STEPHEN BROOKES is a Senior Fellow at Manchester Business School where he specialises in leadership, public management and performance across public services. He previously served as a senior police officer in a thirty year career and immediately prior to his appointment at Manchester was a founding regional Home Office Director. KEITH GRINT is Professor of Public Leadership and Management at Warwick Business School and was formerly Professor of Defence Leadership at Cranfield University and Leadership Studies at Lancaster Leadership Centre. He taught for 12 years at Oxford University and has published 14 books on leadership and related areas.