The document discusses followership as an important aspect of leadership. It defines followership as the willingness to cooperate and work towards accomplishing shared goals as a team. Several theories and models of followership are examined, including servant leadership and Kelley's theory of followership. The document also explores what the Bible says about followership, citing verses where Jesus calls people to "follow me." It identifies qualities of good followers, such as being committed, competent, and courageous. Overall, the document emphasizes that effective followership is essential for effective leadership.

2. Rationale
One cannot be a leader
without followers—and some
would argue that this
requirement makes followers
just as important as leaders. It
is important to understand
why and how people follow.

3. Program Goal
To define and examine
followership as a leadership
concept and basis of
collaboration
To know what the Bible tells
about followership

4. Objectives
 To explain the important
responsibilities followers have in
the leader-follower relationship
 To distinguish between negative
and positive reasons for following
a leader
 To identify qualities of good
followers

5. Motivational Questions
 Do you want to follow always what is
being directed or ordered?
 Are you get tired on routinenary task?
 Do you find happiness in what you are
doing in an organization or company?
 What makes you move or work in spite
of taxing work or demanding work and
boss?

6. Five Minute Personality Test
Choose the item in each line
that is most like you and put a
4. Then pick the item that is
next most like you and put a
3. Then 2 and then 1 which is
least like you. Do this across
the page for each list of
descriptors.

7. Sample
1. _____ _______ _______ ______
2. _____ _______ _______ ______
3. _____ _______ _______ ______
4. _____ _______ _______ ______
5. _____ _______ _______ ______
6. _____ _______ _______ ______
7. _____ _______ _______ ______
8. _____ _______ _______ ______
9. _____ _______ _______ ______
10. _____ _______ _______ ______

8. Five Minute Personality Test
1. ____ Likes authority ____Enthusiastic
____ Sensitive Feelings ____Likes
Instruction
2. ____ Takes Charge ____Takes Risks
____ Loyal ____ Accurate
3. ____ Determined ____ Visionary
____ Calm ____Consistent

9. Five Minute Personality Test
4. ____ Enterprising ____ Verbal
____ Enjoys Routine ____ Predictable
5. ____ Competitive ____ Promoter
____ Dislikes Change ____ Practical
6. ____ Problem Solver
____ Enjoys Popularity
____ Gives in To Others ____ Factual

10. Five Minute Personality Test
7. ____ Productive ____ Fun-loving
____ Avoids Confrontations
____ Responsible
8. ____ Bold ____ Likes Variety
____ Sensitive ____ Prefers Perfection
9. ____ Decision Maker
____ Spontaneous ____ Nurturing
____ Detail Oriented

11. Five Minute Personality Test
10. ____ Persistent ____ Inspirational
____ Peace Maker ____ Analytical
Total: _______ ________
__________ _________

12. Lion
 This personality likes to lead. The lion is good
at making decisions and is very goal-oriented.
They enjoy challenges, difficult assignments,
and opportunity for advancement. Because
lions are thinking of the goal, they can step on
people to reach it. Lions can be very
aggressive and competitive. Lions must learn
not to be too bossy or to take charge in other's
affairs. Strength: Goal-oriented, strong, direct
Weakness: Argumentative, too dictatorial
Limitation: Doesn't understand that directness
can hurt others, hard time expressing grace

13. Otter
 Otters are very social creature. Otter personalities
love people. They enjoys being popular and
influencing and motivating others. Otter can
sometimes be hurt when people do not like them.
Otter personalities usually have lots of friends, but
not deep relationships. They love to goof-off. (They
are notorious for messy rooms.) Otters like to hurry
and finish jobs. (Jobs are not often done well.) The
otter personality is like Tigger in Winnie The Pooh.
Strength: People person, open, positive Weakness:
Talks too much, too permissive Limitation:
Remembering past commitments, follow through with
discipline

