Followership CDR Tim Quinn Fall 2007 What

Followership CDR Tim Quinn Fall 2007

What is Followership?

Followership • Ability to place organization ahead of personal ambition • Allegiance and loyalty up and down the chain of command • Ability to recognize they share responsibility to help organization succeed • Ability to know when and how to challenge the status quo

Why is Followership Important?

Qualities/traits of Effective Followers?

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Follower Styles • Five styles, categorized by two dimensions – Independent/critical thinking vs. Dependent/uncritical thinking – Active vs. Passive behavior

Follower Styles Independent, Critical Thinking Effective Pragmatic Survivor Passive Conformist Dependent, Uncritical Thinking Active Passive Alienated

Role of the Follower • Assume Responsibility: – Personal responsibility (Behavior and actions) – Ownership in organization/mission • Serve: – Discern needs and actively meet them – Serve others OVER themselves • Challenge: – Do not sell mission or integrity to buy harmony/peace • Transform: – The group’s future is your future – Confront changes and work to improve or reshape organization

What Followers Want • To be led, not controlled • Feeling of significance – “I really matter” • Community – Unity of purpose and a willingness to relate to others as human beings • Challenge and excitement

Followership – Things to Consider • The • Requires a highare also followerswhose goal is • Without dedicated degree ofis there can be no • Being effective follower is the not automatic most an Leaders follower self-discipline • effective followers, one to effective leaders be a future leader

Questions?

For next time… What is empowerment and why is it important? Empowerment