TY - JOUR AB - After 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 be associated with different kinds of problem (‘wicked’, ‘tame’ and ‘crisis’). The paper goes on to consider (1) the different leadership competencies required (political, strategic and operational), and evidence of a cause‐effect relationship between an engaging style of leadership and productivity, and (2) evidence of the impact of leadership behaviour on others. Finally, the paper advocates a modified version of the model of leadership development proposed by Bennington and Hartley (2009). VL - 6 IS - 3 SN - 1747-9886 DO - 10.5042/ijlps.2010.0512 UR - https://doi.org/10.5042/ijlps.2010.0512 AU - Alban‐Metcalfe Juliette AU - Alimo‐Metcalfe Beverly PY - 2010 Y1 - 2010/01/01 TI - Integrative leadership, partnership working and wicked problems: a conceptual analysis T2 - International Journal of Leadership in Public Services PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 3 EP - 13 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -