Out with the Old, In with the New: Why Excellent Public Leadership Makes a Difference to Partnership Working

Abstract

Excellent leadership makes a difference to partnership performance and is arguably the most critical success factor for partnership working. Without it, partnerships would be ineffective. It is, however, perceived as a problematic issue for a number of reasons. First, traditional approaches to leadership have focused almost exclusively on individuals. Second, leadership is often seen as just one part of an organisational system rather than something that pervades the whole. Finally, it is said to be difficult to measure and therefore supposedly hard to tell the good leadership from the bad.

Citation

Brookes, S. (2006), "Out with the Old, In with the New: Why Excellent Public Leadership Makes a Difference to Partnership Working", International Journal of Leadership in Public Services, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 52-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/17479886200600010