Articles by Blair Mcpherson
Time is not on the side of chief executives who need to prove themselves
By Blair Mcpherson | 28 April 2021
Blair Mcpherson looks at how long chief executives have to prove themselves before a lack of prog...
Management melodrama dents organisational credibility
By Blair Mcpherson | 05 March 2021
Bosses who have difficulty making decisions and whose approach is best described as tactical caus...
Why is central government not listening?
By Blair Mcpherson | 16 February 2021
The pandemic has given local authorities the opportunity to shine and demonstrate to government ...
Insiders only
By Blair Mcpherson | 05 February 2021
Blair Mcpherson explains why he believes business sector high flyers decide local government is n...
Be a dictator but be a nice one
By Blair Mcpherson | 18 January 2021
In difficult and uncertain times clarity and direction assume a greater importance and people man...
Officers work for members – or do they?
By Blair Mcpherson | 02 December 2020
Blair McPherson says his old boss was right to remind officers that they work for members - ‘but...
Sorry is the hardest word
By Blair Mcpherson | 03 November 2020
For the sake of the organisation sometimes you just have to swallow your pride, accept the critic...
The difficulty with hired guns
By Blair Mcpherson | 29 October 2020
Independence and credibility are not the only factors to the fore when deciding whether to use ma...
Good news for the nice
By Blair Mcpherson | 07 September 2020
When it comes to climbing the corporate career ladder being nasty or nice won’t determine your ad...
To the moon and back
By Blair Mcpherson | 30 July 2020
The model for getting a man on the moon is a good one for the post COVID world of local governmen...
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