Embed Doc
Copy Link
Readcast
Collections

CommentGo Back

Download

Learning resource

ALL SCHOOLLEADERS

Inspiring leaders;improving children’s lives

The Futureof Leadership

www.ncsl.org.uk

This booklet sets out what some ofthe world’s leading thinkers haveto say about leadership – past,present and into the future.

This paper was originally published as a supplement to In View,the journal for senior leaders in the NHS, by the NHS Institutefor Innovation and Improvement. It was written by Stuart Crainerand Des Dearlove. Des is contributing editor to Strategy+Business,while Stuart is editor ofthe London Business School's journal,Business Strategy Review, and their first editorial fellow. They arefounders ofCrainerDearlove. The supplement was conceived,editorially managed and produced by the Team, a specialistcommunications consultancy working with public services.

Introduction

Everyone agrees that leadership matters. That is why there is so much attentionpaid to it today and why so many businesses and organisations are focusing on it.In education the government set up the National College for School Leadership(NCSL) and it has supported other public sectors in their efforts to developleadership. NCSL has built good links with these organisations being keen todraw on their experiences and expertise whenever we can.This booklet is one example ofsuch cross-sector sharing. Senior staffat NCSLhave been meeting their counterparts at the NHS Institute for some time, to shareexamples ofwhat we each do. When I was shown this booklet I immediatelyrealised it would be ofinterest to school leaders and sought to find a way ofusingit with schools. Colleagues at the NHS Institute were very supportive ofourproposal to distribute it and I am most grateful to them for their generosity.This booklet sets out what some ofthe world’s leading thinkers have to say aboutleadership – past, present and into the future. The booklet was originallyproduced for the health service, so we have lightly edited out some specificreferences to health to make it appropriate for school leaders today. Not only isthis booklet a very readable review ofkey ideas, it is also valuable to know thatmany ofthe same issues are being considered by professionals in the healthservice as well as in education. Ideas such as: the importance ofcontext;transformational leadership; followership; leaders’ personal qualities andauthenticity; turnaround leadership; and leadership by consent. These and otherideas are discussed in a straight-forward and clear way in this booklet. It is, in myview, well worth reading and a very good read.

Professor GeoffSouthworth OBE

Deputy CEO & Strategic Director ofResearch and PolicyNational College for School Leadership