Non-Positional Leadership: A New Approach
Non-Positional Leadership refers to any leadership initiative taken outside of any traditional leadership role (such as boss, manager, etc.). Have you ever taken responsibility of a situation when you weren’t technically named the leader? You could have taken a non-positional leadership role in this scenario. These positions of leadership that happen at any stage of the workplace hierarchy are crucial for an organization to run smoothly. Non-positional leadership takes the form of small actions from anyone in order to reach one shared mission or goal. Defined as a positive impact from anyone, this approach to leadership includes everyone and makes everyone accountable in the success or failures of an organization.
Non-positional leadership awards everyone the opportunity to be an important contributing member to an organization. When this happens, a company can thrive on new ideas, distributed work loads, and more. This form of leadership focuses on developing skills and relationships between people rather than focusing on the ladder on which the organization is built, which often distinguishes between leaders and followers with titles like “boss”, “manager”, and “CEO”. While these titles are important for organization within a group, they often conflate the ideas of responsibility with the title you are awarded. When everyone in an organization takes responsibility and acts as a leader through everyday actions, there will be greater success in the long run.
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