Articles by Blair McPherson
How teams react when their manager is doomed
By Blair McPherson | 20 October 2021
Blair Mcpherson ponders the case of a team's delicate balancing act between 'recognising the need...
Bringing on the bad news
By Blair McPherson | 30 September 2021
Councillors have stopped worrying about unpopular decisions and probably to the surprise of many ...
An artificial business solution
By Blair McPherson | 17 August 2021
Blair Mcpherson says that if organisations are driven by cost and efficiency they will be led by ...
Losing the confidence of members
By Blair McPherson | 09 July 2021
It’s crucial for managers to keep the confidence of members, says Blair McPherson. ‘But the troub...
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...
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