Much of today’s management literature is concerned with the importance of good leadership. But what are leaders without followers? Here we examine the important concept of followership and consider what makes a good follower, what followers look for in a leader, and how organisations can promote effective followership.
Leadership is traditionally viewed as a top-down process, with senior managers responsible for giving direction to employees. Yet the best ideas often come from employees who are better aquainted with day-to-day practices. This article outlines why you might want to reverse the leader-follower relationship.
Author Tim Baker discusses how leaders must try to restore the essence of the human spirit at work, and respect employee dignity.
We talk to Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic about his new book "Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?" and find out what gender has to do with leadership.
Is empathy the key to success? In this Expert Interview podcast, we talk to empathy expert Mimi Nicklin about her methods for developing empathy skills.
Distributed leadership is a step change from the more traditional pyramid approach to leadership. These top tips offer some advice on how to make distributed leadership work in your organisation.
This management classic made Peter Drucker a legend in university MBA programs and corporate boardrooms around the globe, and is a definitive guide on managing knowledge workers – and managing yourself.
In this Expert Interview podcast, Mind Tools talks to U.S. navy veteran Mark Brouker about his new book on leadership, "Lessons From the Navy."
The notion of the heroic leader is as unachievable as it is enduringly popular according to a 2007 article in the Harvard Business Review. If, as Ancona et al suggest in their article In Praise of the Incomplete Leader, the idea of the ‘complete’ leader is a myth, then how should today’s leaders lead? Their framework for distributed leadership suggests some of the answers.
Watch this video to learn the definition of Transformational Leadership. Explore the theory behind this leadership style, and discover the characteristics of transformational leaders.
