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Week 7 Discussion

Lateral Leadership

What opportunities for lateral leadership exist in your current professional role?

After watching this week’s videos and reviewing the course materials, consider how you would improve your approach to getting support for your initiatives in situations where you don’t have management authority.

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Week 7 Discussion

Lateral leadership is a form of leadership that emanates from efficiently influencing other people around you without prior or official authority to have such a commanding position within an institution or group. Lateral leadership is mainly associated with individuals who have implicit or implied leadership authorities within a group. Such leadership is not explicit and the individuals demonstrate their leadership shrewdness and prowess without formal authority being granted by their managers or supervisors. Whenever an individual finds themselves in a situation where they have lateral leadership, it may be a great opportunity for them to showcase their skills and competencies in leadership.

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