Episode Details

Sarah Hall is the Deputy Director of Law and Governance at West Northamptonshire Council. She shared her experience of recruiting an entire new legal team from essentially a standing start when the new unitary was formed. She gave her advice to monitoring officers and legal leaders about how she has via direct recruitment achieved this.

Sarah's proactive and entrepreneurial approach is exactly what the local government sector needs to do more of. Instead of trying to achieve a different outcome with the same approach.

Also, big shout out to West Northamptonshire for having such a high proportion of female representation in their leadership, shout out to Julia Rickards, Nicki Agalamanyi and Katherine Hall. It is fantastic to see and on international women's day is a powerful reminder of how gender equality and inclusivity are key ingredients to successfully building effective councils.