Followers

leader has with his followers through seven values namely being teachable, demonstrating discipline, showing concern for the followers, showing mercy in beliefs of action of all people, seeking the best for the organization, creating an environment of peace, and fulfilling the needs of the organization and his followers. The fact that a servant leader proves that he values the needs of the followers and those of the organization over his own needs enable him win trust of the followers. The…

listen and follow the direction of their leaders. Secondly, both Hitler and Mussolini had stirred extreme nationalism and pride within their followers. Previously, I mentioned that both Hitler and Mussolini had taken over with the political idea of fascism, in order to be a fascist, you had to have extreme nationalism. Hitler and Mussolini had their followers have extreme pride and nationalism to their country along with their leader. It was important that the citizens were loyal to their…

Followers are major contributors to the success of any organization. It is important for leaders to understand this and empower followers to take on the ethical traits found in effective leaders. The importance of a follower’s ability to cooperate with leadership in achieving goals and metrics dictates their value to the organization. Leaders can develop inspired followers though the modeling of the followership behavior which they desire (Reynolds, 2015). The Johnson text book outlines four…

leaders at a Midwest Christian university perceived the strengths and weaknesses of their servant leadership skills. These perceptions were then compared to how followers understood the same administrators’ leadership traits, strengths and weaknesses. A survey instrument was used to measure leadership perceptions from two groups, leaders and followers. The survey responses reflected both servant-leadership quality strengths and weaknesses. Among the twenty-one traits…

much in common? Well, Islam and Christianity are two different religions but with a lot of in common. Some of the similarities are that they both have a sacred book, both have some of the same beliefs, and last but not least they both have many followers. What is a sacred book? A sacred book is any book regarded by a religious body as a source or divinely inspired statement of its faith, history, and practices, as stated on Google. In other words this is their bible. In Islam the name of…

billion followers of Christianity and 1.5 billion followers of Islam. While Christianity has remained the most practiced religion in the world, over the years Islam has become more and more prominent. Whether it be Christianity or Islam, you can find many similarities and differences regarding each religion’s God, Holy Books, and Jesus Christ. In either religion, you can expect to find a belief in a single God by its followers. However, there are some differences. In Christianity, its…

and passion of their followers. Common methods to institute this behavior include having open and two-way communication without interruptions, asking non-work related questions to allow a more human interaction, and taking the opportunities when they present to coach and mentor. Using Robert E. Kelley’s behavior dimensions of critical thinking and participation, we can classify each team member to best focus efforts to enable all individual members to becomes effective followers (CITATION). At…

What makes a person to become a leader or a follower? Alejandro Ines, a college student at Porterville College, writes about how anybody could be a leader and a follower, in his essay, called “Follower or Leader?” Ines introduced a book we read in class, called, “The Sunflower,” by Simon Wiesenthal, an author and a Jew who survived the Holocaust. Ines thesis was, “The life of the typical leaders and followers is composed of many intellectuals, such as mentoring, motivation, and obedience.”…

In the field of law enforcement, police officers must bring a sense of maturity to every assignment. Hersey and Blanchard, in their studies of the relationships between leaders and followers, “developed the concept of maturity into a new theory, referred to as readiness.” We will be explore this theory and see why they created it. In the book, Hersey and Blanchard describe two major components of readiness: “ability focuses on knowledge, experience, and skill/performance, while willingness is…

No matter what type of work someone does, rather it is in industry, services or some other employment, there will always be leaders and followers. However, there are good and bad leaders, and there are good and bad followers. Most people, if not everyone, have encountered and can think of an example for both types of followers and leaders. A great leader is one that can be described as having servant leadership and also has the ability to show great followership when they are being led by…