...Claude Phiri Purpose This article examines how leadership development frameworks in African contexts can be strengthened by integrating soft skills, particularly in public and non-profit organisations. While soft skills are increasingly recognised in global leadership discourse, many African...

... 23 05 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Leadership development Local government Public administration Leadership training Leadership competencies We live in an era of “post-heroic” leadership (Crosby and Bryson...

... 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Charismatic leadership Social work Evidence-based practice Charisma Socialized charismatic leaders Leadership development Implementation feasibility Social workers are employed in many work settings, from educational...

...Theresa Ricke-Kiely Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a viewpoint on leadership development in the conflict transformation and peacebuilding fields, highlighting a need for the inclusion of some new topics to address contemporary leadership concerns. Design/methodology/approach...

...Mark Jenner; June Barnes; Steve James Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe an innovative senior-level leadership development programme in housing association, East Thames Group, which was designed to build the capabilities needed to lead the organisation through a transformation...

... while contributing to Millennium goals in the developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to report on an independent evaluation of the programme, with the purpose of highlighting lessons learned to inform other leadership development initiatives, and in particular to highlight the vital...

... The “Darzi” Fellowship programme is effective and impactful, spawning clinical leadership development throughout a wider system. Whole system engagement of trainee doctors in leadership will require more than a Fellowship programme alone, but it is a start. Originality/value The evaluation adds to what...

.... In addition, councils now have to find savings at an unprecedented level as part of the new coalition government's emergency budget to tackle the financial deficit.This article demonstrates the need for leadership development to deliver change of a magnitude never before confronted by social care leaders...

... grown significantly in recent years, but evidence about links between leadership and health services improvement remains poor, especially within the UK National Health Service. It remains unclear how and why leadership is important to service improvement, and how leadership development can optimise...

... the current focus on leadership development programmes for doctors through taking a comparative approach to initiatives in New Zealand and the UK. It also considers the challenges to embedding leadership development programmes at all levels of training, education and continuing professional development...

... a successful leadership development programme, which had run in the West Midlands for healthcare educators working in both higher education (HE) and NHS organisations.The LEAP project aimed to develop genuine partnership and collaborative working among health and social care education providers from a range...

...Jan Walmsley; Karen Miller In 2002/3 the Health Foundation launched an ambitious five‐year Programme of investment in leadership development. This investment included resource for simultaneous evaluation (Lucas 2006). Against a background of unprecedented upheaval in healthcare systems in the UK...

... in the NHS. Although the initial research was focused on chief executives the tool was deemed applicable more widely to other staff working in the NHS © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 The Leadership Qualities Framework Training NHS staff Leadership qualities Leadership development...

...Bob Sang This paper is about purpose… or, rather, the confusion of purposes. If we are to continue to invest in ‘leadership development’ in public services, what's the reason? How will we know, in respect of outcomes, that spending money on selected individuals will result in public value?‘Value...