Management

By Julie Towers | 26 May 2022

There was a greater focus on inequalities, diversity and inclusion, transparency, performance man...

FINANCE

'Serious breakdown' in senior relationships, report reveals

By Mark Conrad | 24 May 2022

A scathing review of executive cultures at Thanet DC has concluded that relationships between sen...

What has bingo and soft toilet paper got to do with empowerment?

By Blair McPherson | 06 May 2022

'Empowerment’ could join a long list of words that once carried the prospect of change but are no...

MANAGEMENT

Leaning in to leadership in districts

By Bill Cullen | 04 May 2022

The DCN staff development programme has been relaunched after a pause during COVID. Bill Cullen s...

MANAGEMENT

Council held decade-long contract with dormant firm

By Martin Ford | 27 April 2022

Grant Thornton said it exposed a ‘significant weakness’ in Herefordshire Council’s contract manag...

HUMAN RESOURCES

How to stand out from the interim crowd

By Dino Christodoulou | 27 April 2022

Tile Hill’s Dino Christodoulou offers his top five suggestions on what high performing interims d...

WHITEHALL

Merger plans axed after Stratford-on-Avon concerns

By Dan Peters | 21 April 2022

Plans to merge Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick DCs will not go ahead after the former got cold feet.

BUSINESS

EXCLUSIVE: Council sacked director over 'vexatious and malicious' police report

By Chris Mahony | 19 April 2022

Thanet DC sacked its director of corporate governance and monitoring officer after he submitted ‘...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

The seemingly insecure view from the top of the ladder

By Blair McPherson | 04 April 2022

Blair Mcpherson examines the precarious view from the top of the career ladder, and the factors t...

FINANCE

Taking the collaborative approach to success

By Heather Jameson | 22 March 2022

New Peterborough City Council chief executive Matt Gladstone is endlessly positive about his job,...

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