Tag: Dosh
Leadership and Engagement Pack (Christmas edition)
Welcome to the Leadership and Engagement Pack (Christmas 2019) I would like to start the review with thanks and gratitude to those who have contributed to the monthly pack throughout 2019, I would like to thank Joyce who provides the quotes and who also has the onerous task of proof reading my blog posts and… Read More ›
Highlights from an MBA
By Meike Beckford, Lead Director for Dosh For my second post for this series of MBA highlights, I have been looking through the ‘archives’ of some of my earlier topics and stumbled upon operations management. I admit, it sounds dull! However; as soon as you start looking into it, you realise how fundamental it is… Read More ›
Leadership and Engagement Pack (November)
Welcome to this month’s Leadership and Engagement Pack (November 2019). Some years ago I wrote a blog post (appears as the last article in this edition) I commented on one of those three bosses: “You feel excited by what is coming next. You never quite know what to expect when you receive an email, or… Read More ›
Highlights from an MBA: Innovation
This is the first in what will hopefully be a short series where I share some ideas from my Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) with the aim of introducing you to some new ideas, questions and perspectives to help you develop yourself and your organisation and to challenge me to summarise what I have actually… Read More ›
Find people who make you better (part 2)
I am interviewing our second candidate with Meike Beckford, Dosh’s Financial Advocacy Manager for a position with Dosh Ltd, a company I have had the honour of being the Managing Director for over the last 10 years. It is my turn to be asked a question by the interviewee and to be honest it is… Read More ›
Leadership Pack (August)
Welcome to the Leadership Pack (August 2019). Damian Piper, our Performance coach and consultant, starts this edition discussing ‘Owning your commitment’ Have you checked out Damian’s podcasts yet? They are available at http://www.effectivechallenge.com/podcasts or on all the major podcast platforms. This month I have included two of my own posts. Whilst on holiday in 2014… Read More ›
Being Bettina’s Dad: Bettina’s perseverance in the face of adversity
Coming towards the end of a money awareness workshop, with my colleague Michaela, at Market Field School in Colchester I am approached by a member of the school staff who, I later learned, had especially come over to see me as she had heard that I had been talking about my youngest daughter Bettina. Bettina… Read More ›
The Dosh Leadership Code
I was recently inspired to put together a ‘Leadership Code’ for Dosh, who support adults with a learning disability to have more independence and control over their money. All of our team members are involved in communications and connections with: colleagues, stakeholders, commissioners, families and the people we support, and I consider each one of… Read More ›
Leadership Pack (June 2019)
Welcome to the Leadership Pack (June 2019). Damian Piper, our Performance coach and consultant, starts this edition with ‘Pride on the Inside’. After reading Damian’s article I am definitely going to do as he suggests “Over the next week pick one source that generates internal pride” I was recently fortunate enough to attend Thera’s leadership… Read More ›
Leadership Pack (May 2019)
Welcome – download the Leadership Pack (May 2019) You get what you focus on Damian Piper, our Performance coach and consultant, starts this edition with: ‘As per usual there is plenty going on in the world at the moment. For some, it’s a world of uncertainty. For others a world of opportunity. There are multiple… Read More ›
