Strategic leadership is considered crucial for an organisation’s success, and with the emergence of a knowledge-based economy, exchanging knowledge to align with the firm’s strategic goals is necessary. This research comprehensively examines the intricate relationship between strategic leadership and knowledge-sharing through a data-driven bibliometric analysis. Through SPAR-4-SLR, the authors examined 83 journal publications indexed in the ABDC JQL 2022 from Scopus and Web of Science databases based on keywords from past studies. The findings map the intellectual structure and evolution of the domain. The results unveil key publications, authors, interrelationships, emerging topics, and theoretical contributions, providing a nuanced understanding of global annual publication trends.