PROBLEM In 1999, a tuberculosis (TB) crisis was declared in the Western Pacific Region. APPROACH In response, WHO established the Stop TB Special Project, which sought to halve 2000 levels of TB prevalence and mortality by 2010 through first reaching the global 2005 TB targets. LOCAL SETTING Particular issues in the region were low political commitment, inadequate numbers of staff (particul...

The Review 'No amount of competencies, skills, authority, or inspiration will make leadership good if it leads us off a cliff. A moral compass is essential ...' 'Doctors and leadership: oil and water?' asked Richard Smith, before he became editor of the BMJ. 'Doctors have problems with leadership, both leading and being led,' he pointed out, quoting Leadership Professor Warren Bennis: 'leading ...

In this article, I focus on the role of leaders and how they affect social change. The importance of leadership, as a strategic process, will become evident from two points of view: those of leaders and followers. I highlight the importance of the latter because leadership theories are generally leader-focused and ignore central questions like “why do some individuals emerge as leaders and how ...

1 1 Principal drafters: Till Blume and Julian Junk, under the lead of Wolfgang Seibel – who is also heading the overall project – and with the assistance of Florian Roth and Johannes Cherbuliez. We are grateful to Susanna Pfohl Campbell, who provided her notes of the conference. David Antal proved invaluable for the finalization of this report. explored two largely neglected aspects of United N...

R ecent literature models leadership as a process of communication in which leaders' rhetorical signals facilitate followers' coordination. While some studies have explored the effects of leadership in experimental settings, there remains a lack of empirical research on the effectiveness of informational tools in real political environments. Using quantitative text analysis of federal and sub-n...

In a context of highly visible and politically influential populist movements, this study considers the online self-representation of the Tea Party Patriots (TPP) in the United States and the Party for Freedom (PVV) in the Netherlands. A multi-methodological approach was adopted to compare the discursive manifestation of key populism concepts: leadership characteristics, adversary definition, a...

BACKGROUND National community health worker (CHW) programmes are returning to favour as an integral part of primary health care systems, often on the back of pre-existing community based initiatives. There are significant challenges to the integration and support of such programmes, and they require coordination and stewardship at all levels of the health system. This paper explores the leaders...