Compare and contrast Similarities Between Followership and Servant Leader

PRE-LESSON ACTIVITY

READ 1. Say No to Yes Men, pages 5 thru 8 (5 pages) (12.5 minutes)2. Servant Leadership, (16 pages) (40 minutes)

REVIEW 1. ATP 6-22.1, paragraphs 2-33 thru 2-37 (including Table 2-1)2. ADP 6-22, Chapter 1

WATCH 1. Magic Carpet Team Building video (Flip the Tarp Challenge)

After completing all pre-lesson activities, proceed to the next slide.

DISCUSSION BOARD

After participating in the discussion, proceed to the next slide.

DISCUSS 1. Go to your group discussion area 2. Select B112 Followership and Servant Leadership

Fundamentals (Topic 1) 3. Follow instructions and complete

Place yourself in the group’s shoes. Would you be a leader or a follower? Explain why.

Without using the example the group used to solve the challenge, explain your initial solution you would use to solve the challenge.

BASIC LEADER COURSE

“Leaders Build Lethality, We Develop Leaders”B112 Followership and Servant Leadership Fundamentals

Scope

At the end of this six-hour learning event, you will be able to identify different types of followers that make up a team and how to work with or influence each type. You will also be able to identify the importance of servant leadership principles in how you interact, adapt to, and think about your new position as SGT. You will apply counseling, coaching, and mentoring techniques for specific follower behaviors while employing servant leadership principles.

Enabling Learning Objective - A

Action: Describe the characteristics of the effective follower.

Condition: As a learner, attending the BLC, using a direct level leadership perspective in new environments, given references, practical exercises and classroom discussions.

Standard: The learner will create an expository/compare and contrast essay IAW the 1009W Expository/Compare & Contrast Essay Rubric reflecting understanding of Servant Leadership and Followership.

Enabling Learning Objective - B

Action: Describe the principles of servant leadership.

Condition: As a learner, attending the BLC, using a direct level leadership perspective in new environments, given references, practical exercises and classroom discussions.

Standard: The learner will create an expository/compare and contrast essay IAW the 1009W Expository/Compare & Contrast Essay Rubric reflecting understanding of Servant Leadership and Followership.

DISCUSSION BOARD

After participating in the discussion, proceed to the next slide.

DISCUSS 1. Go to your group discussion area 2. Select B112 Followership and Servant Leadership

Fundamentals (Topic 2) 3. Follow instructions and complete

Why do you think we are discussing followership in a leadership course?

Followership: Encouraging the Effective Follower

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and a scientist who lived from 384 BC to 322 BC said, “He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.”

Followership: The capacity and willingness to follow a leader. Followership and leadership go hand-in-hand. Without followers, there are no leaders.

Big Idea: Understanding and mastering the relationship between leadership and followership can make the difference between mediocrity and excellence.

Model of Follower Behavior

The Robert Kelley model of follower behavior shows different types of followers and their range of behaviors.

Model of Follower Behavior

Independent, critical thinkers: The best followers are individuals who think for themselves, give constructive criticism, are their own person, and are innovative and creative.

Dependent, uncritical thinkers: At the other end of the spectrum, the worst followers must be told what to do, "can't make it to the bathroom on their own", and just do not think.

In between these two extremes are more typical followers who take direction and don't challenge the leader or group.

Model of Follower Behavior

The second dimension of the model refers to a follower's degree of active engagement in work.

Active: The best followers take initiative, assume ownership, participate actively, are self-starters, and go above and beyond the job.

Passive: The worst ones are passive, lazy, need prodding, require constant supervision, and dodge responsibility.

In between these extremes are the typical followers who get the job done without supervision after being told what to do.

Model of Follower Behavior

This model also depicts five different types or categories of followers, as shown by the four quadrants and the circle in the middle.

Characteristics of an Effective Follower

Enthusiastic

Proactive

Own the territory

Versatile and Flexible

Is complaining good or bad? Complaining can be a great tool for initiating change and if we outlaw complaining in the workplace, as some managers try to do, all we do is drive it underground where it becomes even more counterproductive. Here are some of the differences:

Characteristics of an Effective Follower

UNCONSTRUCTIVE Point fingers Seek blame

Only complain

CONSTRUCTIVE Look at yourself first

Seek solutions Appreciate what’s good

Characteristics of an Effective Follower

An effective follower displays leader attributes and competencies.

DISCUSSION BOARD

After participating in the discussion, proceed to the next slide.

DISCUSS 1. Go to your group discussion area 2. Select B112 Followership and Servant Leadership

Fundamentals (Topic 3) 3. Follow instructions and complete

Which Army Values does an effective follower exhibit most?

Which Army Values were demonstrated in the Spangenberg case study?

Characteristics of an Effective Follower An effective follower exhibits the Army Values.

DISCUSSION BOARD

After participating in the discussion, proceed to the next slide.

DISCUSS 1. Go to your group discussion area 2. Select B112 Followership and Servant Leadership

Fundamentals (Topic 4) 3. Follow instructions and complete

Which kind of follower are you?

How will you use the characteristics of the effective follower when you return to your unit?

Leadership and Followership

- Leadership and Followership are linked concepts - Neither can be comprehended without understanding the other - The study of followership has been largely neglected - Leadership and followership are best seen as roles - The leaders must lead, and do it well to retain leadership - The follower must follow and do it well to retain followership - Good leaders enhance followers just as good followers enhance leaders - When all seek to lead there are no followers - When all seek to follow there are no leaders

Servant Leadership

While servant leadership is a timeless concept, the phrase “servant leadership” was coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader, an essay that he first published in 1970. In that essay, Greenleaf said:

“The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious

choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first, perhaps because of the need to

assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions…The leader-first and the servant-first are two extreme

types. Between them there are shadings and blends that are part of the infinite variety of human nature. "

Servant Leadership and the LRM

• Character

• Presence

• Intellect

• Leads

• Develops

• Achieves

• Listening • Empathy • Healing • Awareness • Persuasion • Conceptualization • Foresight • Stewardship • Commitment to • the Growth of People • Building Community

DISCUSSION BOARD

After participating in the discussion, proceed to the next slide.

DISCUSS 1. Go to your group discussion area 2. Select B112 Followership and Servant Leadership

Fundamentals (Topic 5) 3. Follow instructions and complete

As a Servant Leader, which principles did we need most with each type of follower?

Summary

• Followership: Encouraging the Effective Follower

• Model of Follower Behavior

• Leadership Requirements Model

• Army Values

• Leadership and Followership

• Servant Leadership and the LRM

BASIC LEADER COURSE

“Leaders Build Lethality, We Develop Leaders”Questions?

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DISCUSSION BOARD

DISCUSS 1. Go to your group discussion area 2. Select B112 Followership and Servant Leadership

Fundamentals (Topic 6) 3. Follow instructions and complete

What would it take for you, as a leader, to make a commitment toward servant leadership within your unit?

How can you teach your Soldiers to become servant leaders?

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ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY You will prepare a short essay comparing and contrasting followership and servant leadership. Requirements and rubric are located in paragraph B-15 of the ISAP.

The essay must meet the following requirements • Length: 250-750 words • Font: Arial, 12 pt. • Margins: 1 inch all around • Spacing: double • Format: Five (5) paragraph • Do not justify right margins • Utilize a graphic organizer of your choice • Follow the Army Writing Style and Standard Written English • Include a strong purpose statement • Use a “Second Set of Eyes”