Instructions
While there are many theories about leadership, at the end of the day, leadership is about people and they ways in which they interact, decide and motivate. One way to prepare to be a better leader is to understand the role of the followers, because there is no leadership without followers. Each of us has been and will be a follower at many times in our career, so in this exercise we are going to consider the role of follower.
Consider your own experiences and our readings and write a 1-2 page essay in which you address the following:
1. How should a leader think about followers?
2. Pick one of the leadership styles we read about and describe how that type of leader might manage their followers.
3. For you are in the role of follower (personally) what behaviors and approaches motivate you to do your best? You may comment on aspects such as having freedom to make decisions, having thorough training and understanding all of processes at the start, etc. Note that each of you may have very different priorities and there is no right or wrong answer.
4. From our reading, is there one type of leader who is most inspiring to you personally?
Papers will be evaluated based on
* Thorough answers (answer all questions completely)
* Demonstrated understanding and use of class concepts/readings
* Logic and persuasion
* Composition and grammar
Hi, Please use the materials that I uploaded, specially the three readings. And please use simple sentences and vocabs. Thanks.
