Sooner or later the leader of a business comes to realise the importance of creating a high-performing top team with much greater shared leadership across the team.
This means moving from a hub and spoke style of leadership where each team member reports in on their function and the team leader is responsible for bringing it all together.
To a shared leadership style where all the team members take joint responsibility and engage in mutual accountability for the collective work of the team.
Many leaders recognise the need to bring about this change and shift in the culture of their team but struggle to know how to bring it about.
In this video, I’ve pulled together 10 best practices that many top leaders have found useful in taking this journey.
Moving to shared leadership does not happen overnight. It starts with being clear about what the team is collectively responsible for, and with each member being willing to hold the others to account. If you want to see how this fits into the bigger picture, have a read of how to build management capability beneath the owner. There is also a useful general overview of teamwork if you want some background. The leaders who make this shift are the ones who stop being the hub and start being part of the team.
