Explore the Leading to Change Report: From Insight to Impact – Our Journey Towards Inclusive and Connected Cultures
This report captures three years of progress in developing inclusive, compassionate leadership across Scotland’s health, social care, and social work sectors.
It shares key insights, evidence of impact, and our future direction — all aligned with national priorities for improving wellbeing and working cultures. Dive in to learn how leadership development is shaping a more connected, equitable public service system.
Short for time? This animation highlights all the key points of our report in under three minutes.
Leadership is for everyone
This report is the result of three years of listening, learning, and collaboration across Scotland’s health, social care, and social work sectors. It was shaped through:
Alignment with National Policy – The report draws on key frameworks such as Improving Wellbeing and Working Cultures, the Health and Social Care Service Renewal Framework, and the National Workforce Strategy, ensuring our work supports wider reform ambitions.
Continuous Engagement – Thousands of leaders contributed through events, evaluations, and co-design workshops, ensuring the report reflects real experiences and priorities.
Evidence and Insight – We combined qualitative feedback, case studies, and external evaluations with data from programme participation, tool usage, and engagement metrics.
Looking Forward
Reflecting on the last three years, the feedback that shows we have provided psychologically safe spaces, peer learning, and practical tools to support self-leadership and team impact inspire us to do more.
The feedback highlights high satisfaction and strong engagement, while insights show that confidence begins with self-awareness and grows through vulnerability, inclusion and trust. Our future plans include embedding confidence -building across all leadership pathways, expanding resources, and redefining delivery through ongoing evaluation.
These are exciting times for us and those who engage in this work with us.
Discover more at Leading to Change
Hopeful Leadership: A reflective session
Join us for an inspiring session on leading with hope and joy, hosted by Jess Elsey, Head of Programme for Leading to Change. Jess will share how this approach has shaped her own leadership style and invite you to reflect on what it means for you and your practice.
This session is open to leaders and frontline workers at all levels across social care, social work, and health in Scotland.
*NEW* Inclusive Leader’s Voices Podcast Series
In this powerful first episode of Inclusive Leader’s Voices, host Christiana Ekpete sits down with Virginia “Vee” Toyi—an EDI advocate, consultant, author, and long‑standing champion for equitable workplaces. Together, they explore what true inclusion looks like beneath the surface of policies, statements, and well‑intentioned words.
Introduction to our Leadership Success Profile (LSP)
The purpose of the LSP is to underpin an inclusive approach which describes the leadership characteristics required to build inclusive cultures and to support the development of a diverse population of leaders.
It’s for all leaders apart from Chief Executives, those in Director level posts and those aspiring to these roles.
This blog, written by David Taylor, Principal Lead within the Leading to Change Delivery Team highlights what we have been hoping to achieve with the development of the LSP.
Stories that Inspire Change
Stories That Inspire Change is a trusted space for those in social care, health, and related fields to share experiences that encourage, inspire, and connect. By telling real stories of compassion, collaboration, leadership, and innovation—our joys, challenges, and hopes—we aim to spark conversation and build a community where compassion and hope thrive.
The stories below are condensed versions of full testimonials written which are available in our report. We want to thank Amina, Gillian and Lyndsay for sharing their experiences of Leading to Change since its launch.
Leading with Inclusion: My Journey of Growth and Connection by Amina Slimani-Fersia
Championing Leadership in Social Care: A Collaborative Journey with Leading to Change by Gillian Currie
Leadership Bites: A journey of continuous learning by Lyndsey Kenny
