Shared Leadership

A new leadership approach

Michael Makowski

Shared Leadership

Leadership can be explored as a social process - something that happens between people. It is not so much what leaders do, as something that arises out of social relationships. As such it does not depend on one person, but on how people act together to make sense of the situations that face them.

Pearce and Conger

Leadership

Leadership has been described as the process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task.

Leadership is about leaders and followers.

Pearce and Conger

Shared Leadership

Leaderhip:- focus on individuals taking decisions and aligning the organization to follow decisions in order to reach strategic goals- group processes and teamwork

About the followers:Transactional leadership is effective in the case of dependent followers.

Transformative Leadership needs independent followers and independent followers won’t accept transactional leadership.

Only followers with a consciousness of inter-dependency will be able to apply shared leadership.

Personal Leadership P

ath (Covey) Dependence

Independence

Interdependence

Followers(state of maturity)

Transactional leadership

Transformational leadership

Shared leadership

Leadersapply

The changing philosopy of control

•Hierarchical versus decentralised:

•Incapable vs committed•Detailed rules vs output•Folowing vs seeking responsibility•Remember: McGregor X vs Y

Personal capacities en knowledge of the persons involved

high low

Space to take leadership tasks over

high Shared leadership

Directive leadership

Leadership struggle / competition

Leadership vacuum

Leadership space

Part 2

Shared Leadership and generative collaboration

Steve Jobs

Shared Leadership

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Commun

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Qualities

Shared PassionSyn

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Mind(re)setting

Relational Field

TeamFlow

Concept

University of Applied Sciences

Ground:Relational Field

Ceiling and Walls:Mindsets and Beliefs

The Interaction Space of Team FlowEnergy:Shared Passion

Acoustics:Authentical Communication

Functionalities:Complementary Qualities

Construction:Shared Leadership

Appearance:Synergetic Identity

Shared Leadership

The shared leadership concept considers leadership as an interaction issue

and not as qualities of certain persons. It is leading and following in a team process,

and this Is not connected to leaders.

Shared leadership and generative collaboration

n There is a difference between effective collaboration (collaboration 1.0) and generative collaboration (collaboration 2.0)

n Shared leadership seems to be a suitable ‘style of leadership’ for collaboration 2.0

Collaboration 2.0Passion and inspiration orientedCreativityRelationship orientedGenerating something newShared leadershipAuthentical communicationAppreciating differences and diversityTeam identity and individual identity should be integrated (synergy)

Shared leadership

Questions?