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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or condition of following a leader; adherence: "It was not a crisis of leadership. It was a crisis of followership” ( Christian Science Monitor).
- n. A group of followers; a following: "It is hard to have leadership when you have a divided followership” ( Joseph Badaracco).
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Etymologies
- From follower + -ship. (Wiktionary)
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“Secrets of good "followership" - why you must be a good follower to be a good leader”
“But the issue today is really one of followership - in other words, whether nations outside the U.S. would take their cue from New York City and Washington even if both those cities were inhabited by latter-day Solons.”
“Meanwhile, President Obama must deal with the inheritance from the past with fifth columnist "left-behinds" in every corner of his administration, not to mention a moronically strident Republican "followership" prattling the fevered imaginings of Boss Tweed Limbaugh and the rest of the naughty boys and girls on Fox, stirring up anger, fear, race hatred, and, yes, sedition.”
“Somebody said yesterday in a discussion I was part of that people often talk about wanting leadership but they don't know what 'followership' means and often when people say 'give us firm leadership' they mean just play back to us what we want to hear and we'll feel better about it.”
“The Courageous Follower is a contemporary classic that redefines the power and responsibility of "followership," the role of many who must support, confront, engage, foster, and leverage the talents and wisdom of their leaders.”
“Israel, Moishe House, Hillel, and Limmud are among the most obvious examples of this shift, a host of other organizations also have embraced the concept of "followership" by making engagement of the many a higher priority than the empowerment of the few.”
“What I think we need are some 'followership' programs.”
“The Jewish leadership and "followership" all were encouraged and empowered to do what earlier seemed impossible!”
“Leadership is not about having a title and making decisions, it's about building a 'followership' that's committed to you.”
“followership," the role of many who must support, confront, engage, foster, and leverage the talents and wisdom of their leaders.”
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