All Outputs (7)

Paradoxes of multi-level leadership: Insights from an integrated care system (2023)
Journal Article
Bolden, R., Kars, S., Jarvis, C., & Sheffield, R. (2023). Paradoxes of multi-level leadership: Insights from an integrated care system. Journal of Change Management, 23(4), 337-357. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2023.2234388

In this paper, we draw on systems leadership, complexity and paradox theory to elucidate the tensions that organisational actors experience when practising multi-level leadership. We explore these issues through a study of the perceptions and experie... Read More about Paradoxes of multi-level leadership: Insights from an integrated care system.

Organisational leadership: Introduction to the special issue (2023)
Journal Article
Bolden, R., Jain, A. K., & Atapattu, M. (2023). Organisational leadership: Introduction to the special issue. Colombo Business Journal, 14(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.4038/cbj.v14i1.138

In this special issue, we focus on the topic of organisational leadership. The call for papers was intentionally quite broad, recognising that what happens in organisations is influenced by societal trends and issues, as well as the particular charac... Read More about Organisational leadership: Introduction to the special issue.

Rise of the machines (2023)
Digital Artefact
Bolden, R. (2023). Rise of the machines. [https://ilaglobalnetwork.org/rise-of-the-machines/]

ILA Fellow, Professor Richard Bolden (University of the West of England), asked ChatGPT-4 to identify the top implications of AI for leadership. Bolden shares the generative AI’s response as well as some general principles leadership professionals ca... Read More about Rise of the machines.

Exploring Leadership: Individual, organizational and societal perspectives, 2nd Edition (2023)
Book
Bolden, R., Gosling, J., & Hawkins, B. (2023). Exploring Leadership: Individual, organizational and societal perspectives, 2nd Edition. (2nd Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press

What is leadership and why does it matter? Why do people willingly follow some leaders and not others? How can we develop more inclusive and effective leadership? Leadership is one of the most talked about yet least understood concepts in busine... Read More about Exploring Leadership: Individual, organizational and societal perspectives, 2nd Edition.

Reflections from advances in global leadership's Emerald Literati award winners (2023)
Book Chapter
Osland, J. S., Levy, O., Peiperl, M., Huesing, T., Ludema, J. D., Ann Nelson, J., …Miska, C. (2023). Reflections from advances in global leadership's Emerald Literati award winners. In J. S. Osland, B. S. Reiche, M. E. Mendenhall, & M. L. Maznevski (Eds.), Advances in Global Leadership, Volume 15 (181-213). Bingley: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1535-120320230000015006

The book/journal editors of Emerald Publishing are asked to select the Outstanding Author Contribution in each volume, which is a difficult choice. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Emerald Literati Awards were handed out in a ceremony at the Academy... Read More about Reflections from advances in global leadership's Emerald Literati award winners.

Leaving Leadership (2023)
Digital Artefact
Bolden, R. (2023). Leaving Leadership. [Blog]

ILA Fellow Richard Bolden delves into what the surprise resignations of Nicola Sturgeon and Jacinda Ardern reveal about today’s toxic leadership contexts, what it means to be a “strong leader,” and how leaders transition out of their roles.

Paradoxes of leadership (2023)
Book Chapter
Bolden, R. (2023). Paradoxes of leadership. In G. R. Goethals, S. T. Allison, & G. J. Sorenson (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Leadership Studies. SAGE Publications

Recognizing the tensions and contradictions within leadership theory and practice is an important starting point for developing more creative and constructive ways of working. The ambiguity, uncertainty and complexity that now permeate all areas of... Read More about Paradoxes of leadership.