It is hard because of the complexities of leading culture change and because it is so tempting for local authorities to do their organisational restructuring without the clarity of purpose and vision that is the life blood of transforming practice.
In our work, for the Department for Education and Skills in partnership with Young Minds, and in our consultations with numerous local authorities regarding their children's services, we suggest there are four key difficult questions that emerge for leaders to consider.
Are leaders in a local area prepared to examine the reality of transforming public policy into effective local practice?
Also, can local authority leaders tolerate the anxiety and uncertainty present during times of policy shift and consequent organisational and cultural change, so that they enable child-centred practice to become a reality rather than being engaged in shoring up power positions?
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