lead 2 : followership

A new Concept

What does your department strive for?

What do you aim to achieve by 31st December, 2013?

What is the vision of AIESEC In Lucknow?

“A humble organisation striving to create responsible leaders resulting in high number of promoters for years to come.”

What is the vision of your department?

Why are you contributing to your leader or to the department?

What is needed for a team to succeed ?

Ans : It starts with F…

If Leadership is “the relationship between those who choose to lead and those to follow”, then it is as

important for a team to have followers as it is for the team to

have a leader.

F O L L O W E R S H I P

What is it?

An act of blind faith…

An act of unquestioning faith…

OR

Set of behaviours & characteristics?

What are those?

Effective followers know what’s expected of them; they make sure that

their role/tasks have been clearly communicated to them and that they are clear about their responsibilities.

What are those?

Effective followers seek to establish and maintain lines of two-way

communication to reduce the risk of unclear messages.

What are those?

Effective followers take initiatives, keeping their leader informed.

What are those?

Effective followers challenge flawed plans.

This is one of the most valuable contributions that can be made by an effective follower. It is also one

of the most difficult, since there is a risk of appearing negative, or distrustful of the leader’s

judgement.

What are those?

Effective followers provide accurate feedback to their leader and their

colleagues. This means providing both good & bad news in a timely and

honest way.

What are those?

Effective followers support the leader’s efforts – all leaders need support & encouragement. This also means

acting as advocates among their peer group and attempting to quash

rumours.

Expected from you.

Provision by your leader

What you can expect from your leader

Clear about role & responsibilities.

Unambiguous goals & objectives

Open to requests for clarification or

reasoning

Maintain two-way communication.

Regular, frequent & relevant messages

Ask questions & listen to answers.

Challenge flawed plans.

Opportunities & environments

where challenges can take place.

Welcome challenges, willing to re-write plans.

Provide accurate feedback

Opportunities for frequent feedback.

Welcome feedback, act on it and

wouldn’t take it personally.

Support the leader’s efforts

Place for team members to meet

Reward loyalty.

Activity

What does your team lacks in terms of followership?

How as a team you can ensure all the members strives to be effective followers?