POSTION PAPER ON FOLLOWERSHIP IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN LEADERSHIP 1. Throughout history there has been a dispute over which is more important: leadership or followership. This article will advocate why followership is more important than leadership‚ and the supporting rationale behind this synopsis. This paper will discuss the strengths of followership‚ the weaknesses of followership‚ and why followership is more important than leadership. Lastly‚ it will conclude with how followership directly corresponds
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Innovation remains a remarkable experience that challenges individuals to reflect outside the box. It helps in our personal and professional lives when responding to change. There are numerous innovative processes. For example: the five discovery skills‚ design thinking‚ the blue ocean strategy‚ job mapping and the two routes to resilience to name a few. The ability of creating innovation can happen with the sacrifice of time. An individual must have the willingness to think and re-think ways to
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is that a leader must model character by being principle-centered. The second essential attribute is that the main role of the school leader is to be an instructional leader. The third essential attribute is to align people. Finally‚ the fourth essential attribute is to establish direction for the school. These four attributes work in conjunction to promote the goal of the effective school leader: student achievement. Principle-Centered An effective school leader models character by being principle-centered
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follow him or her no matter what. But if a person wants many people follow him and seeing him as a good leader‚ the one that they can believe in and entrust in him all the time. Therefore a leader should have a good characteristic so they can be a model for everyone‚ and be a responsible person just so he or she can create a good or safe feeling for those people who believe in them. I think I’m not really a difficult person‚ but I have a simple mind on what is a leader? And to be a good leader‚ as
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Accountable‚ optimistic‚ loyal‚ encouraging‚ and motivated are words that come to mind when describing a leader. I consider myself fortunate enough to have grasped these qualities and grown not only as a leader‚ but as a confident and compassionate individual. I believe that leadership is a very important skill to possess‚ but before you learn to be leader‚ you must first learn to be uplifting and enthusiastic. My experiences as a cheerleader and as a member of the student council have given me
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Has an important person in life ever been a role model? Everybody should have at least one role model in life. All role models have characteristics that make them important in life. In life‚ Amanda Louton is a role model because she is confident‚ fierce and always happy. Being a confident person in general‚ Amanda can be confident in unbelievable ways. She always pushes people to do their best and is confident they will make it. For example‚ in track meets‚ she will encourage people to push harder
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have a high moral standard and the followers make them as a role model. The leader behavior can be from the follower and result a leader behavior. According to (Bass 1985‚ Avolio‚ & Goodheim‚ 1987 in Pradeep & Prabhu‚ 2011). Idealized influence meaning more concerns on formulation and articulation of vision and challenging of goals and motivating the employee and organization. In this dimension the leaders act as a role models whereby highly admired‚ respected and trusted by their followers
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What makes an effective senior leadership team (SLT)? The nature of an effective a senior leadership team (SLT) will be the topic of this essay. The idea of team work and various models of SLT will be covered linking their roles‚ strategy‚ values and pitfalls. I will interlace this essay with some personal experience and relevant literature Belbin and Fullan to conclude through an historical analogy‚ my personal understanding of what SL T represents. The combination of words in the sentence
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Followers plan an active role in the process of leadership. By being a follower‚ it does not mean that one is inferior to a leader‚ but that they simply play a different role. Webster’s dictionary defines follow as to come or occur after‚ but it does not necessarily imply a causal relationship with what goes before. A follower is part of the team. A quarterback cannot win the game without the efforts of the entire team. He can throw or run the ball but without his team members blocking‚ he will
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Leadership is defined as “the action of leading a group of people or an organization.” To lead means that one must possess courage‚ communication and listening skills‚ organization‚ and much more. Leadership qualities are vital to ensuring that a group of individuals can be successful in the goals they set for themselves. The greatest leaders in the world are considered great because of the success that those around them have experienced. While some groups do not experience success that does not
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