Integrating Followership into Leadership Education Programs (USM Part 1)- Dan Jenkins

04/17/23 • 40 min

I speak with Dan Jenkins, Professor of Leadership & Organizational Studies at the University of Southern Maine about his collaborative work integrating specific methods for training followership into leadership programs, and tracking the impressive results!
Dan received his doctorate in Curriculum & Instruction with an emphasis in Higher Education Administration from the University of South Florida. He is co-author of The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning and has published more than 40 articles and book chapters on leadership education. As an award-winning international speaker and facilitator, Dan has engaged thousands of leadership educators, students, and professionals on topics such as leadership pedagogy, followership, and curriculum and course design. Additionally, Dan is a co-founder of the International Leadership Association’s Leadership Education Academy, Vice-Chair of the Collegiate Leadership Competition, Associate Editor of the Journal of Leadership Studies, and co-host of "The Leadership Educator Podcast".
“All the research that we have that points to what makes an effective team comes back to trust and communication.”

“What we’ve learned is that students, since they’ve been in both the leader and the follower role, they have a totally different context for what their leader needs when they’re NOT in the leader role, and vice versa.”

“We’ve noticed that follower identification has increased their skill capacity as a team member.”

Episode References

Global Followership Conference
www.followershipconference.com

The Leadership Educator Podcast
theleadershipeducator.podbean.com

Collegiate Leadership Competition
www.collegiateleader.org

New Directions in Student Leadership, Volume 2020, Issue 167
Special Issue: Followership Education

Leadership is Half the Story by Marc Hurwitz and Samantha Hurwitz

Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model
The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning

Leadership and Followership Tango Video

The Courageous Follower by Ira Chaleff

ILA Leadership Education Academy

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“We’ve noticed that follower identification has increased their skill capacity as a team member.”

Episode References

Global Followership Conference
www.followershipconference.com

The Leadership Educator Podcast
theleadershipeducator.podbean.com

Collegiate Leadership Competition
www.collegiateleader.org

New Directions in Student Leadership, Volume 2020, Issue 167
Special Issue: Followership Education

Leadership is Half the Story by Marc Hurwitz and Samantha Hurwitz

Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model
The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning

Leadership and Followership Tango Video

The Courageous Follower by Ira Chaleff

ILA Leadership Education Academy

Support the show

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Leadership, Followership and Emotional Intelligence (IWU Part 3) - Yolonda Tonette Sanders

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I speak with Dr. Yolonda Tonette Sanders, who shares her recent dissertation research on connections between followers' emotional intelligence and their followership styles, and what this means for leaders in organizations of all kinds.
Dr. Sanders is an Ohio native, co-founder of Traction, an organizational change consulting company, and of the Faith and Fellowship Book Festival. She is also the author of six novels, and her hometown of Sandusky, Ohio attracts millions of visitors each year because of the Cedar Point amusement park!
Upon graduating from high school, Yolonda moved to Columbus, Ohio to attend Capital University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and another in Political Science. She continued her education at The Ohio State University, receiving a Master of Arts in Sociology. Yolonda used her education and relational skills to write, publish, teach in higher education, and serve in various leadership capacities, including that of CEO, board member, and program director. Most recently, she received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Organizational Leadership from Indiana Wesleyan University. She enjoys spending time with loved ones and engaging in endeavors that enhance her personal and spiritual growth and that of others.
This episode is Part 3 of a 3-part series on Indiana Wesleyan, so please do go back and listen to Parts 1 and 2.
“If you look at the characteristics of ideal followers, they have characteristics of people with high emotional intelligence.”

"Organizations should do more to build followership and teach that it’s ok to speak up and ask questions."

"I do try to cultivate environments where people are not afraid to challenge me because I am not always right."

"We as leaders have to realize that sometimes other people have better ideas. We don’t have all the answers."

Episode References

Robert Kelley, Power of Followership

Ira Chaleff, The Courageous Follower

Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence

Barbara Kellerman, Followership

Connect with Dr. Yolonda Tonette Sanders

Traction, an organizational change consulting company
Research Gate Scholarship Page

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Quick Tips: Stretch Before Meetings

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Your lead & follow coaching tip for today is Stretch Before Meetings
Pre-meeting stretches, especially if you can stand up to do them, wake up your body so that you can connect more easily and more quickly to other people. Just 15 seconds is enough!

One the reasons the quick stretch works is that when you sit still for long periods of time, whole sections of your nervous system kind of go to sleep. Without your physical senses active, you’re actually less aware of your own body and your own emotional state, and having your body half asleep can make it harder to think.
Try this out and let me know how it goes!

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