Long time poster and lurker here, name changed in case this outs me.
I'm 39, and thinking about where I want my career to go next. I've been working in the not-for-profit sectors for almost my whole career, and I want to be in a directorial role of a charity or similar not-for-profit organisation in the medium term. However, I'm struggling to see how to get the experience that I need to make that step up.
I need to gain experience of financial management, organisational strategy and operational management. The problem is that my current organisation is pretty small (5 people) although we are hosted within a large (several 1000) organisation. There just isn't a great deal of additional strategy, management and finances that I can do within our organisation - although I am asking about doing more on the finance side of things.
I'm thinking about doing an MBA in order to develop these skills - does anyone have any thoughts or experiences of this, or suggestions as to what else I can do?
Your thoughts and experiences are very much appreciated!
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SeaMedows · 23/11/2014 18:35
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