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Article arguing that local councils and NHS services in England need to unite around shared objectives that address the most difficult issues confronting them

Article examining the role that regulators could have in promoting systems leadership in the NHS

Commentary on landmark article on leadership by Ronald Heifetz and Donald Laurie, published in January 1997. Introduces the breakthrough concept of adaptive change—the sort of change that occurs when people and organizations are forced to adjust to a radically altered environment— and challenges the traditional understanding of the leader-follower relationship. The HBR article is available […]

Personal account of the practical lessons the author has learned while using systems leadership approaches in UK public services.

The author argues that the UK government, whatever its political persuasion, will have to support collaborative working across systems. Existing learning from systems leadership initiatives to date across public services needs to be banked and shared so that it can move towards the mainstream.