summary of leaders and followers
Summary of effective followers 1
Summary of “how to cultivate effective follower”
April Wang
English Composition Ⅰ
Professor Hampton
October 25th, 2012
Summary of effective followers 2
Summary of “How to cultivate effective followers” In the article “How to cultivate effective followers”, the writer Christopher Lorenz identifies that followers who could not follow a parade in the past is playing a remarkable role during recent years, that is to say, since the followers are taken into fully account nowadays, they are becoming more efficient and play a key role in the company. However, the author also stressed that he was not going to have a debate with anyone who had great passion for leadership. According to the author, followers are divided into five types in this article: sheep, yes people, alienated followers, survivors, effective followers. In that case, some recommendations are also given to help foster efficient followers. Truly, most of the time, we do not act as a leader but a follower. Viewing that issue, Kelly, who is an industrial administration in Pittsburgh at Carnegie-Mellon University, did a research about it. Basically, it is separated in to five different sorts according to followers’ various qualities in Kelly’s study. First, sheep only do, if any, what the leaders let them do. They do not have their own opinions and depend on their leaders all the time. Yes people, obviously, are also a group of people who concern nothing but the tasks are given. Only when the leader is “blind”, this type of followers may be popular. Alienated followers are cynics--they hold their own ideas which are always the opposite of their leaders and never drop them. Survivors depend on their leaders’ tempers. Their motto is “does anything that can please leaders”. Effective followers, who are probably only imaginations, are the most ideal ones.
Summary of “how to cultivate effective follower”
April Wang
English Composition Ⅰ
Professor Hampton
October 25th, 2012
Summary of effective followers 2
Summary of “How to cultivate effective followers” In the article “How to cultivate effective followers”, the writer Christopher Lorenz identifies that followers who could not follow a parade in the past is playing a remarkable role during recent years, that is to say, since the followers are taken into fully account nowadays, they are becoming more efficient and play a key role in the company. However, the author also stressed that he was not going to have a debate with anyone who had great passion for leadership. According to the author, followers are divided into five types in this article: sheep, yes people, alienated followers, survivors, effective followers. In that case, some recommendations are also given to help foster efficient followers. Truly, most of the time, we do not act as a leader but a follower. Viewing that issue, Kelly, who is an industrial administration in Pittsburgh at Carnegie-Mellon University, did a research about it. Basically, it is separated in to five different sorts according to followers’ various qualities in Kelly’s study. First, sheep only do, if any, what the leaders let them do. They do not have their own opinions and depend on their leaders all the time. Yes people, obviously, are also a group of people who concern nothing but the tasks are given. Only when the leader is “blind”, this type of followers may be popular. Alienated followers are cynics--they hold their own ideas which are always the opposite of their leaders and never drop them. Survivors depend on their leaders’ tempers. Their motto is “does anything that can please leaders”. Effective followers, who are probably only imaginations, are the most ideal ones.
References: Lorenz, C. (1989, February 9). How to cultivate effective followers. The Financial Post, p. 14.