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Podcast: Radical Reformers podcast
Episode: Leading a turnaround with Kath O'Dwyer
Description: In this new episode of #RadicalReformers, I chat with Kath O'Dwyer, former Chief Executive of St Helens Council and Chair of SOLACE.
During her tenure at St Helens, Kath led the council through significant challenges, including a poor corporate culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, a cost-of-living crisis, and a ransomware cyber attack. Despite these hurdles, she successfully transformed the organisation, leading to a very positive corporate peer challenge this year.
Kath describes herself as a “fix it” Chief Exec and she explains why it’s so important to recognise what sort of leader you are and what environment you are likely to thr...