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Choosing shared leadership. Or shouldn't we?

Twenty years ago, the boss over boss principle was overthrown by shared leadership. Shared leadership means that, as a team and as an employee, you are given the freedom to assume your leadership role according to the customer and your own talents, ambitions and capabilities. Leadership is thus no longer narrowed down to a hierarchy. And that has its advantages: the organization can respond faster to changes, teams become more performant, as an employee you become more involved, etc.

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by Karen Wouters, PhD | May 18, 2022

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Does this mean that you, as a leader, should always choose shared leadership no matter what? How do you decide what kind of leadership you want to claim? Does this fit within the needs of your organization? And most importantly, how do you deal with changes?

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