NLGN, in association with Veredus Executive Resourcing and The MJ has published a ‘recruitment pack’ outlining the competencies and skills necessary for quality local leadership. The pack has been endorsed by Local Government Minister, Nick Raynsford MP.

Valuing Political Leadership: a recruitment pack(PDF version)

This paper presents in five sections a proposal for a radical programme of decentralisation to a substantial group of ‘forerunner’ councils to trail blaze a community leadership practice for all localities. The case is established for giving councils an additional capacity to drive up public sector productivity and make a real difference in their community. […]

By Enid Allen, Lord Filkin and John Williams (2001)
Foreword by Rt. Hon. Nick Raynsford MP
Minister for Local Government & The Regions
In the current heat of opinion concerning the future of the public services, this report reveals the extent to which some localities are ahead of the debate.
Profiling ten specific cases of public-private […]

With the IDeA and Accenture
Foreword by Geoff Mulgan, Director
Performance Innovation Unit, Cabinet Office
Written for leading members and managers in local government and national policy makers, this report sets out why e-government is critical to the delivery of local services and suggests that policy, promotion and support need to be developed rapidly for the 2005 […]