy.
March 2016
A Niche Industry.
Executive Director:
Work in the private sector first.
March 2016
Develop and grow business through customer relationships.
Executive Director:
Pros: Exposure; dynamic; client related.
Cons: Too much travelling.
March 2016
Team work.
Executive Director:
Make sure you have a good team to work with.
February 2016
Assert yourself.
Executive Director:
Know what you're getting into--it's a lot different than you think.
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