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Press releases Manifesto for leadership in local government unveiled 15 February 2006 The manifesto, which will be unveiled at the Public Service Leadership conference at the QEII will also clearly set out the Leadership Centre’s approach and thinking to tackle these following its first year in operation. Stephen Taylor, chief executive of the Leadership Centre, said: “The challenge is as much about governance as it is about government. “The manifesto emerged following a series of unique sessions that we held with a number of authorities designed specifically to give leaders and their respective chief executives the qualitative space to critically reflect on their leadership experiences. “These learning sets confirmed the
views we were forming from our direct work with top teams in a large number of authorities
across “This manifesto, then, is a clear distillation of what we have learnt about the changing face of local government and the unique and complex leadership challenges it faces.” The most pertinent challenge to local authority leadership identified in the manifesto and the learning sets is a move from leading on delivery of services to leading across an entire locality, engaging many other organisations and people with the aim of making it a better place for everyone to live. The issues raised in the learning sets have been written up into a publication called Living Leadership, with the eight-point manifesto making up its foreword. A selection of chief executives and their respective leaders and mayors, from authorities classified either as excellent or where rapid change processes were in place, were brought together following a series of incisive one-to-one personal interviews which generated a set of issues and themes, revealing a framework for discussion. The authorities taking part were: the London Borough of Lewisham, Birmingham City Council, Swindon Borough Council, South Tyneside Council, Shropshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent Council. Stephen added: “We wanted to explore leadership development without any predisposed assumptions, by learning from real-life experience to see if any common practices emerged. “Our intention is to add value to the leadership development needs of local government – and the debate around leadership – by recognising the changing role of local government and being useful beyond what is currently known.” The learning sets were facilitated by Sue Goss and Paul Tarplett from OPM and thanks to the protection offered by Chatham House rules elicited lively, honest and revealing discussions. Click here to read the eight-point manifesto Ends Notes for editors
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