Lived reality of shared leadership
Non-hierarchical / Shared leadership is something I'm really passionate about but when discussing it, I still feel like I am talking in buzzwords: facilitate vs. dictate, agility vs. resilience, collective growth and collective accountability. I am trying to find out what these words could actually mean in a lived reality (another buzzword??) and found this study super interesting because it not only addresses the effects of shared leadership but discusses what leadership is and how exactly it is shared. You actually don't need to read the whole thing to get the moral of the story (teams with broadly shared leadership generally "outperformed" other teams!) but I posted the link down below just in case:))
I'm a first year at Cambridge studying Sociology, Anthropology and Political Science which means I am yet to settle on only one topic for my research project, Luckily this summer I will firstly be working with "Experience Cambridge" for my Leadership in Action placement, trying to make information more accessible to people experiencing homelessness in the Cambridge area. In the context of this experience I am especially interested in learning more about alternative, possibly non-hierarchical forms of leadership so if you're research project/LiA placmement is somehow related to this topic I'd love to hear more about it!
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