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Week 08 - Leading for Change

Followership

Objectives

After this session, you should be able to:

  • Recognise your followership style and take steps to become a more effective follower.
  • Understand the leader’s role in developing effective followers.
  • Understand what followers want and contribute to building a community among followers.

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Objectives

  • Apply the principles of effective followership, including responsibility, service, challenging authority, participating in change and knowing when to leave.
  • Implement the strategies for effective followership at school or work.

The role of followers

  • Leadership and followership are fundamental roles.
  • Leaders are influenced by the actions and attitudes of followers.
  • Many of the leaders’ qualities are possessed by effective followers.

Followership styles

Styles of followership

  • Alienated
  • The conformist
  • The pragmatic survivor
  • The passive follower
  • The effective follower

Effective followership

  • Courage
  • Know what they stand for
  • Willing to express their own ideas and opinions to their leaders
  • Risk losing their jobs, being demeaned or feeling inadequate

Demands of an effective follower

  • The will to assume responsibility
  • The will to serve
  • The will to challenge
  • The will to participate in transformation
  • The will to leave

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Be proactive

Begin with the end in mind

Put first thingsfirst

Think win-win

Seek first to understand, then to be understood

Synergise

Sharpen the saw

Follower strategies

Desirable characteristics in a follower

  • Honest
  • Cooperative
  • Dependable
  • Competent

What followers want

  • Make regular feedback a habit.
  • Use elements of storytelling.
  • Be generous with positive feedback.
  • Train followers to view feedback as an opportunity for development.

Building a community of followers

  • Inclusivity
  • Positive culture
  • Conversation
  • Caring and trust
  • Shared leadership
  • Communities of practice

Summary

  • The stigma of followership
  • The role of followers
  • Developing personal potential
  • Sources of follower power
  • Strategies for managing up
  • What followers want
  • Building a community of followers

Source:
The Leadership Experience: Asia Pacific Edition, 1st Edition
Richard L. Daft; Andrew Pirola-Merlo
Chapter 6 Followership

RMIT University©

School of Management

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