Distributed Leadership - The Dynamics of Balancing Leadership with Followership

Foreword

The Leadership–Followership Interdependency: From Knowledge to Action Through Collective Intelligence and Systems Thinking

The Idea

Distributed Leadership Fundamentals

Distributed Leadership Manifestations

Systemic Design for Curating Possibility

Concrete Potentials

References

Preface: Why This Book?

Series Editorial Board

Series Note

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

1: Exploring Distributed Leadership: A Leader–Follower Collaborative Lens

Defining Leadership

Why Animals?

Guppies and Stickleback Fish

Guppies

Stickleback Fish

Wolves

Dominance and Leadership

Collaboration and Leadership

Discussion

Conclusion

Notes

References

2: Followership Engagement in Hybrid Distributed Leadership

Introduction

Methodology

Observations

Notes

References

3: Investigating the Dynamism of Change in Leadership Identity

Introduction

The Case of an Aggressive Implementation of Shared Leadership

Research Method

Data Collection

Data Analysis

Results in a Nutshell

The Vertical Leader Identity

Broken Leadership Sense

Protective Identity Work

Restructuring Identity Work

The Importance of Sense-Giving

Shared Leader Identity

Lost Leader Identity

Conclusions and Discussion

Crafting a New Deal Between Leaders and Followers

References

4: From Followership to Shared Leadership: The Changing Role of the Patient in the Healthcare Team

What Is a Healthcare Team?

Leadership, Followership, and Team Roles

Shared Leadership and Followership

Shared Leadership and Followership in the Healthcare Context

Followership Toward Shared Leadership

Team Context and Patient Factors

Team-Context Factors

Patient Factors

Conclusion and Directions

Note

References

5: Investigating Team Performance in Generation Y in Delhi (India)

Introduction

Generation Y and Shared Leadership

Hypothesis Development and Measures

Measures

Shared Leadership

Team Performance

Research Framework

Results

Sample Profile

Hypothesis Testing

Testing the Structural Model

Findings and Managerial Implications

Limitations and Future Directions

Notes

References

6: Fostering Creative Engagement Through the Use of Collaborative Visual Mapping

Creative Engagement: A Method for Curating Distributed Leadership in Diverse Groups

Studying Creative Engagement

Shifting Paradigms as a Foundation for the Emergence of DL

Meaning-Making Through the Visual Sense

Case Study: Creative Engagement in Diverse Groups

Research Design

Data Collection, Data Processing, Data Analysis

Validity

Results

The Gallery Walk

Class Debrief

Member Check

Findings Relevant to DL

Role Development

Group Flow

Groupthink

Cultural Indications

Map Reflections

Implications for DL

References

7: A Methodology for Enabling Collaboration Inspired by Enrique Pichon-Rivière

Introduction

The Work of Enrique Pichon-Rivière

A Methodology for Enabling Group Collaborative Leadership

Operative Partnership Methodology

Basic Concepts of the Methodology

Pre-task, Task, and Project Phases of Group Relatedness

Assigned Roles of the Methodology

Unassigned Social-Dynamic Roles

Inverted Cone to Evaluate Group Progression

Process Used in Applying the Method

Conclusion: The Creation of a Group-CROS

Final Thoughts on Using the Methodology

Notes

References

8: Human Developmental Processes as Key to Creating Impactful Leadership

Introduction

Hypothesis Tested

Adult-Developmental Perspective

Of Different Minds: Stages, Zones, and Tasks

Stage S2: The Instrumentalist Mind

Stage S3: The Socialized or Other-Dependent Mind

Stage S4: The Authoring Mind

Stages S5 and Beyond: The Self-Aware Mind

Understanding and Respecting Degrees of Developmental Readiness of Circle Members

The Need for Deliberately Developmental Organizations

Testing the Hypothesis: Outcomes in the Organization

Interpretation

Consequences for Initiators of Shared Leadership

Paying Attention to S3 Individuals

Paying Attention to S2 Individuals

Conclusions

Food for Thought

Notes

References

9: Following Nature’s Lead

Following Nature’s Lead

World Wide Web

Boundaries, Just Go with the Flow

Stability

Resilience

Resistance

Redundance

Synergy

Conclusion

References

Index