Rob Whiteman MD of Local Government Improvement and Development (LGID) Has been to both Norfolk and Lincolnshire delivering a message to elected members and officers on the skills and characteristics that individuals and organisations will need to lead in the new world of local government . Here are some of the points I made a note of from his presentation:
• Confident to act without being given direction
• Passionate about doing more for less ( this is not the era when skills of developing cases for more investment will be in great demand)
• Create time and space for innovation
• Passionate for listening to and being accountable to the public
• Influencing skills
• Market making and brokering
• Collaborating to succeed not competing
• More political leadership and less managerialist
• Staff with a “sunny disposition” – optimistic, “can do” attitude
• “walk the talk” around values
• Take a look in the mirror – organisations reflect the people who lead them
• Act quickly and do things that make appositive difference to the citizen
• Professionals “on tap” not “on top”
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