14. Golden Retriever
 Good at making friends. Very loyal. Retriever
personalities do not like big changes. They
look for security. Can be very sensitive. Very
caring. Has deep relationships, but usually
only a couple of close friends. Wants to be
loved by everyone. Looks for appreciation.
Works best in a limited situation with a steady
work pattern. Strength: Accommodating, calm,
affirming Weakness: Indecisive, indifferent,
unable to express emotional, too soft on other
people Limitation: Seeing the need to be more
assertive, holding others accountable

15. Beaver
 Organized. Beavers think that there is a
right way to do everything and they want to
do it exact that way. Beaver personalities
are very creative. They desire to solve
everything. Desire to take their time and do
it right. Beavers do not like sudden
changes. They need reassurance.
Strength: High standards, order, respect
Weakness: Unrealistic expectations of self
& others, too perfect. Limitation: Seeing the
optimistic side of things, expressing
flexibility

16. In the discussion of leadership,
often the leader is the star. As
often as we are leaders, we too
are followers in the way that we
lead by example and participate in
a variety of activities. The
followers are usually the most
important members of the group
since the leader needs them to get
things done.

17. Definition of Followership
Followership can be defined
as the willingness to
cooperate in working towards
the accomplishment of the
group mission, to demonstrate
a high degree of teamwork
and to build cohesion among
the group.

18. Theories
 Theories of Servant Leadership
by Robert K. Greenleaf,
 Theory of Followership by Robert
E. Kelley
 Both theories seem, in some
way, to have been partly inspired
by Jesus Christ.

19.  Followership, for example,
sounds like the words of Jesus,
who chose his disciples with the
command, ―Follow me‖ (NAS:
Mat. 4:19, 9:9, 16:24, 19:21,
Mar.1:17, 2:14, 8:34, 10:21, Luk.
5:27, 9:23, 18:22). In fact, in the
four gospels, the word follow
occurs 91 times.

20. Verses
 Matthew 4:19 Come, follow me,‖
Jesus said, ― and I will send you
out to fish for people.‖
 Matthew 16:24 The Jesus said to
his disciples, ―Whoever wants to
be my disciple must deny them
selves and take up their cross
and follow me.‖

21. What does it mean?
 Matthew 4:19 – to follow is to obey; to
submit to authority, to follow orders (a
command)
 Hebrews 13:17 Have confidence (Obey)
in your leaders and submit to their
authority, because they keep watch over
you as those who must give an account.
Do this so that their work will be a joy,
not burden, for that would be of no
benefit to you.

22. Obey with Joy
 Obedience and submission to God’s
appointed authorities in our lives is one of
the most basic principle that we must
practice in our family, work, church,
marriage, and our country. (Romans 13:1).
The Bible says that whoever opposes
God’s command is making a deliberate
choice to rebel against God and He will
bring judgment upon them with the use of
the very authorities themselves (Romans
13:2)

23. What does it mean?
Matthew 16:24 - humility -
lack of pride; humble –not
proud or arrogant; having a
spirit of submission
James 4:10 Humble your self
to the Lord, and he will lift you
up.

24. Origin/Definition
 In the New Testament, the
primary word for follow is
akoloutheo (αkoluqe)w). This
compound Greek word is formed
from the prefix a which expresses
union, or likeness, and the root
word, keleuthos, which means a
way (ISBE, 1996).

25. Origin/Definition
 The phrase ―submit to authorities‖
comes from the Greek word
―Hupotasso‖ which means to place
yourself under. When we submit to
authorities who are acting in very
unchristian ways, we are trusting
God in faith that He protect us,
defend us, and guard us in our
situation.

26. Definition of Leadership
 simple definition of leadership is that
leadership is the art of motivating a
group of people to act towards
achieving a common goal.
 Leadership is a relationship. It is a set
of skills and abilities that are available
to everyone. Leadership is a
relationship between those who want
to lead and those choose to follow.

27. Remember
 Effective followership is an excellent
building block to effective leadership.
 Effective leadership requires effective
followership. Do your best to make your
group the best it can be!
 Followership is incredibly important for
every group and for leaders. Leaders
must also be followers.
 Good leaders are good followers.
 Leaders cannot exist without followers.

