What is Shared Governance?Shared governance is a leadership model that uses structure and process for partnership, equity,accountability, and ownership. It puts the responsibility, authority, and accountability for practice related decisions into the hands of the individuals who will operationalize the decision.Shared governance allows managers and staff to come together in the decision-making process. We define shared governance as “a leadership model in which positional leaders partner with staff in decision making processes while creating ownership for improvement in practice” (Guanci & Medeiros).In a shared governance framework, leadership continues to have responsibility for regulatory requirements, immediate safety concerns, performance management and operations decision such as hiring and staffing. However, decisions relating to practice are the ones that are decided in partnership in a shared decision-making model. To learn more about Shared Governance see our FAQ Page.Patient...
