Talking Heads: Leading through Challenging Times - Leadership and Board

Social enterprises continue to make a measurable contribution to the economy . At SIS, we support these businesses and organisations and help them to continue to deliver their activity and thrive through our business support and investment.

A key priority is to ensure the sustainability of these impactful businesses especially through challenging times like the current cost of living crisis when the services and support they provide become stretched due to demand. The impact of rising costs, the wellbeing of staff and how this crisis will impact on their own organisation will ultimately sit on the shoulders of the leader as they strive to achieve solutions and the best possible outcomes. There will of course be some difficult decisions to be made, dealing with the unknown and situations as they arise on a more regular basis. It can be lonely and stressful time.

This is the second of six sessions were we we'll be joined by an inspiring leader and social entrepreneur who has had previous experience of leading impactful businesses through challenging times and the impacts this had on their organisation, their team and the key community services they provided. They will share their experiences and provide insights into their strategic journey, their operational challenges and in some instances the opportunities this might have presented.

Leading through challenging times - there will always be the inevitable endless to do list for the day to day operations of the business and the team. This sits alongside their strategic role looking forward and planning for the future sustainability of their organisation this role becomes key during a time of crisis.

Leadership and board discussions - when and how do you engage with your board with difficult conversations around potential redundancies, results, and mergers. We will also look at why it is so important that the board is there to support and guide CEOs at these key and challenging times, ensuring their wellbeing and ability to be able to continue to do that role.

The host for this session will be Kieran Daly, Head of Market Building, Social Investment Scotland

As Head of Market Building at SIS, Kieran leads the creation of programmes, masterclasses, and business support to ensure social sector organisations have the capacity to grow and scale.