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058 Purpose, the how and starting with self, with Tom Andrews

Release Date: 06/22/2023

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This week, on Do Good & Do Well, I'm chatting with Tom Andrews.

Tom is Head of Member Support at ACEVO supporting Chief Executives of charities and social enterprises. He is the founder and ex-CEO of two pioneering charities: Music for Change and People United. Tom is a qualified coach and counsellor and enjoys inventing games, ambient music, silent retreats and football.

Things we talk about:

The thread through Tom's working life that hasn't been planned but that come from purpose
How do you go from idea to action and keep going in the early days of setting up
What lessons Tom learned from setting up an organisation that he wants to remember
How to 'stay in your own lane' when you have loads of ideas
Why the question 'how' is so important when the drive is for outputs, outcomes, targets etc.
What the challenges are for charity leaders right now?
Remembering the joy and what is going well is important
Starting with self first to enable things to really happen
Is it possible to put yourself first when you're tackling social justice?
The ASP theory - created during the recording!
Remembering the light with the dark
What's the biggest gift we might give ourselves

Links mentioned in the episode

Marketing without the ick workshop https://misty-thunder-738.myflodesk.com/

How To Stop Brooding DGDW episode https://pod.fo/e/152a4f

To Be List DGDW episode https://pod.fo/e/d4a1e

Acevo - www.acevo.org.uk

Tom website -www.tomandrews.org.uk - go to contact form to get in touch

Music for Change https://www.musicforchange.org

People United https://peopleunited.org.uk

Sarah links - Reach out to me on my Linked In page: www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfoxcoach/

Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahFoxCoach

Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CksnPQ2IMr1/

My website: https://sarahfox.co.uk/

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