Articles by Blair McPherson
Can local authorities thrive on chaos?
By Blair McPherson | 11 November 2024
A council that wants to be an organisation that thrives on chaos needs a different type of chief ...
The bitterest conflict is often internal conflict
By Blair McPherson | 23 October 2024
The sharpest differences within councils are sometimes down to rifts among the majority group whi...
I haven't got time for this
By Blair McPherson | 23 September 2024
Blair McPherson reflects on a leader’s focus on the need for managers to spend their time doing t...
The problems of partnership
By Blair McPherson | 02 September 2024
Blair McPherson says that in his experience of partnership working, people problems outweigh prac...
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 ...
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