{"product_id":"a-very-firm-handshake-ted-hill-9781917425056","title":"A Very Firm Handshake - Confessions of a Charity Chief Executive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI worked in the voluntary sector for over 40 years, mostly at senior levels as CEO and during those 40 years I made many errors. The following stories cover a few of those, not all in the same organisation and I have changed names to protect the guilty. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI have used some poetic license with some of the stories, but most are very true, I will allow the reader to decide which is which. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere are some stories I have left out including, the two elderly trustees who nearly came to fisty cuffs over the location of a regional Christmas Party, the Luddite Chairman who refused to use email and insisted on only using the telephone \u0026amp; hand written letters, and the strange accusation that I was employing my illegitimate children in the organisation. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere are of course the stories I can never tell! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1917425058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917425056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.15d","brand":"Ted Hill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873968795903,"sku":"9781917425056","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-very-firm-handshake-ted-hill-9781917425056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}