For every leader there are dozens of followers working closely with them. This updated third edition speaks to those followers and gives them the insights and tools for being effective partners with their leaders.

How to create leaders people to follow ... And Followers who leadthemselves.

The Art of Followership puts dynamic leader-follower interaction at the forefront of discussion. It examines the multiple roles followers play and their often complex relationship to leaders. With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners from the burgeoning field of leadership/followership studies, this groundbreaking book outlines how followers contribute to effective leadership and to organizations overall. Drawing from various disciplines?from philosophy, to psychology and management, to education?the book defines followership and its myriad meanings. The Art of Followership explores the practice and research that promote positive followership and reveals the part that followers play in setting the standards and formulating the culture and policies of the group. The contributors include new models of followership and explore fresh perspectives on the contributions that followers make to groups, organizations, societies, and leaders. The book also explores the most current research on followership and includes insights and perspectives on the future of leader-follower relationships.

Organizations require not only effective leaders, but also supportive followers, to achieve goals and objectives. Although the role of followers is often overlooked, this paper highlights the importance of followers in a successful organization and the traits of an effective follower. The author discusses changing expectations of followers, and examines the relationship between leaders and followers and the characteristics demanded of each to achieve an optimal working relationship.

What is followership, and why do people follow? This book, which offers a collection of chapters written by thought leaders on the topic of followership, provides answers to these fundamental questions and elucidates how they can inform management theory, practice, and education.