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RESOURCE LIBRARY

This resource library contains links to information about the principles and practice of
systems leadership, with focus on its applicability to public services.
The focus is on resources from the UK, with a few international examples.
The listing is alphabetical by title.
Browse by keyword, information type or resource format.
Please contact us with details of any additional resources you think we should include.

Fit for the Future – public health people. A review of the public health workforce

by Leadership Centre | 2016

Public Health England Workforce Review, May 2016 This thematic review was commissioned in PHE’s Remit letter from Department of Health for 2015-16 and contributes to the renewal of the Department of Health’s national public health workforce strategy, through a series of recommendations to achieve a workforce that can meet future public health challenges. Systems Leadership […]

Keywords:: Complexity, General practice, General practitioners, Health care, Public services, Systems theory

Resource type:: Case studies, Scholarly research

Formats:: Organisational websites

NHS Improvement guidance In it together: Developing your system’s strategy

by Leadership Centre | 2016

This is a Systems Strategy Development Guide from NHS Improvement, designed to provide guidance for the NHS on using systems approaches in strategic development, but also applicable to other sectors. A very helpful resource for if you’re starting out down a strategic path and want to use systems approaches.

Keywords:: General practice, Health care, Leadership development, Systems theory

Resource type:: Development programmes

Formats:: Organisational websites

The Art of Change Making

by Leadership Centre | 2016

For ten years, the Leadership Centre has sought to further our knowledge of what really works in response to the challenges of social issues in places around England. Through working with political, community and organisational leaders, the focus has evolved from local leadership projects through ‘Total Place’ to today’s ‘system leadership’ and ‘local vision’ work. […]

Keywords:: Adaptive leadership, Collective leadership, Complexity, Coproduction, Cultural change, Distributed leadership, Heroic leaders, Information management, Leadership development, Outcomes focus, Service integration, Systems theory

Resource type:: Tools and guidance

Formats:: Downloadable documents

People helping people

by Leadership Centre | 2016

Health and Social Care Integration Pioneers Year 2 Annual Report, January 2016 This report explicitly identifies systems leadership, based on relationships and trust, as crucial in the development of integrated and joined-up working.

Keywords:: Care workforce, Complexity, Cultural change, Distributed leadership, Health care, Mutuality, Social care, whole-system

Resource type:: Scholarly research

Formats:: Downloadable documents

NHS England Delivering the Forward View: NHS planning guidance 2016/17 – 2020/21

by Leadership Centre | 2015

This forms the framework for the Sustainability and Transformation Plans for the NHS, and make the need for systems approaches paramount: “System leadership is needed…it involves…developing a shared vision…learning and adapting…and having an open and iterative process that harnesses the energies of clinicians, patients, carers, citizens…independent and voluntary sectors, and local government.”