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Great Leadership Is a Network, Not a Hierarchy | Gitte Frederiksen | TED

What if leadership at work wasn’t for a select few, but rather shared among many? Management consultant Gitte Frederiksen gives us the recipe for “distributed leadership” — dynamic, multi-dimensional networks of leaders that tap into everyone’s knowledge and creativity — and shows how it allows teams to do more and do it better. If you…

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What if leadership at work wasn’t for a select few, but rather shared among many? Management consultant Gitte Frederiksen gives us the recipe for “distributed leadership” — dynamic, multi-dimensional networks of leaders that tap into everyone’s knowledge and creativity — and shows how it allows teams to do more and do it better.

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43 Comments

  1. Gaasuba Meskhenet

    December 7, 2022 at 3:49 pm

    anarchy anarchy anarchy yes!

  2. qew qew

    December 7, 2022 at 4:50 pm

    be sure and implement you theory at a personal local level. make sure you sleep with every man who asks you as they are all an important part of the network.

    • Eru

      December 7, 2022 at 5:33 pm

      Aww did she hurt your feelings? There, there. But your insecurities have nothing to do with her personal life _or_ the message she’s conveying here.

    • Austin Denotter

      December 7, 2022 at 8:31 pm

      @Eru he is simply predicting her success

    • 𝖦𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝖶𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖧𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗍 ±𝟺𝟺𝟽𝟺0𝟻𝟽𝟹𝟸𝟿𝟷𝟿

      December 8, 2022 at 12:26 pm

      ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs ғᴏʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ.
      ᴄʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ💕………

    • qew qew

      December 8, 2022 at 3:17 pm

      @Eru what i said was absurd. i only said it to point out what she said is too.

  3. Adam Wainberg

    December 7, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    I really agree with these ideas, but feel like it is just collaboration instead of shared leadership.

    • 𝖦𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝖶𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖧𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗍 ±𝟺𝟺𝟽𝟺0𝟻𝟽𝟹𝟸𝟿𝟷𝟿

      December 8, 2022 at 12:24 pm

      ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs ғᴏʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ.
      ᴄʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ💕..

  4. Sha Li

    December 7, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    network is a great idea. the question is, how to transform people’s scarcity mindset?

    • Sha Li

      December 7, 2022 at 6:50 pm

      this is what essentially web3 promised, a decentralized autonomous organization that allows participants to have governance right and initiate new ideas. But in practice 😶‍🌫 only few can deliver such promise.

    • 𝖦𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝖶𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖧𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗍 ±𝟺𝟺𝟽𝟺0𝟻𝟽𝟹𝟸𝟿𝟷𝟿

      December 8, 2022 at 12:25 pm

      ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs ғᴏʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ.
      ᴄʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ💕……………

    • ♜𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗌𝖠𝗉𝗉 ±𝟺𝟺𝟽𝟺0𝟻𝟽𝟹𝟸𝟿𝟷𝟿

      December 8, 2022 at 12:25 pm

      ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs ғᴏʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ.
      ᴄʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ💕……………

  5. nurkle blurker

    December 7, 2022 at 6:47 pm

    Doesn’t there need to be a leader to establish this environment to enable collaboration? Who leads the team during crisis?

  6. Grey lazy

    December 7, 2022 at 11:26 pm

    That you will do thitch russia?
    On this week they try recover “German Rich”!!!

    • 𝖦𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝖶𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖧𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗍 ±𝟺𝟺𝟽𝟺0𝟻𝟽𝟹𝟸𝟿𝟷𝟿

      December 8, 2022 at 12:28 pm

      ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs ғᴏʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ.
      ᴄʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ💕…….

    • ♜𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗌𝖠𝗉𝗉 ±𝟺𝟺𝟽𝟺0𝟻𝟽𝟹𝟸𝟿𝟷𝟿

      December 8, 2022 at 12:28 pm

      ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs ғᴏʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ.
      ᴄʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ💕…….

  7. Tommy Cheng

    December 7, 2022 at 11:38 pm

    Nothing new
    Decrentralization
    Y theory in management

  8. Azeez Kehinde

    December 7, 2022 at 11:57 pm

    Inflation hits people a lot harder than a crashing stock or housing market as it directly affects people’s cost of living that people immediately feel the impact of. It’s not surprising negative market sentiment is so high now. We really need help to survive in this Economy. The fin-Market;s have underperformed the U.S. economy as fear of inflation hammers the prices of stock;s and bonds. My portfoliio of $250k is down to $192k any recommendation;s to scale up my return;s during this crash will be highly appreciated.

    • Shehu Baduku

      December 8, 2022 at 12:02 am

      I agree, my proffit have been quite consistent, regardless of market situation, I got in early 2019 and the constant downtrends and losses discouraged me so I sold off, got back in Dec 2020 this time with guidance from a portfolio-adviser. I found her on a CNBC interview where she was featured and reached out to her afterwards. long story short, its been two years now and I’ve gained over $85ok following guidance from my inveestment adviser.

