{"id":837,"date":"2019-09-23T11:55:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T15:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=837"},"modified":"2019-09-23T11:55:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T15:55:12","slug":"relationship-between-leaders-and-followers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/09\/23\/relationship-between-leaders-and-followers\/","title":{"rendered":"Relationship between leaders and followers."},"content":{"rendered":"

John W. Gardner in his article Leaders and Followers starts off with a very strong quote that states “Leaders are almost never as much in charge as they are pictured to be, and followers almost never are as submissive as one might imagine (Gardner).” setting the tone for the article and describing one viewpoint for the relationship between leaders and followers. Followers play a crucial role in the leader follower relationship because if there is no one to lead the leader does not exist. Leaders cannot be in positions of power unless followers are willing to be led or believe in the leaders authority. There is a debate as to which type of leadership style is better one of which being the “tight ship” style in which there are a lot of constraints and controls or would a more laissez faire leadership style work better and decades of research have not given a clear answer. However, there has been support for the idea where the leader helps the follower(s) develop their own thoughts allowing for them to contribute more to society. Instead of being robots and responding directly to the leaders command they have the ability to make their own decisions. A good leader is both consciously as well as unconsciously followed because the people understand and recognize that he has the ability to help them and resolve their adversity as well as problems.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In American society today \u201cCynical spectator-citizens wait for the right type of leader(s) to resolve for them the critical problems in their neighborhoods, communities, states, and country…Leaders appear detached or stripped of communal identity…citizens…choosing instead to pass on unrealistic expectations to public leaders. A way in which this can be combated is with the development of citizen leaders.\u00a0 In addition, there is a divide both physically as well as mentally seen between leaders and their followers. For example students in California were asked to draw what leadership meant to them. What they got was the leader being depicted much more prominently than the audience, they were divided from the audience by a physical barrier, and were always placed above the audience. Showing the idea how these leaders are not the same as us but rather different and superior\/cannot accurately reflect the crowds viewpoints. Describing how the development of citizen leaders would help combat this and allow leaders and followers to feel as though they are connecting with one another.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John W. Gardner in his article Leaders and Followers starts off with a very strong quote that states “Leaders are almost never as much in…<\/p>\n

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