Shared Leadership

Theory
Contemporary Leadership
Shared Leadership

Definition: Team leadership by more than only the

appointed leader

• Sharing power and influence among a set of individuals

• Upward or downward hierarchical influence
• Decentralized management
• Objective is to lead one another to the achievement of
group’s goals
 Requirements of Shared
Leadership
1. Team members must be willing to provide
feedback to the team in a way that influences
and motivates the direction of the group.
2. The team must overall be willing to accept and
trust in the feedback provided by other team
members.
 Measuring Shared Leadership
Ratings of the Team's
Collective Leadership Behavior
• Leader behavior questionnaires
• Members complete these for the
leader and for all other team
members
• Assesses existence and
frequency of different leadership
behaviors
Social network analysis
(SNA)
• Assess the patterns of
connections and relationships
that emerge in a team
• Tie: relationship that occurs
when one team member
perceives another as having
leadership influence on the team
• Network Density: proportion of
actual ties to all potential ties
• Centralization Analysis: assess
the distribution and quantity of
leadership
 +/- of Shared Leadership

Advantages
• United responsibility
• Employee involvement Disadvantages
with decision making process
• Hard to execute
• Facilitates:
• Changes organization’s structure,
• Staff input relationships and decisions on every
• Creativity level
• Sense of worth • Requires massive dedication and
• High self-esteem cautious preparation
• Job satisfaction • Mixed results of this leadership
• Employee empowerment style’s efficiency