When the stakes are high, judgement matters.
Place of Change provides senior strategic counsel to charities, campaigning organisations and values-led businesses facing leadership transition, governance pressure, reputational risk or campaign-critical decisions.
Organisations whose mission is public and whose mistakes have consequences.
We work with charities, campaigning organisations, membership bodies and values-led businesses operating under scrutiny. Our clients are CEOs, Chairs, trustees and senior leadership teams who need an honest external view and the experience to act on it.
Place of Change operates as an independent critical friend: candid, outcomes-focused and accountable for what we deliver. Every engagement is senior-led, with a defined scope, clear deliverables and a fixed price.
Six moments of pressure. One standard of counsel.
- When the campaign has to land Campaign strategy: political landscape, audiences, messages, sequencing.
- When you need an honest external assessment Strategic Impact Review: a 10-day diagnostic with a Board-ready roadmap.
- When reputation is at risk Crisis counsel and reputation management, with readiness built in advance.
- When the Board and executive need to work better Governance review and Board effectiveness, including the Chair–CEO relationship.
- When senior capacity is missing Interim and fractional leadership with a defined brief and accountability.
- When a new leader needs to start well First 100 Days: structured mentoring for incoming CEOs and directors.
Senior-led, every time. Defined scope, fixed price, Board-ready output.
Honest assessment
We tell you what we see, not what is comfortable. If something is not working, we say so directly and explain what to do about it.
Senior delivery
The person you meet is the person who does the work. Where a brief needs specialist expertise, we bring in senior practitioners we have worked with and trust.
Scope discipline
Every engagement has clear deliverables, a fixed price and agreed boundaries. We do not bill by the hour, and we do not let scope drift.
Proof, in their words.
Campaign judgement
“Chris was the person who developed and managed the campaign strategy: priorities, messages, how to communicate with voters, dealing with the media, countering the claims of other candidates. I’d say Chris was a major contributor to the success of the campaign — the brains of the campaign team.”
Peter Weeks · Ferguson for Mayor campaign team
“A great campaigner with very shrewd judgement. His work on keeping the ban on fox hunting when there was a threat to repeal it following the 2017 general election was brilliant.”
Lord Rennard · Liberal Democrat Peer
Strategic leadership
“A thoughtful strategist, with a pragmatic approach to getting things done. Chris is a good listener, taking time to understand problems before wading in. He has a friendly low-key style of working and is great to work with when the pressure starts to rise.”
Darren Hall · Founder, Smart Living
“A knowledgeable and professional political campaigner with a long-term and strategic view.”
Damian Lyons Lowe · CEO, Survation
Governance and complexity
“Chris faces up to complex issues and manages to see clearly what needs doing and when.”
Nick Sturge MBE · Chartered Director, NED and Chair
“Erudite, experienced, knowledgeable, measured, strategic and committed.”
Dom Lane · Client
If you are facing a decision that has to be right, we should talk.
Leadership transition, governance challenge, reputational risk, or a campaign that needs to land. Initial discussions are without obligation.
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