colead

Head something together

To colead is to lead jointly with one or more others, sharing responsibility for guiding a group, project, or initiative: She coleads the research team with her colleague.

The noun colead refers to a person in such a shared leadership role.

Common in corporate, academic, and organizational contexts where distributed authority is valued.

structure

cochief

Joint principal officer

copresident · cocaptain · comanager · coprincipal · bipartite · dyad · parity · coequal

collaboration

comanage

Jointly direct or oversee

jointly · shared · teamwork · cooperation · coordinate · copilot · tandem · power-sharing · coequal · collaborative

guidance

coteach

Share instructional responsibilities

support · codevelop

Opposites
leadership distribution

coleadcommand

Authoritative instruction given

dictate · dominate

organizational role

coleadfollow

Go behind another

assist · support · defer · subordinate · report to

Family

coleader, coleads, coleaders, coleading

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G