Art of Followership

The EditorsRONALD E. RIGGIO is director of the Henry R. Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College. He is coeditor of The Practice of Leadership and Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations, both from Jossey-Bass, and coauthor of Transformational Leadership, from Erlbaum.IRA CHALEFF is president of Executive Coaching & Consulting Associates, adjunct faculty at Georgetown University, and the author of The Courageous Follower: Standing Up to and for Our Leaders, from Berrett-Koehler.JEAN LIPMAN-BLUMEN is Thorton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and professor of organizational behavior at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, and author, The Allure of Toxic Leadership and Connective Leadership.

"Andy and Patty share indispensable insight to leaders of innovative change in their chapter, Effective Followship for Creativity and Innovation.” (ThinkAboutItHarder.com, 05/05/08) The Art of Followership turn leadership book on their heads. As the authors argue, followership is more important now that it has ever been. (Consulting Magazine, 05/05/08)The Art of Followership is actually quite different in presentation…. Some chapters are quite short; others describe individual programs as a springboard for talking about the phenomenon. But most are scholarly think-pieces that are quite conceptual. (Financial Executive, 05/01/2008)"With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, this book highlights the different model, perspectives, and meaning of followership." (T + D Magazine, 04/28)"My long-time collaborator James MacGregor Burns, who wrote the forward in this book, deemed it is a ' landmark book in the complexities of the leader-follower dynamic. I agree." (TLC Newsletter, 04/2008)

• Foreword xiJames MacGregor BurnsAcknowledgments xiiiAbout the Contributors xvIntroduction xxiiiWarren BennisPART ONE  Defining and Redefining FollowershipONE  Rethinking Followership 5Robert E. KelleyTWO  Leadership: A Partnership in Reciprocal Following 17James MaroosisTHREE  Three Perspectives on Followership 25Jon P. Howell and María J. MéndezFOUR  A New Leadership-Followership Paradigm 41Ernest L. StechFIVE  Followership: An Outmoded Concept 53Joseph RostPART TWO  Effective FollowershipSIX  Creating New Ways of Following 67Ira ChaleffSEVEN  Rethinking Leadership and Followership: A Student's Perspective 89Krista KleinerEIGHT  The Hero’s Journey to Effective Followership and Leadership: A Practitioner’s Focus 95Gail S. WilliamsNINE  Courageous Followers, Servant-Leaders, and Organizational Transformations 109Linda HopperTEN  Followership in a Professional Services Firm 127Brent UkenELEVEN  Developing Great Leaders, One Follower at a Time 137Rodger AdairTWELVE  Getting Together 155Gene DixonPART THREE  The Pitfalls and Challenges of FollowershipTHIRTEEN  Following Toxic Leaders: In Search of Posthumous Praise 181Jean Lipman-BlumenFOURTEEN  What Can Milgram’s Obedience Experiments Contribute to Our Understanding of Followership? 195Thomas BlassFIFTEEN  What Kind of Leader Do People Want to Follow? 209Michael MaccobySIXTEEN  Bystanders to Children’s Bullying: The Importance of Leadership by “Innocent Bystanders” 219Lorna S. BlumenSEVENTEEN  Whistleblowing as Responsible Followership 237C. Fred AlfordPART FOUR  Followers and Leaders: Research, Practice, and the FutureEIGHTEEN  Followers’ Cognitive and Affective Structures and Leadership Processes 255Robert G. LordNINETEEN  Social Identity Processes and the Empowerment of Followers 267Michael A. HoggTWENTY  Lead, Follow, and Get out of the Way: Involving Employees in the Visioning Process 277Melissa K. Carsten and Michelle C. BlighTWENTY-ONE  Effective Followership for Creativity and Innovation: A Range of Colors and Dimensions 291Kimberly S. Jaussi, Andy Stefanovich, and Patricia G. DevlinTWENTY-TWO  Conformist, Resistant, and Disguised Selves: A Post-Structuralist Approach to Identity and Workplace Followership 309David CollinsonTWENTY-THREE  The Rise of Authentic Followership 325Bruce J. Avolio and Rebecca J. ReichardNotes 338Index 377