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Small ‘l’ leadership
Australian Family Physician, 05/06/09

Parsons J - The world (and general practice) does need big picture, grand stage leadership. It also needs small ‘l’ leadership. We need leaders in primary care who have a combination of personal humility and professional will and who can apply these to small stepwise changes and improvements; who understand cooperative leadership; who allow others to demonstrate their strengths; who know when to lead from the front and when to take a support role; who look out the window, not in the mirror, to apportion credit and who look in the mirror, not out the window, to take responsibility. Many GPs working hard to improve their service and the health of the population they care for already display these very characteristics. Many others have the personal and professional skills required to take a leadership role...they just need to decide to lead. Look around your practices, your universities, your regional training programs, your GP networks for opportunities to show leadership; to use and develop the skills you already have to inspire, encourage, collaborate and make the changes that need to be made.