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Is it possible to identify three scenarios for shared leadership both internal and external in an organization?

In what ways are they effective? In what ways are they ineffective?

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Definition:

A "shared leadership model" is one in which "instead of a single individual leading to success, other individuals, who are partners or group members, take on the responsibility for leadership" (http://cnx.org/content/m12923/latest/).

Shared leadership can be contrasted with vertical leadership, in which there is one leader and multiple followers (Pearce 2004).

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Three possibilities for a shared leadership structure in an organization are:

(1) All leaders are internal to an organization (example: team members on a project who all work for the same company).

(2) All leaders are external to an organization (example: an independent committee from outside a ...

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