Articles by Blair McPherson
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...
The sheriff and the outlaw
By Blair McPherson | 15 August 2023
Sometimes senior leaders in local government are the sheriffs and sometimes the outlaws, and the ...
Living happily ever smarter
By Blair McPherson | 21 July 2023
Kissing frogs, slaying dragons, and outwitting wicked witches, it’s all in a days work for a loca...
The importance of brain space
By Blair McPherson | 27 June 2023
Even if the situation is dire it does not necessarily need a major or dramatic intervention - but...
Taking the corporate out of corporate organisations
By Blair McPherson | 15 May 2023
If an organisation becomes too corporate it risks losing specialist skills and knowledge and the...
It's never just business
By Blair McPherson | 24 April 2023
A politician’s dream is a robust business case that supports their ideological aspirations, says ...
Almost all managerial careers end in failure
By Blair McPherson | 11 April 2023
Managers who are rapidly climbing the career ladder may well get to the top quicker than previous...
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