About The Author

www.trustedleader.org is written and edited by Martin Edwards in the UK.

Martin Edwards is Chief Executive of Julia's House, the Dorset Children's Hospice, a UK not-for-profit organisation. He is highly regarded nationally as one of the forerunners of the new social entrepreneurialism, successfully combining third sector engagement and values with a corporate ethos and focus on the bottom line. Martin is in high demand as a speaker and adviser to numerous leading organizations and networks including the Institute of Directors, Coutts & Co., the RNLI, the National School of Government, and high-level entrepreneur forums.

In the last three years Martin, 42, has overseen a quadrupling of Julia's House turnover and the charity can justifiably claim to be one of very best run organizations of any kind in the country.

• The trustedleader methods helped Martin to become Chief Executive of the Year at the 2009 Wessex Charity Awards.
• Julia's House achieved the top rating of 3 Stars in the 2009 and 2010 Best Companies accreditation, for excellence in workforce engagement. One star is 'First Class', two 'Outstanding' and three 'Extraordinary.'
• Julia's House was ranked 14th highest UK employer in the Sunday Times Best Companies To Work For listings.
• Julia's House won Best Employer at the 2009 UK Third Sector Awards. The judges rated Julia's House 'astonishing ... determined to go the extra mile towards every employer's dream - a contented, highly motivated workforce.'
• In 2007 Julia's House won the Dorset Business Best Management Team Award, beating competition from many major businesses. This recognized 'leadership, drive, commitment, results, energetic ideas and a vibrant workplace culture.'

A law graduate from Oxford University, Martin's first career was in Brand Management for US multinational Procter & Gamble, voted Marketing Magazine’s ‘Marketing Company of the 20th Century’.

In 1991 Martin moved into the UK not-for-profit sector, becoming youngest ever Regional Manager of leading international children’s charity, Save the Children. He is a former Director of Fundraising at two national UK charities, including a leadership development charity. He is an award-winning writer and frequent contributor to Director and Third Sector magazines.

He is married to Vicki Edwards, a Personal and Executive Coach and principal of Firestarter Coaching and of Dorset Education Coaching Service www.dorseteducationcoachingservice.co.uk.They have two young sons.

Julia's House, the Dorset Children's Hospice, supports families with a child with a life-limiting or life-threatening illness. Visit http://www.juliashouse.org for further details.

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