Awareness and Intentionality in Leadership/Followership Education (JCU Part 1) - Scott Allen

01/30/23 • 37 min

I talk with Scott Allen, PhD, professor of management at John Carroll University, on integrating followership into leadership education and training, especially through the Collegiate Leadership Competition, which he co-founded. Scott is also an author and the host of the podcast Phronesis: Practical Wisdom for Leaders, and he regularly leads workshops across industries.
“There’s a word that we need to come up with that isn’t leadership or followership. There’s something more holistic there.”

“We are building awareness that there are two sides of the coin. This is a system at play.”

“What we’re really trying to do is bring students to a place of intentionality."

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www.scottjallen.net
Collegiate Leadership Competition
www.collegiateleader.org
Phronesis Podcast Episodes
Dr. Barbara Kellerman - Leader, Followers, & Contexts

Dr. Ron Riggio - Leadership: Here's What We Know
Sharna Fabiano – Connect, Collaborate, Co-Create

Sharna Fabiano – Lead & Follow

Dr. John Ross - Team Unity: A Leader's Guide to Unlocking Extraordinary Potential

Other Resources
John Ross, Team Unity

Kansas Leadership Center, “Intervene skillfully”

Youtube Video Clip, Apollo 13 - A New Mission

Mike Linville and Mark Rennaker, Essentials of Followership

Anthony E. Middlebrooks, Scott J. Allen, Mindy S. (Sue) McNutt, James L. Morrison, Discovering Leadership, second edition

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“We are building awareness that there are two sides of the coin. This is a system at play.”

“What we’re really trying to do is bring students to a place of intentionality."

Connect with Scott Allen
www.scottjallen.net
Collegiate Leadership Competition
www.collegiateleader.org
Phronesis Podcast Episodes
Dr. Barbara Kellerman - Leader, Followers, & Contexts

Dr. Ron Riggio - Leadership: Here's What We Know
Sharna Fabiano – Connect, Collaborate, Co-Create

Sharna Fabiano – Lead & Follow

Dr. John Ross - Team Unity: A Leader's Guide to Unlocking Extraordinary Potential

Other Resources
John Ross, Team Unity

Kansas Leadership Center, “Intervene skillfully”

Youtube Video Clip, Apollo 13 - A New Mission

Mike Linville and Mark Rennaker, Essentials of Followership

Anthony E. Middlebrooks, Scott J. Allen, Mindy S. (Sue) McNutt, James L. Morrison, Discovering Leadership, second edition

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Followership Skills in University Clubs and Creative Projects (CNU Part 3) - Henry Sergent

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Henry Sergent is a third year student at Christopher Newport University and a participant in its unique President’s Leadership program, which now includes a whole course on Followership. He shares his experiences putting both leadership and followership into practice organizing the student golf club, in a late-night fraternity meeting, and on a clothing brand photo shoot! This episode is Part 3 of a 3-part series, exploring the learning of followership as an integrated part of the CNU leadership program. If you haven't already, I encourage you to go back to listen to Part I: Developing a Followership Course.

“Leaders can’t do everything by themselves even if they want to.”

“I always think the group dynamic is better when the leader sets the frame and gives it kind of a thesis and then the content is a production of the creativity of the followers and the leader together.”

“You need to be very self-aware of your abilities and strengths when you enter a group process.”

“There’s so much fulfillment that can come from being a good follower and enabling a group to go on.”

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Teaching Purpose with a New Textbook: Essentials of Followership (IWU Part 1) - Michael Linville and Mark Rennaker

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I speak with Michael Linville and Mark Rennaker about their new textbook, Essentials of Followership: Rethinking the Leadership Paradigm with Purpose, and about the Division of Leadership and Followership Studies at Indiana Wesleyan University. The textbook is an absolute game-changer and every leadership education program in the country needs it!
“Why are we even together as leaders and followers? It’s not for no reason. It’s purpose. Therefore purpose must be what defines us, refines us, and drives us.”
“Once our students begin to learn that a proper understanding of the follower in an organizational context is a role rather than a rank, then their perspectives begin to shift.”
“Students will say things like 'this is the course that taught me the most about leadership.'"
“Every leadership course needs to address followership. You cannot understand fully the nature of leadership without also considering followership. I think it starts there."
“I think well done followership study has a freeing component to it because of that breaking out of the psychic prison of rank.”

Michael W. Linville is professor in Indiana Wesleyan University’s PhD in Organizational Leadership program. He holds several certifications in areas such as leadership, emotional intelligence, and personality typology, including Ira Chaleff’s Followership Train the Trainer program. Combining 15 years of corporate experience with 25 years of international nonprofit experience (including four years directing a college in Kiev, Ukraine), Linville was awarded Dragomanov University’s Silver Medallion Award in 2009 for his service and contribution to education in Ukraine. He also leads an international nonprofit organization that he founded in 2001 and is the cofounder and senior adviser of a leadership think tank based in Ukraine. Linville regularly presents on leadership and followership topics at various national and international academic and professional conferences, including the International Leadership Association’s Annual Global Conference. He also consults with organizations and individuals both nationally and internationally.

Mark A. Rennaker is chair of the Division of Leadership and Followership Studies at Indiana Wesleyan University. He served 30 years in faith-based and nonprofit leadership roles at local, regional, and national levels. He has also served a variety of leadership roles during 15 years of higher education experience, and he is certified with Ira Chaleff’s Followership Train the Trainer program. Rennaker has multiple research interests, including servant-leadership, trust, followership, and human resource development. Rennaker regularly presents on leadership, followership, and higher education topics at national and international academic and professional conferences, including the International Leadership Association’s Annual Global Conference. He consults with organizations and speaks at various events.

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