title: Leadership development in health care: what do we know?
abstract: The NHS in England has developed a strong focus on clinical and managerial leadership. The article describes both emerging ideas on leadership models and approaches to developing leaders as a background to the description of two evaluation studies of leadership programmes for executive directors and the lessons learned for the future.
authors.affiliation: Centre for the Development of Nursing Policy and Practice, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Edmonstone
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Western
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom