Distributed leadership is a model of shared leadership that builds leadership capacity by involving others in problem solving and decision making. It moves authority away from any single individual by distributing it among various members of a team or organization. Experts note that distributed leadership can be effective if coordination is carefully managed and the right people take on coordination roles. While a principal or top leader remains key, distributed leadership empowers team members to contribute to discussions and collaborative problem solving, helping organizations perform at a higher level by developing new leaders and checking egos.
Distributed leadership is a model of shared leadership that builds leadership capacity by involving others in problem solving and decision making. It moves authority away from any single individual by distributing it among various members of a team or organization. Experts note that distributed leadership can be effective if coordination is carefully managed and the right people take on coordination roles. While a principal or top leader remains key, distributed leadership empowers team members to contribute to discussions and collaborative problem solving, helping organizations perform at a higher level by developing new leaders and checking egos.
Distributed leadership is a model of shared leadership that builds leadership capacity by involving others in problem solving and decision making. It moves authority away from any single individual by distributing it among various members of a team or organization. Experts note that distributed leadership can be effective if coordination is carefully managed and the right people take on coordination roles. While a principal or top leader remains key, distributed leadership empowers team members to contribute to discussions and collaborative problem solving, helping organizations perform at a higher level by developing new leaders and checking egos.
Alma Harris; “DL is a shared leadership that’s essential model of building leadership capacity” James Spillane; “A diagnostic and design framework that draws attention to the work of leading and managing and generates principles” Ken Leithwood; DL is good, provide it’s carefully coordinated and it’s important who does the coordination” Involving others in problem solving Example Using technology at the appropriate time “Distributed Leadership moves authority away from an individual”-Vivian Myres Distributed Leadership can be use at Home, at school, at offices, at factories, at eateries, at hospitals, at NGOs, and many more. Myths of Distributed Leadership (Spillane) Misconception: Weakens the responsibilities of a principal Everyone is a leader More leaders the better Facts: A principal is always the key player is a school, likewise is a leader in an organization. Through DL encourages empowering other members of the team, not everyone can and want to be a leader. A Distributed Leadership empowers the members of the team to be involved in discussion and problem solving They will become high-performing organizations have systematically and accurately distributed leadership They develop other leaders without regard for ego These are some of the many advantages of distributed leadership.