Our Evidence Base

Our Leading to Change evidence base continues to evolve as we work to remain informed, relevant and to genuinely understand the system we work in and the wider context of leadership development in health, social care, social work and all with a view on our shared goals of the National Performance Framework.

The list below will continue to evolve as we add reports, research and reading that is contributing to our context and our approach to responding to, serving and leading within it.

Reports 

• Alliance Scotland (2017) – Five Provocations for the future of health and social care 
• Audit Scotland (2018) – Health and social care integration: update on progress 
• Audit Scotland (2018) – NHS in Scotland 2019 

• Carnegie UK Trust, Julia Unwin (2018) – Kindness, emotions and human relationships: the blind spot in public policy, p.38 
• Scottish Government (Mar 2021) – Chief Medical Officer for Scotland’s Annual Report, 2020-2021 
• Scottish Government (Jun 2011) – Christie Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services  
• Scottish Government (Dec 2016) – Health & Social Care Delivery Plan 
• Scottish Government (Feb 2021) – Adult social care: independent review “Feeley Report” 

• Scottish Government (Apr 2019) – Personalising Realistic Medicine: Chief Medical Officer for Scotland’s Annual Report, 2017-18 
• Scottish Government (Apr 2019) – Report to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport into Cultural Issues related to allegations of Bullying and Harassment in NHS Highland 
• The King’s Fund (May 2018) – Transformational change in health and care: reports from the field 
• Project Lift Community Engagement report (2021) 
• Project Lift Progress report (2019) 
• Project Lift Progress report (2021)  

Collective Leadership

Books 

• Margaret Wheatley (2009) – Turning to One Another: simple conversations to restore hope to the future, p.26 (Berrett-Koehler) 

Publications 

• The King’s Fund, Michael West, Regina Eckert, Katy Steward and Bill Pasmore (May 2014) – Developing Collective Leadership for Healthcare 

Reports 

• Carnegie UK Trust, Ben Thurman (Dec 2020) – The courage to be kind Reflecting on the role of kindness in the healthcare response to COVID-19 
• Dr Cathy Sharp (Nov 2018) – Collective Leadership: where nothing is clear and everything keeps changing. Workforce Scotland & Research for Real  

Websites 

• Collective Leadership for Scotland 

Community and collaborative work

Websites 

• Nurture Development – Asset based community development 

Compassionate Leadership

Briefings 

• The King’s Fund, Michael West, Regina Eckert, Ben Collins & Rachna Chowla (May 2017) – Caring to change: how compassionate leadership can stimulate innovation in healthcare 

Curiosity

Books 

• Edgar Schein (2013) – Humble Inquiry (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) 

Humanity in Leadership

Books 

• Brené Brown (2018) – Dare to lead: Brave work. Tough conversations. Whole heart (Vermilion – Penguin) 

Leadership

Articles 

• Michael Gervais (May 2019) – How to stop worrying about what other people think of you, Harvard Business Review 
• R.A. Heifetz & D.L. Laurie (Dec 2001) – ‘The Work of Leadership’, Harvard Business Review, pp. 124-134 
• Wendy Smith, Marianne W. Lewis and Michael L. Tushman (May 2016) – “Both/And” Leadership, Harvard Business Review, pp. 62-70 

Blogs 

• The King’s Fund, Michael West & Suzie Bailey (May 2019) – “Five myths of compassionate leadership”  

Books 

• Amy Edmondson (2019) – The Fearless Organisation: creating psychological safety in the workplace for learning, innovation, and growth. (Wiley) 

Leadership and Coaching

Books 

• Deborah Rowland (2017) – Still Moving: how to lead mindful change (Wiley-Blackwell) 
• EDGAR H. SCHEIN and PETER A. SCHEIN (2013/2021) – Humble Inquiry, Second Edition: THE GENTLE ART OF ASKING INSTEAD OF TELLING

Leadership Development

Articles 

• Deborah Rowland (Oct 2016) – Why Leadership Development Isn’t Developing Leaders, Harvard Business Review 

Shared Purpose

Websites 

• National Performance Framework 

Books

• Hilary Cottam (2018) – Radical help: how we can remake the relationships between us and revolutionise the Welfare State (Virago) 

Social Leadership

Books 

• Julian Stodd (2016) – The Social Leadership Handbook, 2nd edition (Sea Salt Learning) 

Social Movement

Books 

• Henry Timms & Jeremy Heimans (2018) – New Power: Why outsiders are winning, institutions are failing, and how the rest of us can keep up in the age of mass participation (Picador)

Systems Leadership

Articles 

• Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton and John Kania (Winter 2015) – The Dawn of System Leadership, Stanford Social Innovation Review 

Papers 

• Sue Goss (2015) – Systems Leadership: a view from the bridge (Traverse/OPM) 

Websites 

• Myron Rogers, “Myron’s Maxims” 

Transformation and Learning

Blogs 

• Otto Scharmer (Apr 2019) – Vertical literacy: reimagining the 21st century university (medium.com) 

Vertical Development

Reports 

• Nick Petrie (2014) – Future Trends in Leadership Development, Center for Creative Leadership