28.  Exactly what a follower does, though, is not
without leadership traits. In fact, Kelley
points out that ―most managers play both
roles‖ One may wear different hats in
different organizations, or even within one
organization. Everyone is answerable to
someone. Therefore, it is more helpful to
think of traits in the person who follows or
who leads rather than polarized roles which
place one person as hero or ―great man‖
and another as sheep.

29. Question???
How to become
an effective
follower?

30. Kelley lists four primary traits of
followers:
 1. ―They manage themselves well.
 2. They are committed to the
organization and to a purpose, principle,
or person outside of themselves.
 3. They build their competence and
focus their efforts for maximum impact.
 4. They are courageous, honest and
credible‖

31. The above four traits
are clearly elements
of good leaders as
well as followers.

32. Kelley elaborates by saying that
good followers:
 (1) ―take on extra work gladly‖ but
 (2) they do not accept challenges
wherein they are ―poorly qualified,‖ and
they
 (3) ―contribute well to teams.‖
Furthermore, they
 (4)―search for overlooked problems,‖
taking the initiative to ―present the issue
along with a solution.‖

33. Kelley (1991) describes effective
followers in two dimensions.
 One dimension perceives followers
on a scale that ranges from
independent, critical thinking at one
end of the scale to dependent,
uncritical thinking at the other end of
the scale.
 A second dimension perceives
followers on a scale from active
followers to passive followers.

34. Chaleff (1995) posits five characteristics of
followers specific to “courageous followers.”
Courageous followers are characterized by:
 the courage to take
responsibility,
 the courage to serve,
 the courage to confront
leadership,
 the courage to change, and
 the courage to take moral
responsibility.

35.  There are five common reasons
why followers are willing to follow
a leader. The leader’s job is to
understand why the followers
keep coming back to create the
most positive environment
possible. The rationale become
more positive as the list goes on.

36. There are five common reasons why followers are
willing to follow a leader.
 Fear of retribution: "If I do not follow, I may
lose my job!"
 Blind hope: "We must do something. I hope
this works!"
 Faith in Leader: "What a great person. If
anyone knows the answer, they do!"
 Intellectual agreement: "What a good idea.
That makes real sense."
 Buying the vision: "What a brilliant idea. I
don't care who thought of it."

37. Types of Followership:
Fear and Survival
Domination – followers will
stab you in the back when
they can as they are
constantly beaten up.
Rank – followers only follow
due to rank and nothing else

38. Types of Followership:
 What Can You Do For Me?
 Expertise - followers pursue the
knowledge you have and will
leave you when you have nothing
left to teach
 Power – followers will leave the
leader when the leader can no
longer help them

39. Types of Followership:
 What Can I Do For You?
 Mission – You are driven to help fulfill a
high-purposed goal. Ending apart heid,
eliminating polio, etc.
 Role Model – think Gandhi or Mother
Teresa. You follow them because of
their role and what they model – you
believe what they stand for.

40. Questions
Why do we follow a
leader?
What make you to
follow a person like a
leader?

41.  The category of relationship is
complimented by the category of
responsibility. From a biblical perspective,
the idea of relationship naturally results in
the follower having certain
responsibilities toward the leader. This
concept was emphasized when Jesus
stated, ―he who has my commandments
and keeps them, he it is who loves me,
and he who loves Me will be loved by My
Father, and I will love him, and will
disclose Myself to him‖ (John 14:21).
Additionally, Jesus made the connection
between relationship and responsibility
when He said, ―You are My friends if you
do what I command you (John 15:14).

42. Colossians 3:22-24 (NIV)
 22Slaves (employee) obey your earthly
masters in everything; and do it, not only
when their eyes is on you and to curry their
favor, but with sincerity of heart and
reverence for the Lord. 23 What ever you
do, work at it with all your heart, as working
for the Lord, not for human masters, 24
since you know that you will receive an
inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is
the Lord Christ you are serving

43. Colossians 4:1 (NIV)
 1 Masters (employers/
leaders) provide your
slaves (employee) with is
right and fair, because
you know that you also
have a Master in heaven.

