#Followership tip of the week: Write out your “How to work with me” Manual. GIVE IT TO YOUR LEADER and ask to have a one on one about it. It can include: Remove the burden of discovering how best to work with you from your leader and team. Express your needs and let everyone know what […]
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Followership takes into consideration peers in addition to leaders. Your followership style and choices impact how you engage with your peers. Imagine for a moment that your leader is doing a full 360 on you. What would your peers say about you?How much do you step up to the plate?How often do you interfere with
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High level followership is not easy. And yet, most people don’t really take time to examine their followership. We tend to be to focused on leadership, or our next promotion, or what other people think about us. And when we focus on these things we lose sight of who we are in the relationships we
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Are you a decision advocate in your followership? When a leader (position or otherwise) makes a decision are you prepared to accept that and add value to the direction they set? Do you share the idea and present them with ways to further the vision, objectives, and goals they set? Or are you still playing
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IN A WORLD OF TOO MUCH LEADERSHIP WE ARE ALL FOLLOWERS In today’s world, it’s easy to focus on the importance of leadership. But what about courageous followership? Followership is an integral part of any successful team or organization, and in a world of too much leadership, understanding how to be an effective and courageous
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We engage politics and power in most of our relationships. Unfortunately, most of us view politics and power in a negative light. But a big part of leadership means engaging in politics and using power effectively…
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