Career and Professional Development Insights
Anisa Darr on Leadership in the Public Sector: The Moments That Tested Her Leadership and Confidence
21 Jan 2026
In this episode of View from the Hill, we speak with Anisa Darr, Executive Director of Finance and Resources at the London Borough of Barnet, about leadership in the public sector and the moments that truly test you as a ...
Beyond resilience: what today’s leadership jobs really cost
19 Jan 2026
In the many conversations I had last year with local government leaders, one word came up time and time again: resilience. It came up in interviews, phone calls in the evening after a long day, and in those moments when ...
Your 2025 Career Wrapped
22 Dec 2025
A not-too-serious look back at your working year...
If you opened Spotify Wrapped recently, you probably got an eerily accurate (or slightly questionable) snapshot of your year in music - what you replayed, what d ...
Who Looks After HR? Wellbeing in Times of Change
18 Dec 2025
HR is the enabling service at the heart of an organisation; it’s the engine room that keeps culture, workforce stability, leadership capability, and day-to-day people operations running smoothly. When this function is un ...
Looking Back on 2025: A Year of Purpose, Progress and People
18 Dec 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, we’ve taken a moment at Tile Hill to pause, reflect, and look back on what has been a hugely meaningful year for our team. It’s been a year defined not just by growth and recognition, but by ...
Confidence in Social Care Reform Is Rising. But Confidence in the Leadership Pipeline Isn’t.
12 Dec 2025
The NCASC Conference this year was a reminder of two truths about social care. First, the scale of reform ahead (across both children’s and adults’ services) is ambitious, urgent and system-shaping. And second, none of i ...
How AI Can Help (and Harm) Your Supporting Statement
27 Nov 2025
The Rise of AI in Job Applications
Over the past 3 years, the phrase ‘AI’ has been virtually unavoidable. As I type this on my keyboard, desperately trying to avoid accidentally hitting the physical ‘CoPilot’ button t ...
Growing our Housing Practice: Meet Holly and Jeanette
25 Nov 2025
Over the past few years, the housing sector has faced more change, pressure and expectation than ever before. Regulation, mergers, stock investment, and rising demand, to name but a few, have all added a layer of complex ...
Beyond the Rankings: What the IoD 2025 Means for People, Place and Leadership
20 Nov 2025
The English Indices of Deprivation 2025 land at a moment when the pressures facing local government, housing, health and public services are sharper than ever and the picture they paint is both urgent and unsettling. In ...
Supporting the Next Generation of Place Directors
14 Nov 2025
One of the biggest shifts many professionals face in local government is moving from being a subject matter expert to stepping into a senior leadership role with responsibility for a whole portfolio of services. It’s a s ...
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