CITI - partners in change » Tipping point http://www.citi.co.uk Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:34:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.2 Followers or leaders – who is more important? http://www.citi.co.uk/followers-or-leaders-who-is-more-important/ http://www.citi.co.uk/followers-or-leaders-who-is-more-important/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:22:46 +0000 http://www.citi.co.uk/?p=3329 Is this a twist on “Which came first the chicken or the egg?”

Maybe, but one thing is clear, unless there is someone willing to follow there is no leader; not even if one has the title of CEO or executive sponsor.

There are a lot of change management workshops and courses on leadership and creating leaders, but ‘creating’ followers tends to be handled across a number of areas that includes ‘motivation’ and ‘dealing with resistance’.  Are we doing the followers justice?

Derek Sivers uses one of the many music festival videos in discussing leaders and followers.  Be warned, the camerawork is shaky at best!

http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement.html

What is your view on ‘creating’ followers?

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