"When working in collaboration with others, where theres no single person in
charge and the way forward is unclear, it can be hard to know when to lead and
when to follow. In these situations, you may hope that people spontaneously
self-organize to get things done, but the reality is that leadership always
matters. Leadership is needed to facilitate conversations, weave connections,
coordinate actions, and catalyze a network of people with aligned goals. But it
requires a different kind of leadership than we usually see in traditional,
hierarchical, do-as-the-leader-says environments, one we call network
leadership."
In this excerpt from his book, 'Impact Networks,' David Ehrlichman shares four
key principles to realize the immense potential of collaborative and
purpose-driven networks.