45. GOD
Leader FollowerRelationship
HumilityObedience
Teamwork

46. What Followers Want:
 The followers’ four basic needs were
found to be:

47. Seven Paths to Followership
 Apprentice ―aspiring to be leaders.‖
 Disciple ―one who is learning from a
teacher.‖
 Mentee ―diamond in the rough.‖
 Comrade
 Loyalist
 Dreamer
 Lifeway

48. A Means To
Express Self
A Means To
Transform Self
Shaped by
Relationship
Shaped by
Personal GoalsFollowership
Comrade
Lifeway
Mentee
Dreamer
Apprentice
Disciple
Loyalist

49. Identifying Your Followership
Style
 Independent Thinking Items
 Question Scoring
 1. ______
 5. ______
 11. ______
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 16. ______
 17. ______
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 19. ______
 20. ______
 TOTAL SCORE ______
 Active Engagement Items
Question Scoring
 2. ______
 3. ______
 4. ______
 6. ______
 7. ______
 8. ______
 9. ______
 10. ______
 13. ______
 15 ______
 TOTAL SCORE ______

50. For each statement, please use the scale of 0 –
6 to indicate the extent to which the statement
describes you. Think of a specific but typical
followership situation and how you acted.
 1. Does your involvement help you fulfill
some societal goal or personal dream
that is important to you?
 2. Are your personal goals aligned with
your student organization’s priority
goals?
 3. Are you highly committed to and
energized by your involvement and
organization, giving them your best
ideas and performance?

51.  4. Does your enthusiasm also spread to
and energize your peers?
 5. Instead of waiting for or merely
accepting what the leader tells you, do you
personally identify which organizational
activities are most critical for achieving the
organization’s priority goals?
 6. Do you actively develop a distinctive
competence in those critical activities so
that you become more valuable to the
organization and its leaders?

52.  7. When starting a new job or assignment,
do you promptly build a record of
successes that are important to the
organization and its leaders?
 8. Can the leader of your organization give
you a difficult assignment without the
benefit of much supervision, knowing you
will meet your deadline with high-quality
work?
 9. Do you take the initiative to seek out
and successfully complete assignments
that go above and beyond your role?

53.  10. When you are not the leader of a
project, do you still contribute at a high
level, often doing more than your share?
 11. Do you independently think of and
champion new ideas that will contribute
significantly to the organization’s goals?
 12. Do you try to solve the tough
problems (technical, organizational, etc)
rather than look to the leader to do it for
you?

54.  13. Do you help your peers, making them
look good, even when you don’t get any
credit?
 14. Do you help the leader or organization
see both the upside potential and downside
risks of ideas or plans, playing the devil’s
advocate if needed?
 15. Do you understand the leader’s needs,
goals, and constraints, and work hard to
meet them?

55.  16. Do you actively and honestly own up
to your strengths and weaknesses rather
than put off evaluation?
 17. Do you make a habit of internally
questioning the wisdom of the leader’s
decision rather than just doing what you
are told?
 18. When the leader asks you to do
something that runs contrary to your
preferences, do you say ―no‖ rather than
―yes?‖

56.  19. Do you act on your own ethical
standards rather than the leader’s or the
group’s standards?
 20. Do you assert your views in
important issues, even though it might
mean conflict with your group or leader?

59. Followership
Style
Independent
Thinking
Score
Active
Engagement
Score
EXEMPLARY High High
ALIENTATED High Low
CONFORMIST Low High
PRAGMATIST Middling Middling
PASSIVE Low Low

60. Generalization
 Trust and faith is the main
characteristics that Jesus thought us
when we are called to serve.
 Followership is to obey; surrender with
humbleness
 Serve with joy to honor God
 Work as a team – the concept of
relationship and accountability
 Good leaders are good followers.

61. To Be a
Good Leader,
First Be a
Good Follower

62. Sourece:
 CCF Chronicle Vol.16 No. 20 May 14, 2017
 Kelly, Robert E. 1992. The Power of
Followership, Presented by JenPelletier,
The Ohio Union, pelletier.17@osu.edu
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 http://www.leadershipkeynote.net/articles/a
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