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Nicola Upton
@nicolaupton.bsky.social
charity CEO turned freelancer | coaching | leadership | strategy | change | fairness | real impact | happy workplaces | plus cats and gardening |
It was my absolute pleasure to talk at this year’s @acevo.bsky.social #ACEVOfest, with two women I respect deeply - Ngozi Fulani and Anne Fox .

We shared stories of leading through very different challenges, the impact at the time & the lasting echoes - good and bad - that we feel.
March 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
‘You don’t have to be a person of faith to trust that innate human capacity to channel love, goodness, and real strength into our own lives and into the world’

Words to live by from Reverend Marian Budde
January 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I love bench plaques, and I think might be the best one ever.
January 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I hate taking selfies but I love train travel so I wanted to capture this moment of sunny fields from a window seat.
En route to run an away day with an amazing client that I’m helping create a community produced strategy. I have sharpies, coloured card, and fire for their cause 🔥
November 29, 2024 at 2:04 PM
I’ve heard so many horror stories about #recruitment processes lately - sloooow responses, unclear questions, ghosting, and the rest. It takes a bit of planning but it’s not hard to give people a great experience, and your employer brand depends on it…
November 29, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Got to admit, I love getting feedback! This card is from my first client, a long standing change project that I really loved working on, especially as the charity is now thriving with new capacity, confidence, and an excellent new CEO.
#Consultancy #FreelanceLife #BringOn2025
November 28, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Autocorrect hates me 🪳
November 24, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Working on the weekend is not my favourite, but it helps to have
A. A super interesting project
B: supportive supervision from the chief ginger officer

(Also it delights me to combine a charity post with a cat related image. Don’t judge me. But do show me your pets helping you work)
November 23, 2024 at 11:04 AM