Articles by Blair Mcpherson
We have been here before on cohesion and diversity
By Blair Mcpherson | 16 July 2020
Blair McPherson says the only thing more detrimental to the causes of cohesion and diversity than...
The best managers are misfits and weirdos
By Blair Mcpherson | 05 June 2020
Organisations with a higher tolerance of misfits and weirdos will benefit from their creativity, ...
It's all part of the myth
By Blair Mcpherson | 07 May 2020
Blair Mcpherson rejects the stereotype of an old-fashioned local authority chief executive of 20...
Is it too early to discuss the exit strategy and local recovery plans?
By Blair Mcpherson | 07 April 2020
Blair Mcpherson says that for the COVID-19 recovery plan to be successful politicians will need t...
Who you gonna call
By Blair Mcpherson | 10 February 2020
If an urgent problem emerges at a local authority, whose call should a senior director return fir...
Take a chance on me - the recruitment lottery
By Blair Mcpherson | 10 January 2020
Maybe we should just recognise that recruitment is a lottery and get rid of the whole recruitment...
Just very good at what they do
By Blair Mcpherson | 04 December 2019
What do senior managers do when they are very good at their role but realise they are increasingl...
The absence of the human touch
By Blair Mcpherson | 25 November 2019
Blair Mcpherson ponders a recruitment software package to be used in conjunction with video inter...
Who's in charge?
By Blair Mcpherson | 21 October 2019
Changes to an organisation’s management structure are attractive, argues Blair Mcpherson - but n...
Who are you talking to?
By Blair Mcpherson | 07 October 2019
Who you regularly sit down with and who you talk to one-to-one makes a difference and who gets to...
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