In Memory of Peter Smith

In Memory of Peter Smith

Peter Smith, our longstanding chair sadly died over the summer. Peter had a long and distinguished career in local government, clocking up 40 years of service as a councillor. He spent 27 years leading the council, making him one of the longest serving leaders in the...
Supporting public service leaders during Covid-19

Supporting public service leaders during Covid-19

We are living in unprecedented times. Rapid changes are challenging public services, businesses, societies and nations across the UK and the world. Our team at the Leadership Centre is standing alongside public service leaders helping to navigate these extraordinary...
Leadership and Resilience

Leadership and Resilience

On 9 December 2020, the Leadership Centre hosted a virtual discussion about leadership and resilience in the time of the pandemic. The topic was proposed by a number of alumni of the Centre’s various leadership programmes and the event was attended by some 25 alumni,...
Building a better normal

Building a better normal

An old Irish quip is that if you want to get to (wherever) I would not start from here. Still in the middle of this epidemic we must ask the question how can we build not a new normal but a better normal, or in the famous advice to Obama in the middle of the 2008...

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