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The Art of Change Making

by Leadership Centre | 2016

For ten years, the Leadership Centre has sought to further our knowledge of what really works in response to the challenges of social issues in places around England. Through working with political, community and organisational leaders, the focus has evolved from local leadership projects through ‘Total Place’ to today’s ‘system leadership’ and ‘local vision’ work. […]

Keywords:
Adaptive leadership, Collective leadership, Complexity, Coproduction, Cultural change, Distributed leadership, Heroic leaders, Information management, Leadership development, Outcomes focus, Service integration, Systems theory
Resource type:
Tools and guidance
Formats:
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Leadership in the age of complexity

by Leadership Centre | 2015

The authors argue that the time for ‘heroic leaders’ is over, as they cannot  give us solutions to the challenges societies face. Heroic leadership rests on the illusion that someone can be in control. Yet we live in a world of complex systems that are inherently uncontrollable. The solution lies in mobilising the hearts and minds of everyone in […]

Keywords:
Collective leadership, Heroic leaders, Systems theory
Resource type:
General information
Formats:
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