    • Kathryn Hannah

      December 8, 2022 at 12:07 am

      Please can you leave the info of your invstment analyst here? I overheard someone talking about how a couple made $200k during this red season. I need such luck lol

    • Shehu Baduku

      December 8, 2022 at 12:10 am

      @Kathryn Hannah ANDREEA TATIANA HERNANDEZ is the analyst/brokerage-adviser. She has been of great help and her tutelage has brought me to a higher understanding of profit generation. You can look up her name on the net for her page and reach out. She Understands the job perfectly

    • Lawrence Glenn

      December 8, 2022 at 12:10 am

      This recommendation literally came at the right time, I dipped by $11k in stocks last week alone. Its crazy! I just looked up Andreea Tatiana Hernandez online and researched her accreditation. She seem very proficient & I wrote her detailing my Fin-market goals . Information they say, is power. Thanks for this.

    • Rahab apeat

      December 8, 2022 at 12:12 am

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  9. Andrzej Gavrilchenko

    December 8, 2022 at 7:25 am

    It will never work in this way. It sounds like building socialism or even communism. 😏

    • Andrzej Gavrilchenko

      December 9, 2022 at 12:39 pm

      What strategies do you mean?

  10. 🆃🅺𝓐 〘Pra𝖕a𝖙anKa𝖑i𝖘ar⃝i〙

    December 8, 2022 at 7:46 am

    🇷🇺 RUSSIA/UKRAINE 🇺🇦 🏆🤔

    “In the end we must remember that no amount of rules or their enforcement will defeat those who struggle with justice on their side.”

    ─ NELSON MANDELA _✍🏿_
    at the 50th anniversary of the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade),
    Geneva, Switzerland,
    19 May 1998
    🎓
    😊

  11. 🆃🅺𝓐 〘Pra𝖕a𝖙anKa𝖑i𝖘ar⃝i〙

    December 8, 2022 at 7:47 am

    🤔 🏆⚽
    ”LOOK WHO WE ARE, WE ARE THE DREAMERS” ✨😊

    ”WE MAKE IT HAPPEN ‘CAUSE WE CAN SEE IT

    HERE’S TO THE ONES, THAT KEEP THE PASSION

    RESPECT, OH, YEAH” 👍😊

    *ALA HO LA DAN* !!! ⚽🏆🤔

    ─ BTS – Jungkook (Lyrics)
    ⚽ *_FIFA World Cup 2022_*

    🎓
    😊

  12. 🆃🅺𝓐 〘Pra𝖕a𝖙anKa𝖑i𝖘ar⃝i〙

    December 8, 2022 at 7:48 am

    🤔 🏆⚽

    ”LOOK WHO WE ARE, WE ARE THE DREAMERS” ✨😊

    ”WE MAKE IT HAPPEN ‘CAUSE WE CAN SEE IT

    HERE’S TO THE ONES, THAT KEEP THE PASSION

    RESPECT, OH, YEAH” 👍😊

    *ALA HO LA DAN* !!! ⚽🏆🤔

    ─ BTS – Jungkook (Lyrics)
    ⚽ *_FIFA World Cup 2022_*

    🎓
    😊

  13. 🆃🅺𝓐 〘Pra𝖕a𝖙anKa𝖑i𝖘ar⃝i〙

    December 8, 2022 at 7:48 am

    TED 😊🎓
    🤔🏆⚽
    ”LOOK WHO WE ARE, WE ARE THE DREAMERS” ✨😊

    ”WE MAKE IT HAPPEN ‘CAUSE WE CAN SEE IT

    HERE’S TO THE ONES, THAT KEEP THE PASSION

    RESPECT, OH, YEAH” 👍😊

    *ALA HO LA DAN* !!! ⚽🏆🤔

    ─ BTS – Jungkook (Lyrics)
    ⚽ *_FIFA World Cup 2022_*

    🎓
    😊

  14. 🆃🅺𝓐 〘Pra𝖕a𝖙anKa𝖑i𝖘ar⃝i〙

    December 8, 2022 at 7:48 am

    “The humane thread that binds people who are required or compelled to pay attention to people who are obliged by circumstance or prefer by disposition to let the always-cacophonous parade go by, is hope.”

    —ANDREW MITROVICA _✍️_

    🎓
    😊

  15. 🆃🅺𝓐 〘Pra𝖕a𝖙anKa𝖑i𝖘ar⃝i〙

    December 8, 2022 at 7:49 am

    “The support of tested and dependable friends gives one the strength to hold on to hope and to endure successfully even the most challenging knocks in life.”

    _~ Nelson Mandela ✍️_
    🎓
    😊

  16. 🆃🅺𝓐 〘Pra𝖕a𝖙anKa𝖑i𝖘ar⃝i〙

    December 8, 2022 at 7:50 am

    🤔 🏆⚽🥅
    We all have a role to play in Keeping the Promise of the Global Goals. ⚽
    هذه هي قواسمنا المشتركة وهي تمثل أيضا آمال البشرية جمعاء.

