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Integrative leadership, partnership working and wicked problems: a conceptual analysis
Juliette Alban‐Metcalfe, Beverly Alimo‐MetcalfeAfter examining the nature and significance of ‘integrative’ leadership, a distinction is drawn between five different formal leadership roles. It is suggested that they tend to…
Vocation, vocation, vocation: spirituality for professionals in mental health services
Madeleine Parkes, Katja Milner, Peter GilbertPeople go into employment for a range of reasons. One of those is usually to find a sense of meaning, as humans are meaning‐seeking animals.In the public sector there is even more…
Exploring links between NHS leadership and improvement
Jeanne Hardacre, Robert Cragg, Hugh Flanagan, Peter Spurgeon, Jonathan ShapiroWhile 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…
Is there such a thing as society?
Toby WilliamsonThis article argues that the values underlying public policy and public services in the UK appear to have changed dramatically over the last 30 years. The post‐war consensus…
Leading from the front: putting the people back into people management
Helen LockettMental health conditions are common in the working population. Every organisation should have a comprehensive strategy that not only promotes mental health and provides effective…
‘Don't expect an easy pathway’: establishing the first national social care management trainee scheme for newly qualified graduates
Daphne Statham, Jennifer BernardThis case study examines the reasons that the National Skills Academy for Social Care established the first national social care management trainee scheme for newly qualified…