System leadership

Our work on leading across organisational boundaries

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What is compassionate leadership?

Research shows that compassionate leadership has wide-ranging benefits for both staff and organisations. Learn more in this explainer.

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Protecting the public and supporting staff: Andrea Sutcliffe CBE on leadership and regulation

Andrea Sutcliffe CBE, Chief Executive and Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, talks with Helen McKenna about what it takes to cultivate safe, kind and effective care, getting regulation right, and what meaningful co-production with the public looks like.

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The hidden value of unpaid carers: a conversation with Fatima Khan-Shah

Helen McKenna talks with Fatima Khan-Shah about the role and value of unpaid carers, Fatima's leadership journey, and the importance of being your authentic self at work.

Stories from social care leadership: Progress amid pestilence and penury

Richard Humphries and Nicholas Timmins interview voices from across the social care sector to explore where leadership lies and what might be done to improve it.

Sustainability and transformation plans reading list

A selected list of references held by The King's Fund library.

Organisational culture: Our work on NHS culture, compassionate and collective leadership and change management