Lead & Follow
Lead & Follow offers a candid discussion of teamwork, collaboration, and professional development. Host Sharna Fabiano talks with scholars, educators, and artists to explore the relational dance between leadership and followership, and how to become excellent in both roles.
Lead & Follow
Followership at the FDIC, Executive Assistants, and Responsible Global Followership – Basil Read
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Dr. Basil Read shares his work creating a comprehensive leadership curriculum for the FDIC which included followership, plus his research on the influential followership role played by executive assistants, and about his current work exploring responsible global followership and global citizenship. Basil is a retired US Navy Captain, Consultant and a Professor of Practice in Troy University’s PhD in global leadership program.
- “Followership is engaging with the leader in a way that produces the best possible outcome.”
- “Responsible global followership is engaging with the world around us to come up with the best possible outcome.”
- “It’s a choice whether to engage, and it's a choice how you engage.”
Episode References
J. Basil Read, III, “Followership at the FDIC: A Case Study”
https://www.emerald.com/jole/article-pdf/13/4/136/10069009/v13_i4_c14.pdf
Ira Chaleff, The Courageous Follower
https://irachaleffauthor.com/
Connect with Basil Read
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-basil-read-iii-ph-d-a1274b23/
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