Be Courageous and be a pirate! Keep one eye on the horizon and the other on what is going on below decks. You don’t have to be the captain to wear the patch! Followers need to have this type of vision as well
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Teams need tensegrity. They need followers to have the safety to present opposing views. To create the tension that leads to stability. To good decision making. It is about creating a whole by supporting independence. We need tension – to a point. A team that finds that point lives in a state of tensegrity. They
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Most followers today prefer mission control over command and control. Many young leaders finding themselves in their first position of leadership are biased towards command and control – even if they have had examples of other types of leadership. Sometimes this is because they are concerned that their followers will not accept their ideas and
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You know, someone who lacks integrity, empathy, the ability to delegate, vision, and purpose? You know, a leader who seems manipulative or arrogant. Is your leader hellbent on having their way no matter what? Someone who might just force choke you for suggesting that their way isn’t the “right” way… If not, excellent – carry
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Are you suffering from Functional Fixedness about your role and position? Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias that impacts an individual’s ability to be creative. When we discuss functional fixedness we normally associate it with how an object may be used. Duncker’s candle problem is often used to demonstrate this bias. The problem is presented as follows: You
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Followership tip of the week – use Rogerian Rhetoric to demonstrate Radical Listening How does it work? Instead of immediately advocating your position or trying to refute someone else’s position, you must state the OTHER’S position in such a manner as is ACCEPTABLE TO THEM. Want to ratchet it up a notch? Engage Rapoport’s rules:
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