Imprint: Triarchy Press
Published: 2009

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Tags: Systems Thinking, Leadership, Systemic Leadership, Organisational Leadership

The Search for Leadership: 
An Organisational Perspective
William Tate
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The Search for Leadership:
An Organisational Perspective
William Tate 

Why and how to apply Systems Thinking to the design, structure and day-to-day running of your organisation.

Most organisations – public, private and third sector – know they need to offer better leadership. But, in trying to do so, they too often look in the wrong place. Experience tells us that even heroic leaders are no better than the systems they work in. Flawed systems strangle leadership. The answer?

Stop polishing the fish and tackle the water they swim in!
The Search for Leadership shows why it is naive to expect much leadership from individual managers acting alone. Only when we start to see leadership as a property of the organisation can we begin to improve it.

William Tate pulls no punches in his examination of leadership in business, politics and institutions like the police and the Health Service. Using forensic analysis, cogent argument and damning case studies, he shows why conventional leadership models and programmes miss the point and waste our money. In their place he presents a proven and practical ‘Systems Thinking’ approach that will transform the way leadership is developed, applied and held accountable for delivering results.

The Search for Leadership is a comprehensive study of the way leadership operates in organisations. The book is split into two parts – the Thinking Challenge addresses the theory of systemic leadership while the Intervention Challenge tackles the practicalities of implementing a systemic approach to leadership and leadership development in any organisation.

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This eye-opening account of the challenges organisations face is written for managers as well as developers, teachers, researchers and coaches. Its systemic focus sets it apart from other leadership books. It will change the way you think about leadership and help improve the way any organisation is run.

See the Systemic Leadership Toolkit - a practical implementation guide by the same author.

Read Forward to Basics - Bill Tate's submission to the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Group on Management 

Read an article on this subject by Bill Tate:
Managing Leadership from a Systemic Perspective

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A practical book and toolkit for HR and other senior executives who want to run an open, effective, responsible and empowering organisation – but aren’t sure where to start. Also a powerful stimulus to fresh thinking for business students.

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