...Melanie J. Perry Purpose To deliver an “introduction to life coaching” workshop to local government lawyers and the benefits they could get from life coaching. Design/methodology/approach The nature of the interactive workshop is outlined and the responses of the delegates...

...Mike Redfern; Roy Fairweather; Sally Watson Introduces Caledonia Council, a business simulation specifically created to prepare senior managers in local government for major reorganization. Describes how it was designed in a partnership between client (Central Regional Council) and consultant...

... and management, and much of the day-to-day responsibility for this falls on often quite young staff at the third, fourth and fifth tier of the organisation. Traditionally, local government departments have been organised and staffed on a professional basis and their managers, although often highly qualified...