Authentic leadership being shared as a collective

Higher education institutions are embracing virtual meetings with practitioners teaming up to tackle a wide range of issues in higher education. Ironically, the case of this multidisciplinary research team has been learning to successfully collaborate for years prior to the pandemic. The initial analysis compared the team's development to competencies described as a combination of data, technological, and human literacies - termed humanics. This chapter moves the discussion to examine shared competency, shared authority, and authentic leadership. Authentic leadership is not a characteristic held by one team member but can be observed across the team. In the closing of this chapter, the researchers will offer insights based on analysis from participating in the psychological safety index and examples of how a team can develop authentic leadership, grow as a collective, along with impacting the emerging field of digital humanities.