# Chief Everything Officer: A field guide for small organisation leaders

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/chief-everything-officer-a-field-guide-for-small-organisation-leaders/
- Published: 2022-06-12T12:34:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Small organisation leaders are less Chief Executive Officers, and more Chief Everything
Officers. With tiny budgets and teams, they have huge responsibility and huge impact.**

More than 99% of UK companies and 96% of UK charities are classified as small organisations.

‘Chief Everything Officer’ is a field guide for all leaders of micro and small organisations.
It is an accompaniment for leaders in all aspects of their role: from looking after
themselves to avoid burnout; applying to the right position; strategic and operational
matters; and their smooth transition out. It is a practice guide full of detailed
information and how-tos that can be implemented straight after reading.

It has been written by a small organisation leader for small organisation leaders.

![Chief Everything Officer - front and back covers of book](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.
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## About the author

**[Flóra Raffai](https://www.rapport-coaching.com/)** is a small organisation leader,
trustee, and coach. Since 2015, she has been a Chief Executive Officer at small 
organisations, from a newly formed charity, a decades old awarding body, and a century
old charity. She has served as a trustee and mentor for several small organisations,
and is currently the Chair of Trustees at a Cambridge-based infrastructure charity.

She explains why she wrote the book:

> “I wrote Chief Everything Officer originally for myself as a collection of my 
> key learnings from my years as a small organisation CEO. It was designed to be
> a reference point where I could look up a topic, remind myself of what I had learned,
> and support my growth as a leader. I decided to publish it to help other leaders
> new to the role and those facing new situations. 
> ​”It does not need to be read cover to cover (although you are more than welcome
> to do so) – it is intended to be more of a field guide that you can dip in and
> out of depending on your need. The book is a summary of key information and advice
> based on my own experiences – there are many references to other books written
> by experts that go into much more depth on each topic that you can explore where
> you have the interest and the time.”