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Leadership

Find information resources about leadership including key resources, books, and journal articles. This guide is for RCN members including nursing students, nursing support workers, and registered nurses.

Last updated: 07/09/2026

Key Resources

Publication cover Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ (2026) Standards to support compassionate practice environments (SCoPE). London: RCN.
Publication cover Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ (2025) Nursing at the helm: the strategic contribution of nursing to health and care commissioning. London: RCN.
Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ (2022) RCN position on clinical supervision.
Masamha R, Alfred L, Harris R, Bassett S, Burden S and Gilmore A (2022) ‘Barriers to overcoming the barriers’: a scoping review exploring 30 years of clinical supervision literature, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78(9), pp. 2678–2692.
  • The RCN Forum Chairs Committee and the Forums Governance Group commissioned this review.
Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ: Leadership skills careers resources.
RCN Nurses in Management and Leadership Forum.
  • Find out about the work of the forum.
    Our work
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Gowar C, Naylor C, Cream J and Chikwira L (2024) Realising the potential of integrated care systems: developing system-wide solutions to workforce challenges. London: The King’s Fund.
Kapadia D, Zhang J, Salway S, Nazroo J and Booth A (2022) Ethnic inequalities in healthcare: a rapid evidence review. NHS Race and Health Observatory.
Messenger G and Pollard L (2022) Health and social care review: leadership for a collaborative and inclusive future. Department of Health and Social Care.
NHS England (2023) Long term workforce plan.
NHS England (2022) Combatting racial discrimination against minority ethnic nurses, midwives and nursing associates.
NHS England (2020) NHS people plan.
NHS England: NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES).
  • Includes the latest WRES report, previous reports, and details of phase two.
Nursing and Midwifery Council (2024) Good leadership means better care.
Department of Health and Social Care (2025) Fit for the future: 10 year health plan for England (CM 1350).
NHS Leadership Academy: The healthcare leadership model.
We would like to thank the RCN Nurses in Management and Leadership member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Books

Book cover Broome M (2025) Transformational leadership in nursing: from expert clinician to influential leader. 4th edn. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Book cover Ellis P (2025) Leadership, management and team working in nursing. 5th edn. Thousand Oaks: Learning Matters.
Book cover Frain A, Murphy S and Frain J (2021) ABC of clinical resilience. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Book cover Huston C J and Marquis B L (2024) Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: theory and application. 11th edn. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer.
Book Cover Kotter J (2012) Leading change. 2nd edn. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press.
Book Cover Kouzes J and Posner B (2022) The leadership challenge: how to make extraordinary things happen in organizations. 7th edn. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons.
Book cover Last R and Lillyman S (2024) Reflective leadership in healthcare: a practical guide. London: Routledge.
Book Cover Patterson K, Grenny J, McMillan R and Switzler A (2022) Crucial conversations: tools for talking when stakes are high. 3rd edn. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Book cover Stacey G, Westwood G, and Florence Nightingale Foundation (UK) (2023) Leadership development for nurses and midwives. (no place): Elsevier.
Book Cover Stanley D, Bennett C L and James A H (2023) Clinical leadership in nursing and healthcare. 3rd edn. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.
Book Cover Yoder-Wise P (2023) Leading and managing in nursing. 8th edn. St Louis: Elsevier.
Book cover Weiss S A, Tappen R M and Grimley K A (2024) Essentials of nursing leadership and management. 8th edn; Philadelphia: F.A. Davis.

Book subject searches

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Journal articles

Use these links to see details of journal articles on each topic.

Journals

Journal of Nursing Management Journals of interest for leadership. Use these links to see details of availability.

Videos

Nursing and Midwifery Council (2024) Good leadership means better care webinar.

Simon Sinek: YouTube videos
NHS Leadership Academy (2017) Professor Michael West: leadership in today’s NHS.

TED Talks
  • What makes a great leader? These TED Talks offer surprising, nuanced approaches on how to inspire and empower others to do their very best.
  • These TED Talks - from soldiers and psychologists, athletes and entrepreneurs - share hard-won wisdom on leadership.

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Caroline Lynch

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Page last updated - 07/09/2026