week 5 dis 1

Leadership - The World Needs Followers [WLO: 4] [CLOs: 3, 4, 6]

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 17 of the text and the article Not Leadership Material? Good. The World Needs Followers (Links to an external site.).

Write: In your initial post, discuss your reaction to the students in Cain’s (2017) article who define “‘leadership skills’ as a code for authority and dominance and define leaders as those who ‘can order other people around’” (para. 9). Make sure your post is more than 200 words and that you include a brief quote or paraphrase the reading material where appropriate (see the Writing Center’s Quoting, Paraphrasing, & Summarizing (Links to an external site.) guide for assistance with in-text citations).