The Courageous Follower: Standing Up to & for Our Leaders - Softcover

Chaleff, Ira

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9781576750360: The Courageous Follower: Standing Up to & for Our Leaders

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ISBN 10: 1576750361 ISBN 13: 9781576750360

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2003

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The Courageous Follower provides a model of followership that strips away the passive connotations of the role and presents a dynamic alternative for contributing to an organization's pursuit of its mission. For anyone who works closely with a leader of any kind, it is a comprehensive guide for positively influencing that relationship and helping the leader use power wisely to accomplish the organization's purpose.

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About the Author:

Ira Chaleff is the founder and president of Executive Coaching & Consulting Associates. He was recently named one of the top100 thinkers on leadership by Leadership Excellence magazine.

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Business consultant Chaleff points out that most of us at different times are both leaders and followers. Many books, he notes, have explored and analyzed the former role but almost none the latter. Following is often stigmatized, he argues, as docility, weakness or failure to excel. His handbook shows that a courageous follower can be an enormous asset to a leader, and he pinpoints five dimensions in which that courage can be demonstrated: assuming responsibility, serving, challenging, participating in transformation and, given the worst-case scenario, leaving. The book should be of value for those working in businesses where "committeemanship," or team playing, is now the rule in executive ranks.
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