Leah Georges

One of the earliest lessons we teach our children is to “lead and not follow.” In fact, a great deal of time and resources are spent using evidence-based practices to train leaders to effectively mentor and guide their teams. However, we rarely spend time talking about the other side of the leadership coin – followership, and there are significantly more followers in most organizations than positional leaders. Research shows that both leaders and followers often struggle to seamlessly navigate in and out of their roles as leaders and followers, likely because little attention has been shown to helping followers follow well. Followership and leadership are two sides of the same coin.

This session will encourage attendees to reflect on their own typical followership behaviors and identify strategies to practice engaged followership, as well as encourage positive followership behaviors amongst their teams.