Editing Leadership development (section)

== Developing leadership at a collective level ==
Leadership can also be developed by strengthening the connection between, and alignment of, the efforts of individual leaders and the systems through which they influence organizational operations. This has led to a differentiation between [[leader development]] and leadership development.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Afroditi|first=Dalakoura|date=25 May 2010 |title=Differentiating leader and leadership development: A collective framework for leadership development|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235319285|journal=Journal of Management Development}}</ref>

Leadership development can build on the development of individuals (including followers) to become leaders. It also needs to focus on the interpersonal linkages in the team.

Following the credo of people as an organization's most valuable [[Resource-based view|resource]], some organizations address the development of these resources (including leadership).

In contrast, the concept of "[[employeeship]]" recognizes that what it takes to be a good leader is not too dissimilar to what it takes to be a good employee. Therefore, bringing the notional leader together with the team to explore these similarities (rather than focusing on the differences) brings positive results. This approach has been particularly successful in Sweden where the power distance between manager and team is small.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}