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Making a difference: Opportunities and challenges for critical leadership studies (2024)
Book Chapter
Bolden, R. (2024). Making a difference: Opportunities and challenges for critical leadership studies. In O. Smolović-Jones, S. Wilson, H. Liu, & D. Knights (Eds.), Routledge Critical Companion to Leadership Studies. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Critical Leadership Studies (CLS) is founded on the premise that the leader-centrism that characterises traditional approaches to leadership theory, practice and development constrains the ability to work in more inclusive, collaborative and sustaina... Read More about Making a difference: Opportunities and challenges for critical leadership studies.

Pieces of Us (2023)
Book
Sheffield, R. (2023). Pieces of Us. Cambria Books

Shops, churches, pubs, social clubs, libraries, parks, schools, streets, windowsills, gardens, pavements... These public spaces can have an extraordinary effect on well-being in a community. They bring people together and form the bonds that lead to... Read More about Pieces of Us.

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.

Developing community leadership for action on affordable, healthy, and sustainable food issues (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Beardmore, A., Jones, M., Hills, S., & Ismail, S. (2023, May). Developing community leadership for action on affordable, healthy, and sustainable food issues. Presented at Our Food, Our Environment, University of Portsmouth

In the context of the current cost of living crisis, many activists are working within their communities to promote access to affordable, healthy, and sustainable food. Yet there are very few opportunities share experiences, ideas and resources betwe... Read More about Developing community leadership for action on affordable, healthy, and sustainable food issues.

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.

Leadership and culture (2023)
Book Chapter
Iwowo, V., Case, P., & Iwowo, S. (2023). Leadership and culture. In D. Schedlitzki, M. Larsson, B. Carroll, M. C. Bligh, & O. Epitropaki (Eds.), SAGE Handbook of Leadership Studies (383-394). (2nd). SAGE Publications

Interest in the relationship between leadership and culture first garnered attention during the ‘cultural turn’ in management and organization studies in the 1980s (Peters & Waterman, 1982; Smircich and Morgan, 1982; Morgan, 1986) and has grown consi... Read More about Leadership and culture.

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.

My Food Community: Summary evaluation findings from the first delivery of the programme in 2021–22 (2022)
Report
Beardmore, A., Jones, M., Hills, S., & Ismail, S. (2022). My Food Community: Summary evaluation findings from the first delivery of the programme in 2021–22. Bristol: National Lottery Community Fund

The Soil Association’s My Food Community is a community leadership programme intended to create ‘a network for good food champions to learn, connect and take action’. My Food Community forms part of Food for Life Get Togethers, a UK-wide National Lot... Read More about My Food Community: Summary evaluation findings from the first delivery of the programme in 2021–22.

My Food community: Full evaluation report on the first delivery of a community food leadership programme (2022)
Report
Beardmore, A., Jones, M., Hills, S., & Ismail, S. (2022). My Food community: Full evaluation report on the first delivery of a community food leadership programme. Online: National Lottery Community Fund

In the context of the current cost of living crisis, many activists are working within their communities to promote access to affordable, healthy, and sustainable food. Yet there are very few opportunities share experiences, ideas and resources betw... Read More about My Food community: Full evaluation report on the first delivery of a community food leadership programme.

Evaluating shifting perceptions and configurations of social capital in leadership development (2022)
Journal Article
Gilani, P., Bolden, R., & Pye, A. (2023). Evaluating shifting perceptions and configurations of social capital in leadership development. Leadership, 19(1), 63-84. https://doi.org/10.1177/17427150221133888

Whilst Day's (2000) description of leadership development as an investment in social capital has been widely cited, there has been little subsequent empirical or theoretical work to explore and articulate the nature and purpose of this ‘social capita... Read More about Evaluating shifting perceptions and configurations of social capital in leadership development.

