'In these pages you will find a rich mixture of the best in leadership and organisation development practice and theory, based on a lifetime of studying and applying the principles of why some healthcare organisations succeed and why some fail.' This inspirational book analyses the attitudes and disciplines which make people and the organizations for which they work more effective, more productive and generally more successful. The author, who has experience of working in healthcare and manufacturing and with senior civil servants, and is also familiar with key academic literature, sets out a highly practical combination of practice, theory and policy applicable in a wide variety of healthcare situations. Now revised, including an entirely new chapter on being patient-focused, this remains an invaluable resource for health service leaders and future leaders including managers, clinicians, policy makers and academics.

The book examines the change management strategies and processes employed to ensure that the Labour Government's commitment to devolution became a reality in Wales. As such, it is an account of constitutional, cultural, organizational and human change set within a dynamic political context and is based on unprecedented research access to devolution papers and the politicians and civil servants (past and present) concerned with the changes. It also demonstrates the role of leadership in such changes and makes a substantial contribution to organizational learning theory.

The book identifies the key "people propositions" that are practiced by enlightened companies, and invites leaders to become purposeful and principled as they transform their places of work and the lives of the people they lead. The opening chapters describe a survey of approximately six hundred organizations. Chapter 1 identifies four types of company according to how they value their employees. Chapter 2 contains examples of these enlightened companies. Subsequent chapters identify complementary ways of providing effective leadership within companies and consider, in depth, the concepts of The Purposeful Leader, The Principled Leader, The Resolute Leader, and The Exemplary Leader. Overall, this book encourages leaders to take bold and substantial steps to transform their organizations through leadership excellence. Highlights: * The book's recommendations on leadership are based on long-standing, time-tested principles. * Leadership ideas set forth in the book are practical and readily applied to real-life work situations. * The book offers a good balance of theory and practice. * The book is based on the author's decades of leadership experience.