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Still opportunities to Embrace!

by A.H., posted in news, resource

As I am about to begin my PhD research, you won’t see many new materials across our various social media feeds (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn). But that doesn’t mean that the pursuit of Embracing Followership needs to stagnate! With nearly 4000 total sales, the message is continuing to go out, and there’s no shortage of resources available to help you engage in your own journey of Embracing Followership!

With over 100 blog posts, more than a dozen free downloads, and numerous other recommended resources and links, there’s plenty to keep you equipped and reflecting on how you can make your most excellent contributions in your workplace, volunteer association, or other community!

Feel free to leave a comment or send a message if you have a question or need a little direction to facilitate your personal and professional growth and exploration! And if you’ve had your own experience of Embracing Followership, please do leave a rating/review on Amazon and Goodreads and share your experience with others.

Till we meet again!

~Allen

Top Clicks of 2020

by A.H., posted in news, resource

Whatever 2020 may have held for you–whether it was more time for reading & reflection, or less–the year has finally ended. However, our journey toward excellence in our followership and our contributions continues on.

In case you missed something that might be a help to you, here’s the busiest posts and free downloads on our site in the past year. Continue reading “Top Clicks of 2020” →

Servant ~by~ Leadership

by A.H., posted in news, reflections, study03, study10

We’ll continue our exploration of various implementations of servant leadership begun in the previous post, where we examined “serve while leading” and “lead while serving.”

whileWhereas the notion of ‘while’ indicated somewhat parallel notions and activities of service and leadership operating within one’s role, the reality we explored is that more often they meld or mask one another and so lose their respective strengths, and responsibilities.

In this post, we’ll explore the more impactful dynamic of ‘by’ rather than ‘while.’ Continue reading “Servant ~by~ Leadership” →

Author Interview

by A.H., posted in endorsements, excerpt, news, questions

I was recently interviewed by Ken Gosnell of CEO Experience. Ken asked me a number of questions which touch on some of the most frequent points of confusion and exploration when it comes to followership. Continue reading “Author Interview” →

New Free Resource: Leader’s Evaluation of Followership

by A.H., posted in news, resource, study06, study12

In my personal experience, effective evaluation is one of the more challenging elements of organizational dynamics and ethos.

In the particular non-profit that I’ve served within for the last 13+ years, I would say that evaluation is one of our major weaknesses.

When I previously worked in college education, evaluation and review was commonplace, but it was questionable as to whether the right things were being evaluated in the right ways, and whether the evaluations led to any meaningful improvements. Continue reading “New Free Resource: Leader’s Evaluation of Followership” →

New Free Resource: Culture Combination Considerations

by A.H., posted in news, resource, study03, study07, study10

As we consider the quality of our followership and our experience of pursuing following with excellence, there are two facets that we certainly can’t ignore as part of our relational dynamic: our personal culture, and the culture(s) of those we work alongside—our peers and our superiors. Continue reading “New Free Resource: Culture Combination Considerations” →

Popular Free Downloads

by A.H., posted in news, resource

Followership Guide coverJust a reminder that we have a number of free downloads available on a range of personal reflection and group discussion topics. These work especially well as supplemental resources to the Discussion Guide for Teams & Small Groups, but the downloads have been indexed to relevant chapters from the original Embracing Followership book as well.

The full selection of free downloads can be found at: https://embracingfollowership.com/the-book/companion-resources/ Continue reading “Popular Free Downloads” →

New Free Resource: Leadership Self-Evaluation

by A.H., posted in news, resource, study07, study09

Personal development and self-awareness are two critical aspects of both our leadership and followership. If we don’t know who we are, who we can become, and make some effort to get there, the quality of our contributions, in any role or under any title, will always be something less than what they could be. Continue reading “New Free Resource: Leadership Self-Evaluation” →

New Free Resource: Leader-Follower Lists

by A.H., posted in news, questions, resource, study01, study02, study07

One of my favorite activities when working with groups to inspire thinking about leadership and followership is to do some simple brainstorming to consider the various qualities, characteristics, responsibilities, and expectations that we attach to these two different people/roles. And to compare and contrast those lists.

In order to facilitate that, we’ve created a simple worksheet that you can use for your own personal reflection and group dialogue. Continue reading “New Free Resource: Leader-Follower Lists” →

New Free Resource: Surfacing Expectations

by A.H., posted in news, reflections, resource, study07, study10, study11

If you’ve tracked with this blog over the years, or spent time with the Embracing Followership books, you’ll likely have noticed that there are several significant threads which continually arise as we explore following with excellence.

Relationship and Communication are two of these essential themes. If you flip through the Subject Index at the back of the book, and use the number of page references as one indicator of most significant ideas, do you know which topic comes in as next most important? Continue reading “New Free Resource: Surfacing Expectations” →

New Free Resource: Enneagram Profile

by A.H., posted in news, resource, study03, study06, study08, study11

While blog posts are valuable for presenting ideas and helping to create perspective, ultimately one’s journey of excellent followership and personal growth is best served by having concrete opportunities for growing in self-awareness and then making an effort to “self-revelate”—to share with others (your peers & superiors) who you are, what you value, what you have to offer.

Resources for individual reflection and group conversation are one way to facilitate those occasions for self-discovery and self-disclosure. Continue reading “New Free Resource: Enneagram Profile” →

New Free Resource: Followership Self-Evaluation

by A.H., posted in excerpt, news, study01, study06, study12

Many of us regularly describe the work of personal development and growth as a “journey.” One thing that’s true of any trip is that it begins somewhere. For a GPS app to be able to plot your route to your destination, it has to be able to determine your current location.

Similarly, as we engage in the work of change and transformation, knowing where we are currently is essential for identifying where we’d like to go, the best course of action to take, the appropriate vehicles to use, as well as some of the challenges that might harass us while we’re trying to get there.

Continue reading “New Free Resource: Followership Self-Evaluation” →