Alan Leaman

About Alan Leaman

Alan Leaman is chief executive of the Management Consultancies Association

Managing the consultants

24 November 2011 | Alan Leaman

The Cabinet Office’s new framework for buying in consultancy services is a significant step forward for taxpayers and the consulting industry alike – but there is still more to do. Read more

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Consultants can make the difference, by Alan Leaman

22 December 2010 | Alan Leaman

A new administration is determined to change the way in which government works. It sets itself ambitious targets for savings and efficiency. At the same time it launches massive programmes of public services reform, with changes planned in education, health, the police, welfare and local government. One of its members even calls it ‘Maoist’. Read more...

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NAO consultancy report: job half done, by Alan Leaman

14 October 2010 | Alan Leaman

The NAO has confirmed that the use of management consultancy by central government ‘can provide great benefits’. Read more...

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Management misnomers, by Alan Leaman

12 July 2010 | Alan Leaman

In a recent survey by the Management Consultancies Association only 13 per cent of member companies reported that government departments had improved their understanding of the difference between management consultants/contractors and interim managers since the National Audit Office last reported on this topic in 2006. Read more...

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Consult and survive, by Alan Leaman

10 June 2010 | Alan Leaman

Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement about including the public in deciding where the public spending axe should fall is the latest chapter in an ongoing debate. Read more...

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The public sector needs consultation, by Alan Leaman

8 December 2009 | Alan Leaman

The Smarter government document is a mixture of good ideas, bad ideas and electioneering. Read more...

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A healthy approach to management consultants, by Alan Leaman

15 September 2009 | Alan Leaman

The recent furore about the leaked McKinsey report on the NHS casts a fascinating – and rather depressing – light on current health debates. Read more...

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Democracy begins at home

11 January 2008 | Alan Leaman

These have been a bad few months for democracy. Christmas was dominated by grim news from Kenya and Pakistan. Russia and South Africa are also causing concern. Read more

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Don’t shoot the messenger

20 April 2007 | Alan Leaman

Are the British media a barrier to the development of good public policy? In recent weeks, two influential voices have argued that it is. Read more

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There is nothing like a Dame

2 March 2007 | Alan Leaman

Once again, Britons are being fêted for what we are good at. Read more

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