Talking Heads: Leading through Challenging Times - Collaborations and Resourcefulness

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.

Leading through Challenging Times

This is the fourth of six sessions were we we'll be joined by an inspiring leader and social entrepreneur who is leading their business through the cost of living crisis and the impacts this is having to their organisation, their team and the impactful services they provide. They will share their experiences and provide insights into their strategic journey, their operational challenges and in some instances the opportunities this might present.

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.

Collaborations and Resourcefulness - How can organisations collaboratively work together to make the best use of the resources available? How do you lead in this space? Who do you work with and why? Do you stay true to your values? What are the benefits and do you ever need to compromise those values? What are the challenges and what are the opportunities? Our inspiring leader has brought together an amazing hub in the heart of the community working with other community groups, charities, businesses and local services. As one they can deliver so much more to reach so many more.