Dismantling the Executive Director Role, Moving Toward Collective Leadership | Rosetta Thurman

Dismantling the Executive Director Role, Moving Toward Collective Leadership | Rosetta Thurman: "Both organizations ended up with a shared directorship held by three co-executive directors.

Shared Leadership Roles

Both organizations didn’t want it to be about one person moving them into the heartland, but about all the staff moving the organization in the same direction. With three co-directors, 50 percent of their time is divided among their particular program/leadership area (for instance, fundraising, finance, advocacy) and the rest of time is divided up so that everyone is equally responsible for administrative activities. They seek to take advantage of everyone’s individual strengths and their models are fluid enough that they can switch leadership priorities based on where the organization is in its life cycle."