FACILITATIVE LEADERSHIP
VASKO STAMEVSKI
ALEKSANDRA STANKOVSKA
ELIZABETA STAMEVSKA
Abstract
Facilitative leadership is one of the emerging leadership paradigms making its way into more and more organizations, governments and institutions. It is a co-creative leadership model asserting that leaders should effectively facilitate deep collaboration.
Facilitative leadership involves asking powerful questions and engaging others to leverage each person’s individual strengths in creating a shared organizational vision. Deep collaboration means the parties involved-all of them, including the leader-undergo transformations through the work they are engaging. In short, groups undergo adaptive changes. This means development is a central part of leadership.
Facilitative Leadership is a people–centered, quality and results driven process of developing and supporting a culture in the workplace that facilitates goal achievement through effective relational processes. It is particularly important to effective group process, teamwork, workplace culture and change management in the workplace.
Key words
Facilitative leadership, leaders, leadership styles, group process, teamwork.
JEL Codes: J53, M10, M54
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