Articles by Blair McPherson
What to expect from the three types of chief executives
By Blair McPherson | 03 June 2025
Former council director Blair McPherson explains the three types of chief executives – turnaround...
Gambling on the next chief executive
By Blair McPherson | 28 April 2025
Appointing any chief executive is a risk, so how can councils shift the odds in their favour, ask...
Warning: Reorganisation turbulence ahead
By Blair McPherson | 11 March 2025
Blair McPherson says officers and members can make any model work but that reorganisations are hu...
The grumpy boss
By Blair McPherson | 11 February 2025
Senior managers’ frustration when things are not happening and irritation with the whole system i...
Should they stay or go?
By Blair McPherson | 17 December 2024
It’s understandable that a long serving CE would want to protect their legacy and leave on a high...
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...
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