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Leadership guidance
- CIPFA: Leading in Hard Times
- Place-based leadership
- New code of conduct for local authority members: May 2007
- Ipsos MORI report: What Distinguishes The Best Leaders In Local Government?
- Inside top teams: IDeA research report
- Change Here! Managing Change to Improve Local Services
- Top tips for improving leadership
- Leadership Improvement Road Map
CIPFA: Leading in Hard Times
This CIPFA publication, launched in June 2010, poses new challenges. Effective leaders will need to have a clear picture of the journey organisations will travel over the next few years and the nature of the organisations and services which will emerge when a ‘post-rebalancing’ destination is reached.
For those in leadership positions this is an agenda that poses a unique blend of challenges. Leaders will have to navigate high levels of uncertainty and anxiety, listening and engaging with the views of the public, service users, staff, partners and other stakeholders, and charting a way forward which is in the public interest.
Access 'Leading in Hard Times' (PDF file, 16 pages, 349 KB), which is tailored explicitly for the very difficult conditions which are likely to prevail for the next few years.
Place-based leadership
The Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE), and others have collaborated with researchers in the Cities Research Centre at the University of the West of England to shape a new study to provide 'International Insights on Civic Leadership and Public Sector Innovation'. This report looks at 'place-based' leadership and how to improve approaches to civic leadership and public service innovation in the UK.
New code of conduct for local authority members: May 2007
From 3 May 2007, councils were given six months to adopt the new code of conduct for local authority members. The revised version provides a clearer, simpler and more proportionate code of conduct for local government members, and amends the rules on personal and prejudicial interest. It also removes barriers to councillors being able to speak as advocates for, and leaders of, their local communities, and the public bodies on which they serve.
Ipsos MORI report: What Distinguishes The Best Leaders In Local Government?
This November 2006 report for the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) looks at leadership styles in relation to Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA).
Inside top teams: IDeA research report
This IDeA research report: 'Inside top teams' examines top team leadership in local government.
Change Here! Managing Change to Improve Local Services
This 2001 Audit Commission's national study draws on the insights of successful leaders of change, to help public service managers rise to the challenge of deliving continuous improvement for service users.
Top tips for improving leadership
Access top tips on improving leadership, which provides suggestions for improving leadership in your organisation.
Leadership Improvement Road Map
View the five-stage leadership improvement journey, and access the following supporting information