News

Public Service Review article sets out the challenge facing local leaders

07/06/2010

John Atkinson of the Leadership Centre for Local Government identifies the challenges for local public service leaders in an article in Public Service Review: Local Government and the Regions. read on »

National School of Government/PSL paper presented at European conference

06/11/2009

The National School of Government's Rob Worrall presented new work on public service leadership development to the European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance in Athens, 5-6 November. read on »

Public service leaders challenged to Collaborate to Innovate

05/11/2009

Public Service Leadership's first annual conference, held in London on 4 November, focused on how to deliver improved public services through collaborative leadership. read on »

Leadership Centre for Local Government

Great places require visionary leadership that paints a picture of the future of the place, inspiring and carrying with it the local residents' hopes and happiness.

We support local government leaders to create the future through building effective and efficient partnerships, improving the lives of local people and fundamentally transforming communities for the better. Place is contested space for local government leaders, so we focus on the unique realities of the relationships involved helping members and officers develop their skills and thinking on leadership, through national and regional initiatives.

Further reading

FInd out more about the Leadership Centre for Local Government at their website:

www.localleadership.gov.uk

Read about John Atkinson's joint presentation with John Tizard on Worcestershire: Leading the County to the first PSL conference: