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Drawn from the results of five seminars this unique book looks at the four areas of: public sector reform; essential features for public leaders; public leadership in action; and the outline of a public leadership approach for the future. It seeks to give public leadership a firm foothold within the study of leadership in general.

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Setting the Challenge for Public Leaders PART I: PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM AND THE IMPACT ON LEADERSHIP Central Government Reform and Leadership Health Services Reform and Leadership Education reform and Leadership Police and Criminal Justice Reform and Leadership Local Government Reform and Leadership UK Defence Reform and Leadership PART II: ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF PUBLIC LEADERSHIP Keynote Chapter: What is Expected of Public Leaders? Political Leadership Community Leadership Leaders as Problem Solvers Knowledge and Capabilities of Public Leaders Measuring the Value of Leadership Skills to Deliver Improved Performance PART III: PUBLIC LEADERSHIP IN ACTION? Adaptive Leadership in Drumcree Leadership of Change Narratives: An Alternative Voice S17 of the Crime and Disorder Act: A Missed Opportunity for Public Leadership? Partnerships: Rhetoric or Reality? PART IV: OUTLINING A PUBLIC LEADERSHIP APPROACH Lessons from the Private Sector The Role of the Third Sector in Public Leadership Can Public Leadership be Evaluated A Collective Public Leadership Approach for the Future

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STEPHEN BROOKES is a Senior Fellow at Manchester Business School where he specialises in leadership, public management and performance across public services. He previously served as a senior police officer in a thirty year career and immediately prior to his appointment at Manchester was a founding regional Home Office Director.

KEITH GRINT is Professor of Public Leadership and Management at Warwick Business School and was formerly Professor of Defence Leadership at Cranfield University and Leadership Studies at Lancaster Leadership Centre. He taught for 12 years at Oxford University and has published 14 books on leadership and related areas.

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