In this article we examine the concept of Lateral Leadership, we examine the research question 'Is the concept of Lateral Leadership a fundamental Leadership approach or only a limited leadership method?" by an extensive literature review of the topic of leadership and its multiple theories. We define a research state for the topic Leadership and for the topic Lateral Leadership. The method of Qualitative Content Analysis as outlined by Mayring has been used to analyse the literature and interpret the findings. We further analyse the Leadership Influencing Forces that make up the concept of Lateral Leadership and show how the Leadership Influencing Factors develop and how they interact with each other. We show that the concept of lateral leadership has a claim to be perceived as a comprehensive model of Leadership rather than as a limited method and discuss the possibilities of empirical underpinning our results through future research.