To consider ‘Skill/Will’ and ‘Level V followership’ in isolation from leadership behavior would be a serious omission. One will to some extent drive the other and vice versa.
Write a General Assignment (APA Standards required) that examines in detail followership within your organization. Address the following questions using examples and references from your Module readings:
– Are there areas where ‘Skill/Will’ and ‘Level V followership’ are more effective than others? Why?
– How would you move people within the organization toward ‘Level V followership?
– What impact can you have on your current position in the organization?
Course Reading Overview (please use for at least 2 of your sources):
Complex Adaptive Leadership (Obolensky, 2014)
• Chapter 9 – What About the Followers?
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership
• Chapter 11 – Orchestrate Conflict
Additional Readings
How to lead when you’re not the boss. (cover story) (2000). Harvard Management Update, 5(3), 1.Hymowitz, C. (2001, February 20).
Being an Effective Boss Means Knowing How To ‘Manage Up,’ Too. Wall Street Journal – Eastern Edition. p. B1.
Kelley, R. E. (1988). In Praise of Followers. Harvard Business Review, 66(6), 142-148.
Gabarro, J. J., & Kotter, J. P. (2005). Managing Your Boss. Harvard Business Review, 83(1), 92-99.
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