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Pioneering database leads the way for local authorities

November 14, 2005

The Leadership Centre for Local Government is spearheading a new database of suppliers of leadership development to capture the very best practitioners in the country - making life much easier for local authorities when they buy in services. 

The centre is currently trawling the country for all suppliers of leadership development in order to produce a comprehensive list of organisations or individuals who develop leadership at senior political and managerial level. 

Local authorities are also being canvassed to share their valuable experience of using these organisations in order to create a database that is genuinely an asset to them. 

The comprehensive UK resource will then be made available to local authorities free of charge for them to consult when choosing organisations with whom to work. 

Stephen Taylor, chief executive of the Leadership Centre, said: “This exercise does two valuable things for us. It will give us an overall database of all those out there that are delivering leadership development. 

“Secondly it will reveal the very best – those at the forefront of the market. It is with these people that we wish to work most closely. These will either have a thorough insight of the sector and will be developing new services for leadership at senior level in local government or will be at the cutting-edge of leadership thinking. 

“An exercise like this hasn’t been done before and is highly likely to become a valuable asset to local authorities as it involves their first-hand experience of working with these organisations – in effect making it a database for local authorities, created by local authorities.” 

The database will explain an individual or organisation’s expertise and offering and come with references from within local government. 

Anyone interested in taking part in the exercise should look for further details on the website. 

The Leadership Centre has been set up specifically to improve the leadership capacity within local government focusing on the unique working relationship between the chief executive, leader and their corresponding senior teams. 

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For more information contact Hana Fazal on 07921 604237.

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