Use the following resources and tools to develop and sustain leadership in diabetes care.
Leaders come from all walks of life and can be found at every level of the health system. With the NHS facing some of the largest and most complex challenges in its history, commissioners and providers of diabetes care need leaders who can harness the collective knowledge of systems and motivate staff to work differently across service and organisational boundaries.
Essential reading
The practice of system leadership: being comfortable with chaos, The King's Fund website (May 2015)
The dawn of system leadership, Stanford Social Innovation Review website (November 2014)
System leadership: learning from AQuA's integrated care discovery communities, The King's Fund website (October 2014)
The revolution will be improvised: stories and insights about transforming systems, Leadership Centre for Local Government website (May 2014)
Trust me...I'm a leader: a personal view from Dr Clare Gerada, NHS Confederation website (March 2013)
Leadership that gets results, Harvard Business Review (2000) (PDF, 247KB)
Resources
Healthcare leadership model, NHS Leadership Academy website (October 2013)
Leading large scale change: a practical guide (part one and two), NHS England website
Talent management hub and guides, NHS Leadership Academy website
Trust: an essential guide for effective and inclusive leadership, NHS Leadership Academy website
Leadership toolkit, NHS London Leadership Academy website
Good governance handbook, Health Quality Improvement Partnership and Good Governance Institute website
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