Russell House Publishing Ltd

This book considers leadership and its purposes in depth. Why we need leaders, the need to lead oneself before one leads others, and the theoretical base of leadership. It goes on to look at leadership in practice, with special consideration of changing organisational configurations, especially in the public sector, and the part that organisational culture plays in helping us get the right 'recipe' for an organisation or group. It concludes by looking at how leadership can go wrong, particularly around issues of discrimination and oppression, considers how they can be addressed in creating a truly person-centred organisation and guides the reader to various sources from which they can learn more about 'bringing our the best'.