Courageous Followership Educators Resources
Although respondents strongly perceived followership skills, they were unfamiliar with the term. Some respondents alluded to an opportunity to learn followership skills. One way to share/promote followership with students was to establish a student organization on campus and use agriculture to encourage the leadership process. Our Motto – Built with Students for Students.
This month, we welcome featured presenter Neil E. Grunberg, Professor of Military & Emergency Medicine, who will share his experience preparing courageous followers in the context of military health care. Courageous followership may be...
Tthe surprising story of Letters to Leaders, a pilot-study-in-process that replaces the one-directional, leader-centric focus on “employee engagement” with a two-directional focus on “leader-follower engagement.”
If you ever looked in awe at the courage that some people bring to their lives. This article explains the importance of courage in our lives and how we can go about developing it taking lessons from ancient philosophy and emerging research.
Dear Colleagues, We hope you are well. 2020 will soon be over and to kick-start our holiday celebrations we will have the final webinar of the year! If you missed last month’s webinar, Dr....
This article titled “The Future of Followership” by Barbara Kellerman was selected as a “Highly Commended Paper in the 2020 Emerald Literati Awards.” It was cited by their editorial team as “one of the...
Dear Colleagues, We hope you are well. It is November already, where has 2020 gone? For our US colleagues, we wish you a safe and peaceful election. If you missed last month’s webinar, the...
This month we will hear from Sharna Fabiano. She is an internationally recognized Tango artist-turned life coach. Sharna collaborated with Ira in 2008 to create the Courageous Follower tango video that you may be...
Dear Colleagues, We have some exciting new developments coming up. Below are the details: HOW TO TEACH FOLLOWERSHIP (17TH SEPTEMBER WEBINAR) To coincide with the launch of a new Followership book, we have the...
This is a book is on how followership complements leadership studies and how to teach it. The editors are Marc Hurwitz and Rachael Thompson. Ira said that, “the knowledge it contains… had not been...
We will have the pleasure of learning how to teach followership from Claudia de Castro Caldeirinha. Claudia has worked with top political leaders, CEOs and renowned thinkers to create positive changes, in Europe and around the world. She will share her experience teaching Followership at the EU institutions, challenges, good practices and some lessons learnt.
Dear Colleagues, I hope you have been keeping well in the last few months. Thank you for the feedback you provided to develop our resource. With this platform we will be able to further...
UPDATE: For those that missed the event, you can find a recording here. Dear Community Members, Please join us this Friday the 31st of July 2020 at 09:00 hrs US Eastern Daylight Savings Time....
This video is an excellent example of how a follower participates in transformation even when they do not agree with the leader. It also highlights how the leader respectfully shares his vision for the...
The beautiful Argentinian dance, Tango, is the perfect metaphor for the dynamic between leaders and followers. To understand this dynamic, watch this video, listen to Ira’s explanation of it.
This video is a great example of the importance of courageous followership with constructive dissent (This is available on YouTube, unclear if it is under copyright).
An interesting take on the importance of starting a movement with followers that got a lot of views on YouTube (This is available on YouTube, unclear if it is under copyright).
A humourous example of using mitigating language (This is available on YouTube, unclear if it is under copyright)
How mitigating language can result in poor outcomes under certain circumstance (This is available on YouTube, unclear if it is under copyright)
The need for extreme action to get a leader’s attention (This is available on YouTube, unclear if it is under copyright).
A Bridge Too Far- failure to listen to feedback resulting in disasterous outcomes (This is available on YouTube, unclear if it is under copyright)
This is a book that contains chapters from several authors (including fellow alumnus Alain de Sales) and tackles followership and leadership in uncertain, dynamic and multicultural environments. Visit this site to know more about...
Intelligent Disobedience is an important concept that has been discussed by both Ira and fellow alumnus Bob McGannon in their books on the topic. You can find out more about their books on Intelligent...
This is an excellent resource that contains insightful chapters from leading thinkers in the field of followership and is a must read. It can be found here.
Ira Chaleff –
Website: https://irachaleff.com
Alain de Sales –
Darío O. Fernández –
Website: http://mivitral.com