The Art of Followership puts dynamic leader-followerinteraction at the forefront of discussion. It examines themultiple roles followers play and their often complex relationshipto leaders. With contributions from leading scholars andpractitioners from the burgeoning field of leadership/followershipstudies, this groundbreaking book outlines how followers contributeto effective leadership and to organizations overall.Drawing from various disciplines?from philosophy, to psychologyand management, to education?the book defines followership and itsmyriad meanings. The Art of Followership explores thepractice and research that promote positive followership andreveals the part that followers play in setting the standards andformulating the culture and policies of the group.The contributors include new models of followership and explorefresh perspectives on the contributions that followers make togroups, organizations, societies, and leaders. The book alsoexplores the most current research on followership and includesinsights and perspectives on the future of leader-followerrelationships.

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