The perfect leader doesn't exist, but multiple individuals together can shape strong leadership. Zorgmagazine interviews Niels Mertens and Katrien Fransen on the importance of shared leadership in organizations.
Zorgmagazine, February 2024
Participant in "Kamp Waes" (Flemish television show on the special forces) claims leadership role, but thereby signs own sentence: does a born leader exist?
In this interview, Katrien Fransen discusses the importance of shared leadership and the selection of leaders within the Special Forces.
VRT Nws Online, February 2024
Nosotros is a French organization that trains and strengthens coaches and support staff so they can better anticipate the constantly changing developments in sports. Today, Nosotros spoke with Katrien Fransen about the importance of shared leadership within football.
Nosotros, February 2024
How should the national team coach mend fences with Thibaut Courtois? Why is the captain's armband so important? And what does national team coach Domenico Tedesco need to do now to defuse the situation? Katrien Fransen shares her insights.
VRT nws Laat, De Wereld Vandaag, Sporza, June 2023
In this podcast series 'De sofa van Nathan Kahan' Katrien Fransen talks about her research line on shared leadership, focused on identifying and developing the leadership potential within sport teams, organisations, and the academic sector.
Podcast, April 2022
In this Dutch interview, we share insights on how shared leadership can also have many benefits in the educational context, both at the class level and within the teaching staff.
Klasse, 19 juni 2018
An English interview of Andy Gillham with Katrien Fransen on her research line on shared leadership.
Podcast, Bridging The Gap, 2 januari 2017
This Dutch interview offers insight on how our findings on shared leadership in the sporting arena can be translated to the workplace.
Het Nieuwsblad, 31 juli 2017
Dutch radio interview with Katrien Fransen in the show 'Bonus' on the Radio 1 channel with Kristien Bonneure on the importance of shared leadership within sport teams and organisations.
Bonus - Radio 1, 29 juli 2017
Dutch interview with business magazine ManagementTeam on the importance of shared leadership and the different leadership roles that can be occupied by the team members. The article also covers the application of our Shared Leadership Mapping for organisations and the importance of a shared sense of 'we' and 'us'.
ManagementTeam.be, september 2016
Katrien Fransen participated in the first Flemish PhD Cup and finished at 4th place. The following video fragment, the interview with Ivan De Vadder, and the popularising article ─ all in Dutch ─ resulted from taking part in this cup.
Dutch interview with Katrien Fransen as a result of her place in the finals in the first Flemish PhD cup, a contest in which scientific research gets translated to the broader audience.
Het Nieuwsblad & KU Leuven Blogt, September 2016
Research findings show that the title of captain only rarely belongs to the best leader. Other players on the team (the informal leader), rather than the team captain, often take the lead, both on and off the field.
De Standaard, 9 september 2014
Dutch article in science magazine EOS on the role of the team captain in sport teams. Although captains are often expected to be the best leaders on their team, only in 1 on 100 teams, they are actually perceived as best leaders by their teammates and coach. The article sheds light on why captains are appointed as captain in the first place.
EOS, 24 januari 2013