Followership

`Blended Leadership': Employee Perspectives on Effective Leadership in the UK Further Education Sector

“…Even followership research has tended to concentrate either on (charismatic) leaders' impact on followers' identity (e.g. Lord & Brown, 2004) or on how 'effective followership' might benefit organizations (Kelley, 2004). A few writers highlight the tendency of followers to idealize leaders (Shamir, 1999).…”

Say No to Yes Men": Followership in the Modern Military"

“…They can be dangerous "either because they do exactly what they are told and no more or because they tell leaders what they want to hear, not what they need to know." 21 The alienated followers are often former exemplary followers, they are critical thinkers but they are passive in their role in the organization. 22 Some versions of Kelley's model leave out the pragmatic followers in the center of the table.…”

“…Kelley asserts that there are seven steps to becoming an exemplary follower: (1) be proactive; (2) gather the facts; (3) seek wise counsel; (4) play by the rules; (5) persuade by speaking the language of the organization; (6) prepare your courage to go over heads when absolutely necessary; and (7) take collective action or plan well to stand alone. 26 These seven steps seem like common sense but they can take courage to enact. Kelley's recommendations are essentially advice for how to offer a dissenting position to a leader.…”

The Role of Followers in Supply Chains

“…While much literature has focused on leadership, recently interest has grown in the complementary concept of followership (Chaleff 2003;Collinson 2006;Kelley 2004). The term follower, as traditionally applied, carries a negative connotation (McGregor 2006), and has often been used to refer to someone requiring constant direction (Banutu-Gomez 2004).…”

“…The term follower, as traditionally applied, carries a negative connotation (McGregor 2006), and has often been used to refer to someone requiring constant direction (Banutu-Gomez 2004). This negative view of followership conjures up images of docile, conforming, weak individuals; timid personalities that could not make the grade as leaders, and thus fail to excel (Chaleff 2003;Kelley 2004). Leadership in this context is assumed to be a unidirectional model of what a leader does to a subordinate (Yukl and Fleet 1992), and the role of followers is based on their perceived susceptibility to the leader's behaviors and style (Howell and Shamir 2005).…”