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Followership

Follow to LeadLeadership Development 4-2c

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The first step in The Citadel Leadership Model

FOLLOWERSHIPLD 4-2C

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Each of you have experienced what it is like to follow

someone else.

Examples:– Being a member of a team– Serving on a project team for an academic class

– Holding a job – working for someone else

• Your new role as Freshman at The Citadel will bring this notion of being a follower to a whole new level!

Leader

SituationSubordinate

Followership- What is it?

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Followership Definition - “Followers of character and commitment acting to support the needs and goals of the team.”

Followership – A Definition

• To be a good follower:- Place the needs of others before your desires.

- Build a relationship of trust and loyalty between your leader and your team!

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Some Qualities of Followership

• Self-management/Discipline

• Commitment

• Competence and focus

• Courage

• Humility

• Understand and live by our Core Values

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Applying Followership

• Always strive to improve self

• Seeing good/bad examples of leaders and

adjusting oneself accordingly

• Reactions to stress, remaining calm

• Use constructive ways to fight stress/fatigue

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Followership and Leadership

All of the qualities of good followership and applications of followership are characteristics of effective servant leaders.

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Fourth Class System –What is it?

• It is a system of requirements, traditional behaviors, duties, and expectations designed to promote this concept of followership.

• Governed by Cadet Regulations, “The Blue Book,” the Fourth Class System is one of the foundational aspects of The Citadel Experience.

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Principles of the Fourth Class System

• All cadets will be treated with dignity and respect.

• All cadets, regardless of class, will accept personal responsibility for the fair, equitable, proper, and effective operation of the system.

• All cadets will implement the system in such a manner as to support each cadet's opportunity to achieve academic, military, physical, and moral-ethical excellence.

• No cadet will put another cadet in a position where he or she must compromise Citadel Core Values or disregard prescribed rules, regulations, or standards.

• Source: The Blue Book, Chapter 3

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To provide new cadets with an understanding of The Citadel’s core values of Honor, Duty, and Respect.

– The Honor Code

– The Blue Book

– Respect for military rank structure.

Key Objectives of the Fourth Class System

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• To teach new cadets the regulations, customs and traditions of The Citadel.

– The Blue Book

– The Guidon

Key Objectives of the Fourth Class System

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• To remove wealth and former station as factors in the development of new cadets.

–Same Hairstyles–No Car–Same Uniform

Key Objectives of the Fourth Class System

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• To instill in new cadets a sense of humility and selfless subordination.

• Servant Leadership

“A servant leader is one who puts the best interests and welfare of their subordinates above their own.”

Key Objectives of the Fourth Class System

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• To develop personal character and create a foundation for honorable and ethical decision-making.

BEWARE of moral temptations associated with cutting corners, being a Spotlight Ranger, and misaligned loyalties.

Key Objectives of the Fourth Class System

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• To instill new cadets with self-discipline.

• To physically challenge new cadets and establish a foundation of understanding the necessity of physical fitness for life.

• To instruct new cadets in time management.

• To prepare new cadets for academic achievement.

• To inculcate class cohesion in support of The Citadel Missionand the development of Principled Leaders.

Source: The Blue Book, Chapter 3

Key Objectives of the Fourth Class System

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What you can expect from your cadet leaders

• Demonstrate a sense of accountability for those in their care; (i.e. you)

• Treat each other with dignity and respect;

• Operate within the rules and regulations, particularly Chapter Three of the Blue Book;

• Never put you in a position where you must compromiseCitadel Core Values or disregard prescribed rules, regulations, or standards.

SOURCE: The Citadel Training Manual, p6

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Training Schedule

-Prepare to brief key highlights in training-Take ownership of the training and use this opportunity as a way to set your training expectations moving forward

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In Summary • BE EASY TO BE LED!• Your prior experiences have provided

you more preparation than you know• Commit yourself to work hard for the

coming year – it will be a challenging, exacting, and demanding.

• Understand our Core Values and be ready and willing to help your classmates

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QUESTIONS?