How Leaders Create Followers

      
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		            		Debeli Geleta
Manager, Ethiopia
			            
How Leaders Create Followers

	          		What is exactly is the quality of leaders to have followers? I want to have insight how do leaders create (true) followers?
				      
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						            	Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
												
				                How a Leader Creates Followers

													True followers are only created by a true leader. In simplistic terms " the manager chooses the right person for the right job", and the leader makes the chosen person happy doing the job allocated.

In business there are many guides as to how the first job can be done, but very few on how to do the second.

While leadership skills can be enhanced, they cannot be created. You can see this by examining your politicians, the true leaders truly serve their people not themselves. The true leaders stand out e.g. Nelson Mandela and  Winston Churchill.
				                
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						            	Stephen  O. Asaju
Student (University), Nigeria
												
				                Effective Followers are Effective Leaders
An effective follower is most likely to emerge as an effective leader. Leadership and followership are dynamic human dimensions of management. A leader in one sphere of management may of necessity be a follower in another depending on the administrative structure of the organization. A leader who would efficiently create true followers must know the nitty gritty of followership and must have been true to the leaders he had served under. There is no fear in leadership if the occupant of the position had demonstrated submission, loyalty and commitment to the ideals of the organization under the leaders he had served as a follower. The principle is simply "as you lay your bed so shall you lie on it," or simply "whatever you sow, you shall reap." Pronto!
				                
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						            	Parthasarathy R
India
												
				                How Leaders Create Followers

													The leaders shall be a role model to his followers in true sense. I think of Mr. M. K. Gandhi, as a ...
				              
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						            	George sleeba, India
												
				                HOW a Leader Creates Followers?

													I do agree with Stephen & Prthasarathy on their views. I remember to have read in a book by Napoleon...
				              
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						            	Phillip J. Ramirez, United States
												
				                How a Leader Creates Followers

													By walking the talk. Gaining trust from the one's you lead. Setting a prime example. If your followe...
				              
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						            	Robert Wamai, Kenya
												
				                Creating True Followers as a Leader

													Leadership is about inspiring people. Give them a vision and guide them to the promised land so to s...
				              
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						            	O.O.Testimony Onifade
Director, Nigeria
												
				                Followership in Leadership

													No leader can lead well except he also possesses the attribute to follow instructions and guide the ...
				              
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						            	George sleeba, India
												
				                Followership in Leadership

													@O.O.Testimony Onifade : We often debate whether leaders are born or made? There could be many examp...
				              
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						            	Stephen  O. Asaju
Student (University), Nigeria
												
				                Followership in Leadership

													@George Sleeba : There should be no controversy that leaders are MADE not born. Yes, there is an int...
				              
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						            	Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
												
				                Good Followers Seldom Make Good Leaders

													@Stephen O. Asaju: I am not sure I agree that being a good follower is a prerequisite to being a goo...
				              
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						            	George sleeba, India
												
				                Followership in Leadership is Situational

													@Stephen O. Asaju: Is not leadership situational? Leaders may have to steamroll in certain situation...
				              
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						            	Gregory Johnson
Coach, United States
												
				                Authentic Leadership Creates Authentic Followers

													Interesting commentaries. I was struck with the idea of "organizational culture" when thinking of fo...
				              
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						            	Javier Elenes
Business Consultant, Mexico
												
				                The 3 Keys of the Leader to Create True Followers

													Your people will be true followers if they perceive that you as a the "leader":
1. "Wants my well-b...
				              
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						            	Sunder Rajan, India
												
				                Leaders Have the Power to Influence

													Leadership is "the power to influence and bring about change".
Hence, effective leaders are able to...
				              
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						            	Ramesh Ch, MBA, PMP, Six Sigma BB
Business Consultant, India
												
				                How Leaders Make Followers

													Managers supervise people and do the ground-level work of organizations. Leaders change and improve ...
				              
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						            	Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
												
				                How Great Leaders Create Followers

													I recently came across the following quote which I need to share with everyone on the forum:
"Leade...
				              
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						            	Konstantinos Zacharis, Greece
												
				                Transferring Leadership to Followers

													To my opinion a leader is someone who manages to become "transparent" by psychologically transferrin...
				              
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						            	Gregory Johnson
Coach, United States
												
				                Leadership Growth from Followership to Presence

													@Konstantinos Zacharis: great closing line on this comment that adds to and changes the growth of th...
				              
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						            	Alex Halale
Manager, Zambia
												
				                How Leaders Make Good Followers

													I am having a problem to see real followers of a leader, being at work or in political parties. Exam...
				              
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						            	Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
												
				                Leaders and Followers in Politics in Africa

													@Alex Halale: the reason for the "party swopping" in politics in Africa is that those who swop are i...
				              
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						            	Worknesh
Business Consultant, Ethiopia
												
				                Leader, Leadership and Having Committed Followers

													For me to be able to have good followers is determined by the leader's understanding of the differen...
				              
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						            	Gopalakrishna Bhat
Project Manager, India
												
				                How to Have Followers

													First of all you need to be clear which type of leader you want to be. Political, spiritual, corpora...
				              
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						            	George sleeba, India
												
				                HOW Does a Leader Create (true) Followers? Distinguish the Political from the Organisational Leader

													I feel that we should differentiate between political and organisational leadership:
- In a politic...
				              
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						            	Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
												
				                Political and Organisational Leadership

													@George sleeba: I think that if you had added the following words at the end of your comment, you wo...
				              
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						            	Charlyn Warner, United States
												
				                How can a Leader Create True Followers?

													Thanks to all those who have taken the time to put above reactions together and submit them.
I thin...
				              
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						            	Tom Wilson
HR Consultant, United States
												
				                Create Players, not Followers

													I want to create players, that is, individuals with the skill sets to operate independently and to c...
				              
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						            	Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
												
				                Players and Followers

													@Tom Wilson:  I think you are being over-sensitive. In this context, a follower is a disciple i.e. a...
				              
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						            	Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
												
				                Should a Leader Create Players or Followers

													I think Tom actually summarizes in the word 'players' what kind of followers great leaders will crea...
				              
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						            	Tom Wilson
HR Consultant, United States
												
				                Players and Followers

													@Jaap de Jonge (Editor): I will stipulate to your comment, Mr. De Jonge, because it captures the ess...
				              
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						            	Christian D. Clores
Director, Philippines
												
				                How Overseers Should Lead and Create Followers from the Bible

													I once sought for the answer to your question and found the following to be effective: to become a g...
				              
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						            	Tom Wilson
HR Consultant, United States
												
				                True Leaders of the Bible

													@Christian D. Clores: Aside from Jesus, the clearest example of "the overseer" in the Gospels is the...
				              
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						            	Tom Wilson
HR Consultant, United States
												
				                The “true Follower” is a Player

													@Andrew Blaine: We are talking about leadership development. Your concept of the “true leader” sugge...
				              
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						            	Anneke Zwart
Student (University), Netherlands
												
				                How Leaders Influence Followers through the use of Nonverbal Communication

													Although attention has often been paid to the way that leaders influence and direct their followers ...
				              
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						            	Javier Elenes
Business Consultant, Mexico
												
				                POINT TO THE SKY when Communicating your Mission

													@Anneke Zwart You are right, so be sure to point to the sky, to the peak of the mountain, to move yo...
				              
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