There are countless books on leadership, but what about followers? Harvard University's Barbara Kellerman, author of "Followership: How Followers Are Creating Change and Changing Leaders," takes a close look at the role of followers and how they are shifting the balance of power within large organizations. by BNET staff
Useful Commute: How Followers Are Changing Leadersthe most important thing leaders needIn all due respect to Professor Kellerman's separating followers into five behavioural categories, but I have reason to question. Why should looking at followers in the same way we've been unsuccessfully looking at leaders result in anything not equally...
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