Instead of fresh food, we're in the market for fresh ideas. The Wednesday afternoon Followership Farmers Market is a place to learn about a fantastic new followership book, course, or development tool. The market brings together authors, podcasters, inventors, trainers, creators, debaters and peddlers of other provocative followership goods, as well as a gallery of followership posters sharing the latest research and scholarly explorations in a tasty, snack-size format. It is a place where serendipitous followership community is created and where surprising followership discoveries are made!
POSTERS- Honeycomb Leadership and Mentoring™ Model: A Research-Based Shared Leadership Approach for Effective Followership and Leadership Development - Mary Ann Pearson
The Honeycomb Leadership and Mentoring™ is a research-based model for 'effective' followership and leadership development. The model acknowledges the fluidity of following and leading within management-employee relationships (Uhl-Bien et al., 2014). Within HLM, effective leadership emerges within a social-relational process that increases human and social capital in every role (Day, 2024). A recent qualitative research project on shared leadership supported concepts embraced by the HLM™ model. - Developing a Followership Identity: A Grounded Theory - Madeleine Gray
This grounded theory study investigates how individuals develop their followership identity within organizational contexts. Through interviews with 16 undergraduate students identified as exemplary team members, the research reveals a six-stage developmental progression from pre-team awareness to adaptive followership. Analysis identifies three fundamental themes shaping this development: formative influences, evolving team dynamics, and sustained engagement factors. The findings demonstrate how followership identity evolves from hierarchical understanding to sophisticated systemic awareness through recursive development cycles. This research extends existing frameworks by illuminating specific developmental stages while offering practical implications for organizational development programs. - Calling on Kindness: The Unspoken Virtue That Builds Connectedness and Strengthens a Culture of Care - Carrie Tate-Meyer
A Visual poster represents a culture of kindness that fosters flourishing and empowers followers when leaders show empathy, trust, and communication as the foundation. Within this construct, leaders empower their followers by building relationships, setting expectations, building connections, showing care, showing interest in the individual, and through accountability. - Would You Follow You? Four Followership Factors: A Revised Kelley Followership Questionnaire - Sherrie Lynn
Leadership is a process, not a title. Everyone is both a follower and a leader, yet few acknowledge the importance of the follower role. - The Followership Paradox: A case study of followers leading the charge - Parker Watson
Study proposal for case study of North Carolina teacher's strike to examine followership
