Articles by Blair Mcpherson
Jurgen Klopp would have made a good council chief executive
By Blair Mcpherson | 09 July 2024
Jurgen Klopp was very successful at improving performance within a budget, and in another life wo...
The difference between a management report and a committee report
By Blair Mcpherson | 05 June 2024
Blair Mcpherson looks at the differences between management and committee reports, and emphasises...
Tread carefully when talking to members
By Blair Mcpherson | 03 May 2024
Passion and professional values have their place but they need to be shaped to take account of th...
Jon Snow you know nothing
By Blair Mcpherson | 12 April 2024
Blair McPherson explains how his bid to explain the daunting complexities of how local government...
Bear traps
By Blair Mcpherson | 25 March 2024
To escape from a 'bear trap' question in an open question-and-answer session don’t try and come u...
The task of the leader is to convince people it's possible
By Blair Mcpherson | 02 January 2024
Blair Mcpherson pays tribute to the progress that can be made if a team has a project leader who ...
The best senior managers are tremendous hypocrites
By Blair Mcpherson | 01 November 2023
If as a manager you have a clear coherent philosophy and a set of values you stick to then you wi...
What if the job is too big?
By Blair Mcpherson | 16 October 2023
Sometimes the job is too big for the individual, and sometimes the job is too big for anyone and ...
The sound of overstretched elastic bands snapping?
By Blair Mcpherson | 02 October 2023
The budget setting process provides an insight into how sensitivity to the political undercurrent...
Chief executives sleep with one eye open
By Blair Mcpherson | 11 September 2023
Blair Mcpherson says leaders and cabinets get frustrated when the pace of change is seen as too s...
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