The Role of Leadership in the Turnaround of a Local Authority

Paul Joyce

Public Money & Management, 2004, vol. 24, issue 4, 235-242

Abstract: This article examines leadership behaviour during a successful turnaround in a public services organization. Using findings from recent research on leaders in the public services, this article sets out a number of propositions about leadership behaviour. Then a case study of Newham Council from 1996 to 1999 is analysed to show that effective public services leaders do not simply work through visions, communications and empowerment. Successful leadership appears to be much more complex in turnaround situations than is suggested by much of the literature on visionary and transformational leaders.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00425.x

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