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Shared Leadership

April 10 and 17, 2008

The purpose of this program is to enable Extension educators to understand the value of a shared leadership approach for organizational capacity. Content included understanding the nature of shared leadership (assumptions and value), its key elements (balance of power and redistribution of authority, inclusiveness, collaboration, etc.), team-based decision-making as a key tool in linking shared leadership and organizational capacity, and how shared leadership is different from other leadership approaches for capacity building.

Readings for Part 1:

  1. “A Framework for 21st Century Leadership,”
    by Lorilee R. Sandmann and Lela Vandenberg
  2. “Leading by Giving Away your Power,”
    by Andy Robinson

Readings for Part 2:

  1. "Leadership and Community Capacity Building: An Inventory and Analysis of Curricula and Tools,"
    by Jan L. Flora, Cornelia Butler Flora, Stacy Bastian and Elizabeth Manion
  2. "Evaluation of Capacity-Building Programs: A Learning Organization Approach,"
    by John Gruidl and Ronald Hustedde
  3. "Up Next: Generation Change and the Leadership of Nonprofit Organizations,"
    by Frances Kunreuther

Other Materials:

  1. Paradigm Matrix (PDF format, 13 kb)
  2. Capacity Diagram (PDF format, 248 kb)
  3. Figure 1 Allen and Morton Study 2003 (PDF format, 140 kb)
  4. Table 1 Training Needs by Percent and Ranking (PDF format, 196 kb)