Lessons in Leadership

The IDeA and Ipsos's latest research on the links between leadership and management style and performance in Local Government

Pamphlet on the Impact of Staff Motivation; what doesn't matter in terms of CPA performance, money doesn't matter as much as leadership, how people feel they are managed matters most, our latest 2006 analysis, Why don't staff speak up for their authority? and our new "senior managers" hypothesis. 

Listening to leaders: what constitutes good leadership for today's leaders? 

Lessons in leadership: communicate, communicate, communicate, know when to let go, communicate tone, not plans, get the culture right, passion matters, accept some risk, charismatic leadership might matter a bit, focus on delivery, invest in developing people. 

It's a hard life- an epilogue: particular challenges in particular places, politics matters, you don't have to be posh, the importance of "terroir". 

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