Mind Lab - Week 1 - Leadership - Followership
LEADERSHIP - Followership “The role of follower can be seen as holding within it potential for both assessing and taking on leadership functions. In addition to directing activity, these include decision making, goal setting, communicating, adjudicating conflict, and otherwise maintaining the enterprise.” Hollander, E.P. (1992). The Essential Interdependence of Leadership and Followership. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 1(2),71-75. Reflection What do you consider a good leader to be like? How did you lead and follow during the collaborative task? A good leader needs to have good interpersonal communication skills. They need to have a good understanding of the subject they are leading. The need to be approachable and willing to discuss. They also need to be willing to muck in and do with everyone else. clear vision and clear focus honesty, integrity and humility a believer in teamwork and collaboration creative and willing to try out new ideas and st