Network Practices: Chapter 6 “Share Power”

A network that achieves shared power has greater potential for shared action with high impact. Everyone is involved and everyone pulls the same direction. Highly effective networks shift their power dynamics from a hierarchical model to a shared model.

We had a chance to sit down with community leader, Gina Weekley, to talk about her experience within network leadership, how power is shared and how decision making can play a role in sharing power.

Tell us about your experience working with networks?

Some networks struggle with hierarchical decision-making, why is it important to have shared decision-making in your network?

How do you practice or observe sharing power of expertise with your network to build trust and confidence?

What practical advice would you give to a network leader?

Learn about more steps that you can take to share power in your network, along with the other 5 practices of effective network leadership in our e-book; Moving from Theory to Action: Six Practices of Effective Network Leadership, available in the SWIM store to download for free.

When it comes to managing and support network and their shared-power values, SWIM has ideas and tools from “A-Z”.