Shared power constitutes the third cornerstone of the collaborative ethic.

Reply to two peers’ initial posts with recommendations on strategies for sharing power specifically with a group that may have limited voice or be underserved.

Student post down below: (Yomika)

Shared power constitutes the third cornerstone of the collaborative ethic. Power is one of the most important concepts related to leading and participating in interorganizational collaboration. It is linked to just about every other central concept we have covered thus far, including structure, stake-holder interdependence, identity, ethics, and diversity. Successful collaborations hinge on the ability of stakeholders to share decision-making power. Indeed, scholars have argued for decades that the chief reason interorganizational collaboration fails is due to power inequities (Isbell, 2017). As a human services leader leading a group, I would, evenly divide the power by the strength as well as the knowledge that each person has. Power isn’t something that should be given to one person. One-person cant makes everything flow the way that needs to be done. Collaboration in its ideal form requires sharing power and decision making, traditional top-down methods of communicating and leading will not be effective in collaborative situations. (Isbell.2017). Having power shared gives opportunities for new ways to be used to come up with the goal, success.

Some things may challenge to some and not to others, therefore in a collaboration each person power can come together and become the most powerful. Decision making should be done with all parties, not just with one person. In situations like this, people will agree to disagree, but eventually will come up with the best solution.