by Tim Mackrill | May 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
On Thursday 26th May at 19:30-21:00 BST we held a special online seminar to shine a spotlight on some of the aspiring conservationists in our Evolving Conservation Leaders programme. We aim to support and develop conservation leaders from an array of backgrounds and...
by Tim Mackrill | Jan 1, 2021 | Absolute Clarity, BCL Week 10
The power of 3 Here’s a question: when people ask you how work is going, how many times do you answer, “It’s really busy”. I have to put my hand up here; over the years I must be one of the worst offenders. The problem is that in today’s word it’s almost as if we can...
by Tim Mackrill | Jan 1, 2021 | BCL Week 4, Serving Others
The importance of feeling valued When you begin thinking about leadership and conservation, the concept of serving others – as Barry describes in his podcast this week – is perhaps not the thing that springs to mind first. But as I think back over the...
by Tim Mackrill | Jan 1, 2021 | A Visionary Who Executes, BCL Week 9
Lessons from a conservation visionary When you look back over the last century there are many people who could be regarded as conservation visionaries. One who really stands out for me, is George Waterston. Born in Edinburgh in 1911 to a wealthy family of printers and...
by Tim Mackrill | Jan 1, 2021 | BCL Week 3, Introduction to leadership 3
Leading and influencing in the right way I love it, but working in conservation isn’t easy. When you care deeply about the natural world, it’s hard to hear about the damage we humans are doing to the planet; whether it be plastic in the oceans, the global increase in...
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