| "Nick Gurney was a truly effective Chief Executive and a pleasure to work with. I was particularly impressed by his strategic grasp, political sensitivity, quickness on the uptake and pragmatic and creative approach to difficult and sensitive issues." |
| Leo Madden, former Leader, Portsmouth City Council |
| "From my knowledge of your work, and especially your approach ("walking the talk", as they say), I have always quoted you as an example of the best sort of leadership, certainly in the Public Services." |
| Roger Lancey, R & L Management Ltd |
| "He has encouraged and sustained the corporate approach and real partnership with both officers and members. As a result we have largely achieved the major culture change throughout the Authority we required." |
| Margaret Gimblett, former Leader, Wokingham District Council |
| "He is an excellent strategic thinker and analyser of issues and I have seen this practically demonstrated on a number of occasions ... he is well versed and familiar with a customer approach to managing the business and I would have no doubts about his effective management of large scale financial, human and other resources." |
| Roger Paine, former President of SOLACE |
| "Getting us through Unitary Status was a huge undertaking and it was very successfully done." |
| Syd Rapson, former Deputy Leader, Portsmouth City Council and Member of Parliament |
| "He was undoubtedly one of the outstanding young Under-Secretaries in the Civil Service ... He proved to be an outstanding manager, making significant and fundamental changes in the organisation and structure of the operation ... He faced the familiar problems of an under-resourced organisation and a partially demotivated staff. He turned the whole position round." |
| Dennis Trevelyan, former First Civil Service Commissioner |
| "I have particularly enjoyed your robust interventions at Board meetings, in your exasperated mission to persuade us to get a grip and look beyond our narrow sectionalist interests in everything." |
| Campbell McMurray, Director, Royal Naval Museum |
| "Your guidance, ideas, trust in what we do and promotion of the work of the Unit have been superb. You can be assured that we will take forward what we have learnt from you." |
| Martin Evans, Head of Strategy, Portsmouth City Council |
| "It was rewarding and uplifting to hear someone speaking with such conviction and openness about the many challenges and issues facing the Council. Everything you said applies to virtually every business and you struck a chord with the situations that many of us find ourselves in. It was your down to earth, practical approach that was most impressive and I really believe it is at the leading edge of today's management practice." |
| Peter Wainwright, Institute of Management |
| "Thank you very much indeed for speaking. The group described it as one of the highlights of their first week. Often, two years on, groups will cite your talk as one of the highlights of the whole programme and a point you made in that first course will be raised in discussion on their final course." |
| Christopher Jary, National School of Government |
| "Nick Gurney was the first speaker I heard who made the challenges and rewards
of public sector leadership real to me. His breadth of experience coupled with the range of issues he successfully dealt with provided me with a wealth of examples for future reference. Nick is someone who not only can talk about public sector leadership but is able to relate ideas and theory to his personal experiences." |
| Mark O'Neill, Chief Information Officer, Department of Culture, Media and Sport |
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