by Tim Mackrill | Jan 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
On 24th January OLF founder, Tim Mackrill, joined many others in attending the funeral of our great friend, Chris Wood. Chris was a wonderful supporter of OLF from the very start, and will be greatly missed by us all. Tim was honoured to give the following tribute to...
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...
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