What3Words Leadership Locations Report - A celebration of leaders everywhere and their personal journeys 2023 - Final Design - Flipbook - Page 17
I’m lucky enough to know many charity leaders. They are warm human beings
who have a good understanding of who they are, and their own limitations.
They have a strong sense of purpose for their organisation, and they recognise
the role they play in achieving that. For me, my leadership journey has been
one of good fortune and the generosity of people who have managed me.
People like Bharat Mehta, and Cli昀昀 Prior, and Chairs like Dave Henry, Ryan
Campbell and Stevie Spring. They, and many others, helped me to work out
what kind of leader I want to be, and where I could make a di昀昀erence. So that’s
why we all need to be generous leaders. We can’t run our organisations on our
own, but we need to listen very carefully. We can’t achieve our organisational
objectives on our own, so we need to work in partnership with others in the
charity sector, as well as the private and public sectors by behaving according
to our personal and organisational values. Secondly we need to be purposeful.
In my new world at Age UK, it’s all about enabling older people to be included
and respected. There are many ways we can achieve that, but we have to
impart a clear sense of purpose both internally and externally. Finally, 昀氀exible.
As I meet local Age UK partners, I turn up as me. I’m asked to call the bingo or
do some ballet-I love doing that! Leaders have to be approachable and that
means being 昀氀exible. If the last few years has taught us anything, it’s that you
have to be 昀氀exible to respond.
Paul Farmer,
Chief Executive,
Age UK
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I was very lucky to realise when I was
quite young that I had no particular
outstanding talent.
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What3Words Leadership Locations Report - A celebration of leaders everywhere and their personal journeys 2023
