It is well known that all organisations need to develop leaders, managers and people who can interchange roles depending on the prevailing situations and needs of the complex issues or problems being faced. Leadership is a crucial ingredient of success in any organisation. This is an accepted fact but ‘what is the best style of leadership’?
This article explores different leadership styles, the internal importance of trust, diversity and inclusion and encourages fire and rescue services to consider a new form of leadership commonly known as ‘generative leadership’ as a means of meeting the complex challenges facing the Fire and Rescue Service in 2020 and beyond.