TY - JOUR ID - 2972 TI - Going beyond the Hero in Leadership Development: The Place of Healthcare Context, Complexity and Relationships; Comment on “Leadership and Leadership Development in Healthcare Settings – A Simplistic Solution to Complex Problems?” JO - International Journal of Health Policy and Management JA - IJHPM LA - en SN - AU - Ford, Jackie AD - School of Management, Bradford University, Bradford, UK Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 261 EP - 263 KW - Critical Leadership Studies KW - Leadership Development KW - Relational Leadership DO - 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.43 N2 - There remains a conviction that the torrent of publications and the financial outlay on leadership development will create managers with the skills and characters of perfect leaders, capable of guiding healthcare organisations through the challenges and crises of the 21st century. The focus of much attention continues to be the search for the (illusory) core set of heroic qualities, abilities or competencies that will enable the development of leaders to achieve levels of supreme leadership and organisational performance. This brief commentary adds support to McDonald’s (1) call for recognition of the complexity of the undertaking. UR - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_2972.html L1 - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_2972_7f310e7b8ffde72bc0ac7e7cfa489d3c.pdf ER -