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- The inner-circle of followers (“henchmen”) support bad leaders because they share in the power. All too often, we value leader effectiveness without taking into account the means by which the leader succeeds. The antidote to bad leadership is engaged and courageous followers.
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Whether followers perceive a leader as an all-knowing father figure, as an authoritative yet unconditionally loving mother figure, or as a brother or sister who isn’t necessarily a model of good...
Oct 9, 2019 · Why Do People Follow Bad Leaders? Here are the reasons that tyrants, dictators, and incompetents continue to lead. Posted October 9, 2019 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader. There are currently...
- We Value the Wrong Leader Qualities. We value strong, confident leaders, but often confuse arrogance and narcissism for strength. Research shows that the worst leaders are very narcissistic and arrogant.
- We Equate Effectiveness with Being a Good Leader. We place great value on results, but often neglect to consider how those results were obtained (i.e., “the ends justify the means”).
- We Crave Power. Leadership expert, Jean Lipman-Blumen, in her book on Toxic Leadership, suggests that followers enable and assist bad leaders – allowing them to get into positions of power, and supporting their misdeeds.
- We Don’t Hold Leaders Accountable. We often blindly place leaders on a pedestal and assume that they will do the right thing. We need to be active followers and hold leaders accountable.
Jul 17, 2020 · There is an innocuous sense in which people work for their leaders: leaders can generally expect followers to do what the leaders ask. Leaders may also act as employers: strategic leaders in organisations are often legally regarded as employers, and what they say can be attributed to the employer.
- Julian Stern
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Jan 19, 2024 · In this blog post, we'll explore how a modern perspective called 'engaged followership' is reshaping our understanding of why people sometimes do what they're told, even when it goes against their own moral compass.
Nov 11, 2021 · A “follow the leader” mentality is no different. As leaders of integrity, we feel successful when our teams are united and productive. In recent years, we’ve seen political polarization...
Feb 18, 2021 · We discuss our findings in light of followership theory, whereby joining role-based and constructionist approaches allows us to argue that followers may still be followers even when they do not invariably follow their leader.
