The Concept of Courageous Followership is based on the award-winning book The Courageous Follower: Standing Up To and For Our Leaders, written by Ira Chaleff and published by Berrett-Koehler. The book is a landmark in the newly emerging field of Leader/Follower studies. It is used in a wide variety of fields as a complement to the emphasis placed by most organizations on Leadership development.
Courageous Followership recognizes that to be effective at almost every level of an organization, individuals need to play both the leader and follower role adeptly. The Courageous Follower offers a new model for the follower role that provides dynamic support for leaders but does not hesitate to constructively speak truth to power. It also offers a model of Courageous Leadership that creates the conditions in which it is easier for followers to speak the truth as they see it and for leaders to give appropriate consideration to what they are being told. It offers a developmental path to true partnership between leaders and followers in the service of the organization’s mission.
If you are interested in further information about Followership or need help in promoting a culture of Courageous Leadership and Followership, please visit other site pages in the column to the left or link to other sites below.
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Books:
Chaleff, Ira The Courageous Follower: Standing Up To and For Our Leaders (Berrett Kohler, 1998, 2003)
Riggio, Ronald E. (Editor), Ira Chaleff (Editor), and Jean Lipman-Blumen (Editor) The Art of Followership: How Great Followers Create Great Leaders and Organizations (Warren Bennis Series, Jossey-Bass, 2008)
Workshops: Open To The Public
Cape Cod Institute, August 24-28, 2009 "Transforming Hierarchical Relationships into Productive Partnerships"
TRAINING VIDEO
Followership Community of Learning
I am pleased to announce that we have launched the Followership
Learning Community through the International Leadership Association.
I have agreed to assume the responsibilities of community president for
the first year. Please visit our WIKI at http://followership2.pbwiki.com/
and participate in whatever way you wish to contribute.
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