A systems approach to tackling severe and multiple disadvantage (2022)
Digital Artefact
Bolden, R. (2022). A systems approach to tackling severe and multiple disadvantage. [Blog post]

ILA Fellow Richard Bolden discusses his work leading an independent evaluation of Bristol Golden Key, a collaborative partnership project designed to transform services for people with multiple complex needs such as homelessness and substance misuse.... Read More about A systems approach to tackling severe and multiple disadvantage.

Leadership in global higher education: Findings from a scoping study (2022)
Report
Watermeyer, R., Bolden, R., Knight, C., & Holm, J. (2022). Leadership in global higher education: Findings from a scoping study. York: Advance HE

This scoping study was commissioned by Advance HE to inform the development of a higher education (HE) leadership survey, with the aim of investigating what works for leadership in higher education and related organisations. The timing of this study... Read More about Leadership in global higher education: Findings from a scoping study.

Systems change for multiple complex needs: A practical tool (2022)
Report
Bolden, R., Isaac, B., Pawson, C., & Gasper, R. (2022). Systems change for multiple complex needs: A practical tool. Bristol: Golden Key

This tool is intended to be used by anyone who is developing or running a systems change activity or project for people with multiple complex needs. We encourage you to use the tool to identify practical actions in seven key areas which can improve t... Read More about Systems change for multiple complex needs: A practical tool.

Climate for innovation: A critical lever in the leadership of innovation (2022)
Book Chapter
Sheffield, R., Kars-Unluoglu, S., & Jarvis, C. (2022). Climate for innovation: A critical lever in the leadership of innovation. In R. Agarwa, E. Patterson, S. Pugalia, & R. Green (Eds.), Innovation (40-60). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429346033-5

Innovation involves an uncertain journey and, although leadership cannot ensure innovation success, it can certainly influence its odds. In this chapter we will explore the concept of organisational climate, an arena where leadership can have a signi... Read More about Climate for innovation: A critical lever in the leadership of innovation.

Supporting innovation and driving system change through compassionate leadership (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Bolden, R., & Mahoney, H. (2022, July). Supporting innovation and driving system change through compassionate leadership. Presented at Developing Leadership Capacity Conference, Bristol Business School, UWE, Bristol

Golden Key is a Bristol-based, eight-year, £10 million system change programme focused on addressing the systemic challenges faced by people experiencing multiple disadvantages. The delivery is partnership-focussed and was reviewed by local and nati... Read More about Supporting innovation and driving system change through compassionate leadership.

Artful ways of building bridges: Using visual metaphors to shine a light on developing the leadership capacity to listen to and bear witness to staff lived experience (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Bolden, R., Burton, J., & Grizzle, C. (2022, July). Artful ways of building bridges: Using visual metaphors to shine a light on developing the leadership capacity to listen to and bear witness to staff lived experience. Presented at Developing Leadership Capacity Conference, UWE, Bristol

NHS staff and leaders continue to be under significant pressure to plug the gaps in public service delivery that have been exposed and exacerbated by Covid. With increasing levels of workload comes the kinds of stress and pressure that is damaging em... Read More about Artful ways of building bridges: Using visual metaphors to shine a light on developing the leadership capacity to listen to and bear witness to staff lived experience.

‘Humanity will not be saved by promises’: Using an unleadership lens to restory the ‘blah blah bah’ of leadership at COP26 (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Gaggiotti, H., Kars-Unluoglu, S., Galpin, K., & Jarvis, C. (2022, July). ‘Humanity will not be saved by promises’: Using an unleadership lens to restory the ‘blah blah bah’ of leadership at COP26. Paper presented at 38th EGOS Colloquium, Vienna

This paper identifies ways in which leaders, affected nations and activists construct their leadership practices in different ways to address the climate crisis. Whether they advocate for leadership or against it, there remains an opportunity to lear... Read More about ‘Humanity will not be saved by promises’: Using an unleadership lens to restory the ‘blah blah bah’ of leadership at COP26.