This resource library contains links to information about the principles and practice of
systems leadership, with focus on its applicability to public services.
The focus is on resources from the UK, with a few international examples.
The listing is alphabetical by title.
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by Leadership Centre | 2015
Thinkpiece summarising the key features of a systems leadership and how it relates to the role of Directors of Children’s Services in England. Makes connections with both the education and healthcare systems, and describes how these public services are all beginning to recognise the centrality of systems approaches.
by Leadership Centre | 2015
National (England) development programme exploring how senior leaders can nurture local social capital to build stronger communities and improve health and wellbeing, incorporating a systems leadership approach. A joint venture between healthcare, social care, police and local government agencies. Aimed at leaders who want to think radically about the challenges and opportunities of a community-based approach.
by Leadership Centre | 2015
Practical guide to help members of health and wellbeing boards involved in the UK Department of Health’s Better Care Fund projects. Contains sections on systems leadership and effecting wide-scale cultural change in healthcare organisations
by Alex Braddell | 2015
Blog describing the Iceberg Model, a structured way of observing and understanding systems and thinking through complex problems
by Alex Braddell | 2015
Resources on the theory and practice of the Vanguard Method, an approach devised by John Seddon that aims to enable managers to study their organisation as a system and, on the basis of the knowledge gained, re-design their services to improve performance and drive out costs.
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