Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the challenges facing leaders in health
care, to explore the impact of these on the choices available to healthcare leaders, and to re …

Making leadership work in today’s NHS Page 1 When discussing leadership, most people would
probably agree that leaders symbolise the situation in which they lead. What leaders actually …

This chapter explores four themes around leadership:• the main theories of leadership that
have emerged over the last 50 years, drawing out the ongoing influence of each• the ways in …

This paper explores future leadership requirements for health services in the context of
relevant leadership theory and the changing environment for health services in the UK. The …

Executive summary This report reviews recent developments in thinking and action in
relation to leadership in the public and voluntary sectors, based on published and in press …

While the need for leadership in health care is well recognised, there is still the need to
better understand how leadership contributes to improving healthcare services. The body of …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the case that health service leadership is
more than the sum total of all the health service management activity observed; and to …

Effective leadership at all levels is of paramount importance in the NHS Leadership, as
opposed to management, is high on the policy agenda, particularly for clinicians. This paper …

Studies in many industries, including health care, suggest that leadership is a critical
element in organisational performance. Collins (2001) suggests that disciplined, hard …

The research questions in this study centre on identifying:(a) processes by which leadership
is transmitted through health service organisations to effect the delivery of health services …