[Company name] Followership How Followers are Creating Change and Changing Leaders sarah wood 12-6-2013 Abstract Barbara Kellerman author of Followership begins her book with the mind pondering quote above. Followership looks into the depths of the leader-centric approach that has dominated our thinking about leadership and management today. From the gathering of followers we learn about their views and how they relate to their leaders and to each other. Kellerman gathers evidence
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study of followership has had an increase in researchers studies. More and more professionals are wanting to know‚ "Why followers follow". Not too long ago being a follower had a bad connotation to it. Now with the help of recent research it is better understood what being a follower is all about. Dr. Kellerman makes many good point in her book "Followership". For example why do we follow leaders even though sometimes we do not agree with the leaders loans. To begin‚ leadership and followership has
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Maryam Alzain ORSC 2143 Dr. Theodore H. Andrews January 26‚ 2015 Throughout my life I thought that there were only two types of followers‚ those who obeyed their leaders and those who did not. However‚ the truth is that the study of leadership and followership is much more complicated than that. In order for both leaders and followers to progress they need to maintain a relationship based on trust. It will be difficult for a leader to trust a passive follower who does not take initiative or hold responsibility
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There have been many observations regarding the characteristics of a leader‚ but followership has received less attention. Treister and Schultz (1997) “suggests that a "follower is someone who accepts guidance and‚ on receiving it‚ takes the appropriate action." Treister et al (1997) also state followership is “considered a passive or submissive role of lesser importance than leadership. However‚ the effectiveness of leaders to a large measure depends on the qualities of their followers.” Treister
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Followership Melissa S. Singleton HRM 5030 Organizational Ethics Address: 301 N Gross Road APT 425 Kingsland‚ GA 31548 Email: msingleton2@capellauniversity.edu Professor: Jean Gordon‚ PhD Abstract In business society‚ Followership is cooperation with business mission and values to provide teamwork along the organization (N.A.‚ 2012‚ para. 4). In return‚ leadership has the same meaning. To be an efficient follower‚ the individual has to be willing build the pathway to be a leader
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ERGONOMICS:- DEFINITION:- Ergonomics (or human factors) is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of the interactions among humans and other elements of a system‚ and the profession that applies theoretical principles‚ data and methods to design in order to optimize human well being and overall system Practitioners of ergonomics‚ ergonomists‚ contribute to the planning‚ design and evaluation of tasks‚ jobs‚ products‚ organizations‚ environments and systems in order to make
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Abstract In this paper I will discuss what followership is to me and what is expected out of a follower. I will introduce followers from different realms and show what they did to become the famous people they are today. Also I will be introducing bad followership. Values on Followers No one is born a leader‚ and for sure no one jumps into a leadership role without first being a follower. No matter how many times you here the phrase “A good leader is also a good follower” or if you never heard
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question of “astute leadership practice requires followership” and to prove these two sides are like the yin and yen of successful leadership practice. Some personal experience regarding to these issues will be included along the essay with the aim of applying theoretical theories into real life. In 2007‚ when talking about the definition of followership‚ Uhl-Bien and Pillai reckoned that if leadership means actively influencing people‚ then followership means allowing themselves to be affected by people
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Leadership-Followership: the Church’s Challenge is an excellently written article in reference to the abandonment of followership. Dale approach followership from somewhat the same perspective as Rusty Ricketson’s Followerfirst: Rethinking Leading in the Church‚ model. Dale’s theory suggests‚ even though‚ no group or organization functions well without leadership‚ it is a most misunderstood dynamic. Dale’s considerably correlating article to Ricketson’s view‚ proclaim‚ followership is the forgotten
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Followership Style Followership can be defined as the predilection for execution or commitment in responsibility assigned from the others in order to achieve benefit sharing (Favara‚ 2009). Kelly (2008) categorizes followership into five groups which is "Sheep" ‚ "Yes-People" ‚ "Alienated" ‚ "Pragmatics" and "Star followers". Sheep and Yes-people are dormant workers in common. Exact order must be assigned directly to these groups. However‚ the enthusiasm for achievement in yes-people is predominant
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