Description
Are you a senior corporate executive who wants to make a leap to the non-profit world? What are the risk and rewards? This book spells it out by recounting the journeys of a bakerโs dozen of corporate high-fliers who have made this transition and more than thrived. Their stories tell what non-profit leaders actually do, what they had to consider in making the decision about whether to change jobs, what they learnt after shifting from a corporate to a non-profit, and their advice for anyone considering a similar move."Changing Lanes, Changing Lives" is the first-ever collection of stories about corporate leaders who have transitioned to become successful non-profit champions. The book tells the inspiring stories of the following non-profit
- Alfred Tan (Singapore Childrenโs Society)
- Colin Goh (The Old Parliament House)
- Corinna Lim (AWARE)
- Tim Oei (AWWA)
- Veronica Gamez (aidha)
- Yap Su-Yin (Tan Chin Tuan Foundation)
- Chan Wah Tiong (All Saints Home)
- Junko Yoda (Community Linked)
- Foo Pek Hong (Kidney Dialysis Foundation)
- Debbie Seah (Make-A-Wish Foundation)
- William Wan (Singapore Kindness Movement)
- Jose Raymond (Singapore Environment Council)
- Martina Wong (School Pocket Money Fund)
Centre for Non-Profit Leadership President Laurence Lien, who, himself, left a successful public service career to be the CEO of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, contributes a foreword.
ISBN:9789810742553
