ABSTRACT Aims To examine the persistence of dominant leadership ideas in nursing using the concept of zombie leadership and to explore how these ideas continue to shape nursing discourse, education and practice despite sustained critique. Design Critical discursive paper informed by contemporary leadership scholarship and critical nursing literature. Data Sources Peer‐reviewed nursing leadership literature, policy documents and educational texts, with particular attention to material published over the past two decades. Discussion This paper argues that nursing leadership discourse remains shaped by leader‐centric, individualistic and decontextualised narratives. These zombie leadership ideas persist not because of strong empirical support, but because they are embedded within professional socialisation processes, reinforced by hierarchical healthcare power structures and sustained through the
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