PROGRAM ON DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL

Presented By

Presentation Manikandan
on Yogesh
Sanjeev
Followership Sandeep
Neeraj

Date 01-Jun-22

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Team B 1

 • Inspiration for selecting the topic
• Introduction
• Followership Style Model
• Main Qualities of Followership
• Interdependency – Follower and
Contents Leader
• Toxic Followership
• Outcomes from Followership
• Closing Notes

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Inspiration for
selecting the topic
• Everything starts from followership
1. Leadership Skills
2. Communication Skills
3. Team Building Skills
• Every Leader was once a follower.
• Without followers there are no leaders.
• Trend toward empowerment of team
members i.e., followers
“He who thinks he leads, but has no
followers is only taking a walk”

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 Introduction

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What is
Followership?
• Followership is the capacity or
willingness to follow a leader.

• Followers play an active role in

organization, group and team success
and failures.

• Effective followers are individuals who

are considered to be enthusiastic,
intelligent, ambitious and self reliant.

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Followership Style
Model
Robert E. Kelly

Categorization of Followership

• Critical vs Dependent Thinking

• Passive vs Active Behavior

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Followership Style
Model (contd.’)
5 Types of Followership

• Sheep/ Passive Follower

• Yes People/ Conformist Followers

• Survivors

• Alienated Followers

• Effective Followers

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 Sheep/ Passive Follower
(Passive and Uncritical Yes People/ Conformist
thinker) Followers (Active, but
• Lacks initiative and dependent, uncritical
sense of responsibility thinker)
Followership • Needs much supervision • Carries out order

Style Model • Leaves thinking to

leader
•
•
Participates willingly
Concerned with avoiding
conflict
• Goes along to get along

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 Survivors Alienated Followers
• Has qualities of all four (passive, yet independent
thinker)
• Changes style depending
on situation • Previously effective, may
Followership • Uses whatever style
have experienced setbacks
or frustration
benefits his/her position
Style Model • Avoids risk and foster
• Capable, but focus
shortcomings of
(contd.’) status quo organization
• Does not contribute to
solving problems.

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 Effective Followers
(Active and Critical
thinker)
• Has courage to
Followership initiate change
Style Model • Open to risk and
conflict reach goal
(contd.’)
• Serves best interests
of organization
• Works towards
positive impact

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Main Qualities of
Followership
• Self Management
• Commitment
Demonstrate commitment to your
organization
• Competence and Focus
Be proactive
Be focused
• Courage
Offer independent and critical thinking
Fight for what you believe in
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Leader
and
Follower

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 Interdependence involves two preconditions
• Both parties have coalitions of interests, they share
the same goal, their acts are mutually beneficial.
• Followers and Leaders show courage by
communicating openly, taking action when needed
Interdependencies and holding themselves accountable.
between a Leader • The best followers make the best leaders as they
view the people they lead as their equals.
and Follower
LMX relationship –
• It involves interdependency between leaders and
followers based on reciprocity and equity.
• High LMX articulates inspiring visions , setting high
performance expectations and provide support.

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Toxic Followership
Toxic Followership is characterized by unethical behavior, manipulation and failure to drive the
team. Toxic followers can be more dangerous because they effect all levels of rank structure. They
adversely impact the leader .
What can be done
1. Leaders must take time to explain bigger picture to the team. Followers may not always
understand the bigger picture and leaders might lose sight while managing countless
personalities.
2. Leaders must foster open mindedness as employees feel appreciated valued and
acknowledged in the organization. These actions prevents cohesion and negative thinking.
3. Counter negativity by responding with positivity
4. Create a culture where everyone in the organization feels responsible.
5. Demonstrate loyalty & leadership to the team and the organization.

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 Agreeable

Outcomes Openness

from
Emotional stability
Followership
Team Building

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 Loyalty

Outcomes Talk Straight

from Create Transparency
Followershi Difference between right or
p wrong
Clarify Expectations

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 • Leadership role has the glamour and attention,
but the reality is that most of us are more often
followers than leaders.

• Followership is important to a leader’s success

which leads to organization’s success.

Closing • Team members identify themselves as a unit

Notes and practically plan organizational development
and progress to achieve similar strategies and
objectives.

• Potentially effective followers derive motivation

from ambition by proving themselves in the
follower’s role and hope to win the confidence
of peers and superiors to move up the
corporate ladder.

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 Thank You !

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