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EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
FOLLOWERSHIP
LECTURE 3
by
Subhas Chandran
Faculty of Defence & Management Studies
Follower
Is a person who is being influenced by a leader
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CHARACTERISTICS OF
FOLLOWERS
Characteristics that influence the leadership
process:
Respect for Authority
Trusting nature
Easily led
Interpersonal Trust
Disregard others
Suspicious of others
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CHARACTERISTICS OF FOLLOWERS
Decline of trust in leaders
Why followers withhold trust:
Breakdown of the traditional family
Decline of social structures
Lack of shared values and sense of community
Self interests over public good
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CHARACTERISTICS OF
FOLLOWERS
Leaders need to adjust to followers ideas and
expectations
Past leaders:
Ruled with authority
Forced workers to obey
Fired or punished employees
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CHARACTERISTICS OF FOLLOWERS
People who are oppressed respond in
negative ways:
Slowing down production
Producing poor quality work
Uncooperative
Strike is not an option in the military
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CHARACTERISTICS OF
FOLLOWERS
Effective leaders avoid power tactics:
Threatening employees is counterproductive
Leaders today:
Motivate employees
Function as facilitators
Believe that trust and respect should be earned
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FOLLOWERSHIP TYPES
FOLLOWER TYPES
High
Effective
follower
Conformist
follower
Pragmatic
follower
LEVEL OF
INVOLVEMENT
Alienated
follower
Passive
follower
Low
Low
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CRITICAL THINKING
High
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FOLLOWERSHIP TYPES
Alienated Followers
Conformist Followers
Avoid conflict
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FOLLOWERSHIP TYPES
Passive Followers
Are neither high on critical thinking nor
involvement
Look to the leader or others to do all the thinking
Require constant supervision
Never go beyond the job description
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FOLLOWERSHIP TYPES
Effective Followers
High on critical thinking; involvement and
not risk-averse; do not shy from conflict
Courage to initiate change and serve the
best interest of the organization
Tend to function as self-managed team and
can be relied upon the relieve the leader of
many tasks
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FOLLOWERSHIP TYPES
Pragmatic Followers
Has a little of all four stylesdepending on
the prevailing situation
Presents an ambiguous image, with positive
and negative sides
Positive Side - when an organization is facing difficult
times he works the system to get things done
Negative Side action could be seen as playing
political games, or adjusting to maximize self-interest
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POWER
POSITI
ON
INFLUENCE
FACTORS
LOCUS OF
CONTROL
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EDUCATION &
EXPERIENCE
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FOLLOWER INFLUENCE
Leaders need to understand that they are not the sole
possessors of power and influence in their work place
Some followers may have personal, referent, expert,
information, and connection-based sources of power.
The followers power position increases when other
employees rely on a particular follower for information,
expertise, or simply because of his or her personality.
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Opportunities to be creative
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followers
A person can be a leader and also a follower
The roles can change back and forth throughout
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DELEGATION
Task
Time required
Follower characteristics
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BENEFITS OF DELEGATION
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OBSTACLES TO DELEGATION
Some managers dont delegate
because of:
Habit
Fear - that employees will fail
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WHAT TO DELEGATE
Paperwork
Solving employees
problems
problems
Tasks with
developmental
potential
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Routine tasks
outline tasks
What to
Delegate
Technical
matters
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Personnel matters
Confidential activities
What Not To
Delegate
Crises
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Activities delegated to
you personally
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