    🎓
    😊

  17. 🆃🅺𝓐 〘Pra𝖕a𝖙anKa𝖑i𝖘ar⃝i〙

    December 8, 2022 at 7:50 am

    “Our freedom is also incomplete, dear compatriots, as long as we are denied our security by criminals who prey on our communities, who rob our businesses and undermine our economy, who ply their destructive trade in drugs in our schools, and who do violence against our women and children.”

    *nelsonmandela* _✍️_
    🎓
    😊

  18. 🆃🅺𝓐 〘Pra𝖕a𝖙anKa𝖑i𝖘ar⃝i〙

    December 8, 2022 at 7:51 am

    🎓😊
    We
    have a RESPONSIBILITY to join together on behalf of the world that we seek
    — a world where extremists no longer threaten our people🌏!.

    When long as we are denied our security by criminals,

    who prey on our communities 🌏,
    and who do violence against our ♀️# women and children.


    TODAY: 🇺🇳
    United Nations | الأمـــــمُ المتّـحــــدَة
    has a dual RESPONSIBILITY:

    That experience guides my conviction that partnership between 🇺🇳
    United Nations | الأمـــــمُ المتّـحــــدَة
    and Islam must be based on what Islam is,
    not what it isn’t√.

    Thank you.
    And May God’s peace be upon you | TED!

    Thank you very much.
    Thank you.
    🎓
    😊

  19. 🆃🅺𝓐 〘Pra𝖕a𝖙anKa𝖑i𝖘ar⃝i〙

    December 8, 2022 at 7:51 am

    *UN🇺🇳* 😊🎓
    🤔🏆⚽
    ”LOOK WHO WE ARE, WE ARE THE DREAMERS” ✨😊

    ”WE MAKE IT HAPPEN ‘CAUSE WE CAN SEE IT

    HERE’S TO THE ONES, THAT KEEP THE PASSION

    RESPECT, OH, YEAH” 👍😊

    *ALA HO LA DAN* !!! ⚽🏆🤔

    ─ BTS – Jungkook (Lyrics)
    ⚽ *_FIFA World Cup 2022_*

    🎓
    😊

  20. Tie Lee

    December 8, 2022 at 12:38 pm

    This is resonant of collective community and cultures who run small businesses. Its when organisation structures get large and therefore departmentalised. Current individualised cultures are “what’s in it for me?” where collective thinking is about the network – ubuntu.

  21. Monang

    December 8, 2022 at 2:30 pm

    Well said ,so true, agreed with you,
    what i understood is:
    Leaders works 4 accuracy excellence ,their goal is beyond the title label or trophy while title orientation ppl stops functioning or remain lack on efficiency as they got success
    They r free thinker , n forget about the box(out of the box),
    They r the best of the best ‘learner’ always open to learn something extraordinary they always show themselves as a learner rather then expert (n here the growth LL stop)that’s the main quality of true leader
    They listen everyone n make own decisions any difficult circumstances ,also gives chance to other ppl n encourage them whenever they need ,.
    Problem solver mindset ,what is the actual problem (Not by hearing outside rumor,they go by themselves 4 analyze real issue, n take proper actions )? how to overcome the challenges ?
    They Never hesitate to show their agree/ disagree rather pick fight or argument they firmly stand with their belief/ decision
    They never pass on work pressure to others members n make them feels easy,comfortable in hard situations,
    As u said **They work n believe in to make others leaders not followers **(u took shine of this sessions by saying this line 🎩).
    They change strategy to achieve their goal but not Goal
    *Seriously beautiful topics I lov it 👌
    Believe in rewards not in awards (but awards also acceptable 🙂 😄
    *This platform is doing tremendous job in such time ,people can learn something valuable life skills which v never learnt in acamedic/educational system 🤟👌’leaders without Label’

  22. glamdrag

    December 8, 2022 at 5:25 pm

    going from full hierarchy to throwing hierarchy completely away seems like a post-modern anti-trend. Why not keep the good parts of hierarchy and get rid of the toxic ones, and add a non-hierarchical network structure to it. It’s not all back and white, and using the best of both seems like a better option.

  23. IllBeYour Huckleberry

    December 8, 2022 at 6:43 pm

    If the title is the summary, all black or white arguments on something like this is the first easy and obvious sign that its wrong.

  24. なんでも屋

    December 8, 2022 at 11:53 pm

    I think Teams plays huge role on this leadership thing
    Teams provides opne chat that everyone can see

  25. Avkarizm Channel

    December 9, 2022 at 1:03 am

    standing applause

  26. Jairush Daruwalla

    December 9, 2022 at 5:12 am

    What a speech! I now understand the true meaning of leadership

  27. Rachel K

    December 10, 2022 at 12:40 am

    Right. In a hierarchical system, it is almost guaranteed that the people on the “bottom” are not only treated badly, but often they are not even seen as human beings but rather “Human Resources”.

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