by Rachel Smyth | May 13, 2026 | Case Studies
When Rachel Duke joined a leadership programme delivered by the Leadership Centre on behalf of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), she was not actively seeking promotion. Working as an Advanced Health Improvement Specialist at Leeds City Council,...
by Rachel Smyth | Jan 29, 2026 | Case Studies
Sheffield City Council (SCC) worked with The Leadership Centre to design and deliver a year-long development programme for a specific cohort of senior leaders, at a pivotal moment of organisational, political and system transition. SCC had already defined its...
by Rachel Smyth | Oct 9, 2025 | Case Studies
Boosting Middle Leaders is a practical leadership development programme run in collaboration with the Local Government Association and designed to strengthen both the capacity of, and connection between, councillors and officers from across the country. Now in its...
by Rachel Smyth | Aug 19, 2025 | Blogs
Now should be the time to reflect, learn and proceed with insight and refreshed practices if the new strategic authorities and the ingenuity of their leaders are to get off to a solid start, writes Max Wide. It has been 14 years since the first strategic authority was...
by Rachel Smyth | Jul 14, 2025 | Blogs
It’s a pretty punishing time, some might say ‘impossible’ moment to be a leader in local government. As the demands on public services intensify — with rising inequality, fractured social trust, and complex place-based challenges — the resources to meet them continue...
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