DOI
10.9707/1944-5660.1228
Key Points
The strength of nonprofit organizations comes from well-developed human connections that spur productive collaboration across levels of hierarchy. This article, exploring the experience of the Fetzer Institute, demonstrates that workplace creativity is best fostered if it is matched by a style of leadership that invites a wider spectrum of internal actors to actively participate.
While acknowledging the significance of shared leadership, this article does not necessarily advocate for the dissolution of hierarchy; rather, it points out that the key lies in finding the sweet spot between organizational structure and a creative community.
The article describes tools that are particularly effective and elaborates how, through a process of establishing trust and mutual respect, a collective generative impulse emerges when social and structural goals coalesce.
Recommended Citation
Mohammed, M., & Thomas, K. (2014). Enabling Community and Trust: Shared Leadership for Collective Creativity. The Foundation Review, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.9707/1944-5660.1228
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