This interactive session invites participants to engage and experience how worldviews shape our followership. Building on Implicit Followership Theory and the concept of worldview as a set of assumptions influencing our actions (Koltko-Rivera, 2004; Valk et al., 2011), we'll examine how these beliefs impact how we follow. Acknowledging the both secular and religious manifestations of worldview, participants will be invited to engage in respectful dialogue towards increased understanding of diverse perspectives on followership. This session aims to highlight the value of worldview dialogue for followership learning and development (Valk et al., 2011).
This interactive session will dive deeper into the topic of ethical followership and explore follower moral courage when making ethical decisions. Participants will wrestle with thought-provoking questions about ethical behavior, influence, and courage. Using role play and collaboration, we will examine real-life scenarios from an ethical followership perspective. Participants will leave with insights on enacting moral courage in their own practice of ethical followership. This workshop is ideal for those looking to develop stronger ethical decision-making skills within the context of followership and those who want to explore this growing area of ethical followership.
Many of us recognize that the most dangerous expression of bad leadership and bad followership is in the political realm. Liberal democracies around the world are increasingly losing support as voters gravitate to more authoritarian styles and models of leadership. Our community has learned a tremendous amount about followership. How can we apply this to raising consciousness of the power of followers to create political leadership that uses power beneficially and checks the power of leaders who abuse their power?
