Leadership and Social Transformation in the Public Sector : Moving from Challenges to Solutions

This publication stems from a workshop of an expert group on "New challenges for senior leadership enhancement for improved public management in a globalizing world" held in Turin, Italy on 19 September 2002. All the papers, regardless of where they were first presented, grapple with the issues of dominant concern in Turin: the essence and role of leadership, the competencies that leaders need to acquire to succeed, and the methodologies to apply in recruiting and enhancing the impact of public service leaders