International Journal of Leadership in Public Services: Volume 2 Issue 3

editorial

Graham Towl

Transforming or Transacting? The Role of Leaders in Organisational Transition

Edward Peck, Helen Dickinson, Judith Smith

Within accounts of and frameworks for organisational leadership, especially in the public sector, there is continuing enthusiasm for the distinction between transformational and…

Implementing the NHS Leadership Qualities Framework in the West of Berkshire Primary Care Trusts

Ros Crowder, Maggie Woods

The Leadership Qualities Framework (LQF) is a tool developed by the NHS Leadership Centre in 2002 specifically for NHS staff. It is based on research carried out with NHS trust…

Vision, Vitality and Pragmatism

Judy Clements, Derrick Anderson

Derrick Anderson is on a ‘leadership journey’ ‐ a journey that has been informed both by his response to leadership roles of ever‐increasing challenge and the consequences of his…

Interview with Andrew Bright, Director of Participation with the National Development Team

Andrew Bright, George Sapiets

Coaching Psychology: Applying Integrative Coaching Within Education

Jonathan Passmore

Executive coaching has become a popular leadership development tool over the past decade. To be effective, coaches need to reflect on the lessons from counselling research from…

Leadership: ‘If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain’

Charlotte Housden

Leadership in Prisons; Getting a Grip

Tom Murtagh

Few public sector organisations or departments have escaped the attention of the Government's, sometimes justified, preoccupation with reform and increased efficiency. Inevitably…

On Leadership: By James G March and Thierry Weil

David Crighton, Peter Gilbert

Strategic Management of Health Care Organisations (Fifth Edition): By Linda E Swayne, W Jack Duncan and Peter M Ginter

Christina Pond