Chapter 7. Followership.

1. Explain in detail up and down the hierarchy.
2. Explain in detail how to effectively manage both up and down the hierarchy.
3. Recognize your followership style and take steps to become a more effective follower.
4. Explain in detail the leader's role in developing effective followers.
5. Apply the principles of effective followership, including responsibility, service, challenging authority, participating in change, and knowing when to leave.
6. Explain in detail the strategies for effective followership at school or work.
7. Know what followers want from leaders and what leaders expect from followers.
8. Use feedback and leadership coaching to help followers grow and achieve their potential.
9. One organizational observer suggested that bosses who won't give negative feedback to followers who need it cause even more damage in the long run than those who fly off the handle when a follower makes a mistake. Do you agree? Discuss.
10. The chapter describes five ways in which followers need to use courage. Which do you feel is most important? Least important? How might a follower derive the courage to behave in new ways to be more effective? Discuss.