Leadership in organic systems (such as a network) is not the kind of leadership that one person can do. It is leadership that requires many people – a “leader-full” organization. In a network, one person cannot control the system, nor can one person fully understand it. Therefore models of collaborative, shared, or multi-level leadership become more important and critical. Developing the capacities of others becomes essential in building a “leader-full” organization.
- excerpted from “What makes a network a learning network?” (available at NCSL’s Introduction to Network Learning page.)
