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The 4 Essential Leadership Skills for Followership

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

“To lead them you have to be with them.” In his award-winning best seller, We Were Soldiers Once and Young, Lt. General Hal Moore spoke this basic leadership lesson to his junior officers. While operating rooms, shop floors, assembly lines,…

Tagged with: alertness, Appreciation, attention, Attentiveness, attitude, collaborative, communication, connection, emotional state, empathic, feedback, followership, inclusive, leadership, performance, positive, praise, relationships, sincere, Thoughtfulness, Trust, work ethic
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Leadership Is All About Followership

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

In today’s professional world, people are craving effective leadership. Middle level managers and their team members are overburdened and uninspired by individuals holding titled positions of leadership providing neither effective leadership nor effective management. The issue is not change resistance.…

Tagged with: change, collaboration, communication, connection, desires, emotional connection, followership, leadership, listen, listening, management, managers, needs, performance, Positive Connection, positive presence, productivity, purpose, Resistance, team, wants
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Be the Leader People Want to Follow

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Catherine Osborne

In today’s professional world, people are craving effective leadership. Middle level managers and their team members are overburdened and uninspired by individuals holding titled positions of authority providing neither effective leadership nor effective management. The issue is not change resistance.…

Tagged with: active listening, change, collaboration, communication, connection, followership, goals, leadership, management, objectives, performance, positive emotional connection, productivity, purpose, team
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A Culture Built For Performance

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

In today’s professional world, people are craving effective leadership. What maybe misattributed as generational gaps is that everywhere, middle level managers and their team members are overburdened and uninspired by individuals holding titled positions of leadership providing neither effective leadership…

Tagged with: collaboration, communication, connection, effective leadership, followership, learned helplessness., meaningful purpose, mediocrity, performance, positive emotional connection, positive presence, productivity, scarcity
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Do You Have The Right Stuff For Followers?

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

Organizational performance can rise no higher than the collective performance of its people. With the arrival of the knowledge economy, organizations are transitioning on a global scale from a mechanistic environment of linear control, to a systemic environment of complexity.…

Tagged with: compassion, complexity, environment, followers, followership, Hope, leader behavior, leadership relations, organizational performance, positive presence, Stability, systemic, Trust
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