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Tribute to Dave Bowie - Changes
Blair McPherson
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The conference like the song claims we can all be heroes. The promotional material speaks of the battles that have taken place and the battles to come, battles that have left many managers feeling bruised, demoralised and overstretched.
The rallying cry is
heroic leadership is not an optional extra.
Which like the Bowie single is a bit of a surprise because that idea has long been out of
fashion
amongst management consultants and leadership gurus. In fact once the
golden years
of budget growth were replaced by dramatic budget cuts then there were bound to be
changes
in leadership style.
Whilst some shouted
rebel rebel
against the cuts others said we should look to the USA follow the example of success in the private sector delivered by
young Americans
with names like
Ziggy or Jean Genie.
Of course to most mangers brought up under a public sector ethos this was totally alien like life on Mars. What works in
suffragette city
isn’t going to work in Swindon Town.
The era of the charismatic leader who by sheer force of personality made things happen is dead so
ashes to ashes
what we require now is all managers to be leaders. This does not mean managers need to seek
fame
by giving interviews to the local media they just need to inspire their staff, to make them feel good about the job again. If this requires all managers to play a bit of mood music then I say
let’s dance.
Blair McPherson author of Equipping manager for an uncertain future published by Russell House
www.blairmcpherson.co.uk
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