No One Leads Alone
The Leader-Follower Dynamic
Driving High Performance
Langley Sharp MBE
Leadership
‘Operations occur at the speed of trust’
“I think service is about giving. Leaders earn their loyalty and respect based on how much they give, and how they serve their people. Soldiers won’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.”
General Sir Patrick Sanders
‘Leaders matter greatly. But in searching so zealously for better leaders we tend to lose sight of the people these leaders will lead.’
Robert E. Kelley
Followership
‘Followership is the act of an individual or individuals willingly accepting the influence of others to achieve a shared outcome.’
Army Followership
Doctrine Note
Followership
DoctrineNote
Exemplary
Source: Robert E. Kelley, HBR, Nov 1988
Self-assured
Confrontational
Self-marginalising
Undermining Disaffected
Exemplary
Responsible Mission-focused
Disciplined Initiative
Highly professional Collaborates
Confronts difficult issues
Holds others to account
Values-driven Trustworthy
Conformist
Unimaginative
Dependent,
Leaders Followers
Character
Belonging
Character
‘Character is the bedrock on which the whole edifice of leadership rests. Without it, particularly in the military profession, failure in peace, disaster in war, or, at best, mediocrity in both will result.’
General Matthew Ridgeway
‘Our purpose is clear: we protect the UK, fight the UK’s enemies, prevent conflict and deal with disaster. This is underpinned by unlimited liability and exemplary values and standards.’
General Sir Nick Carter
‘Our purpose is clear: we protect the UK, fight the UK’s enemies, prevent conflict and deal with disaster. This is underpinned by unlimited liability and exemplary values and standards.’
General Sir Nick Carter
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Belonging
Empowerment
‘Team of Teams’ approach consisting of:
shared consciousness and empowered execution
‘Founded on the clear expression of intent by the commanders, and the freedom of subordinates to act to achieve that intent.’
‘Delegate to the point of discomfort, then delegate some more.'
