The art of followership : how great followers create great leaders and organizations /
editors, Ronald E. Riggio, Ira Chaleff, Jean Lipman-Blumen ; foreword by James MacGregor Burns.
- 1st ed.
- San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2008.
- xxvii, 386 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Warren Bennis signature series .
"A Warren Bennis book"--P. [ii].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Defining and redefining followership. Rethinking followership / Robert E. Kelley -- Leadership : a partnership in reciprocal following / James Maroosis -- Three perspectives on followership / Jon P. Howell and María J. Méndez -- A new leadership-followership paradigm / Ernest L. Stech -- Followership : an outmoded concept / Joseph Rost -- pt. 2. Effective followership. Creating new ways of following / Ira Chaleff -- Rethinking leadership and followership : a student's perspective / Krista Kleiner -- The hero's journey to effective followership and leadership : a practitioner's focus / Gail S. Williams -- Courageous followers, servant-leaders, and organizational transformations / Linda Hopper -- Followership in a professional services firm / Brent Uken -- Developing great leaders, one follower at a time / Rodger Adair -- Getting together / Gene Dixon -- pt. 3. The pitfalls and challenges of followership. Following toxic leaders : in search of posthumous praise / Jean Lipman-Blumen -- What can Milgram's obedience experiments contribute to our understanding of followership / Thomas Blass -- What kind of leader do people want to follow / Michael Maccoby -- Bystanders to children's bullying : the importance of leadership by "innocent bystanders" / Lorna S. Blumen -- Whistleblowing as responsible followership / C. Fred Alford -- pt. 4. Followers and leaders : research, practice, and the future. Followers' cognitive and affective structures and leadership processes / Robert G. Lord -- Social identity processes and the empowerment of followers / Michael A. Hogg -- Lead, follow, and get out of the way : involving employees in the visioning process / Melissa K. Carsten and Michelle C. Bligh -- Effective followership for creativity and innovation : a range of colors and dimensions / Kimberly S. Jaussi, Andy Stefanovich, and Patricia G. Devlin -- Conformist, resistant, and disguised selves : a post-structuralist approach to identity and workplace followership / David Collinson -- The rise of authentic followership / Bruce J. Avolio and Rebecca J. Reichard.
The Art of Followership puts dynamic leader-follower interaction at the forefront of discussion. It examines the multiple roles followers play and their often complex relationship to leaders. With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners f.