Leaders and Followers
Theme 1: A leader can plan and strategize all they want, but they cannot succeed if the vision cannot be sold to others.
Influencing people to follow is about creating trust, which is the building block of the leader-follower relationship.
Having a story is not enough! A leader must sell the story to others. This means a leader must learn about his or her own style, traits, knowledge, etc., in developing knowledge about others. The leader will create a relationship that will result in “others” following the strategic vision if successful. The leader-follower relationship is crucial to successfully selling the story to others. One truth to the leader-follower relationship is that the relationship must be based on mutual trust if it is to succeed.
Read/View:
Barbara Kellerman on Followership
Followership is Underrated and Misunderstood
Building and Sustaining Relationships
The Leadership Relationship, Part I – Understanding Trust
The Allure of Toxic Leaders: Why Followers Rarely Escape Their Clutches
Theme 2: Authentic Leadership and the Emotional Bank Account – If trust is the cornerstone of leadership, how do we get there?
If there is one thing we have learned in our study of leadership, mutual trust is the most valuable element to the leader-follower relationship. Mutual trust requires authentic leadership.
Authentic Leadership
Good Leaders Are Authentic Leaders
Your Emotional Bank Account
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Participate in Week 6 discussion – Case Scenario – Initial response due by Saturday at 11:59 p.m. eastern time. Follow-up response due by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. eastern time.
