Carry on caring: How leadership development boosts NHS performance

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.

Popular theory has it that leaders are born, not made. While few would doubt that there is some substance to that claim, logic tells us that the ready packaged leader is the exception rather than the rule. For the majority of us, therefore, it's the way we develop our leaders that can enable them to stand out from the crowd. Many are waking up to the fact that leadership is inextricably linked with organizational effectiveness. Develop the right leaders and the dream of long‐term sustainability becomes ever more attainable. The opposite is, of course, also true. Like most other things, leadership is subject to change. Trends come and go and today's leadership style can quickly become tomorrow's relic. Only those models with one eye on the future are able to stand the test of time. There is growing belief that transformational leadership is one such model. Instead of a total focus on specific organization objectives that is typical of transactional leadership, this open‐ended style places more emphasis upon innovation and vision. Recognizing and developing the ability to lead is at least as important as achieving any number of defined outcomes.

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