leaderslip - demise of leaders, rise of followers
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SLIPLEADERThe Rise of the FollowerAnd the Demise of the Leader
Geoff McDonald @BookRapper BookRapper.com
The Book
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The Book
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The Author
Barbara Kellerman
The BIG Idea
Leaders Demise
Followers Rise
Speed RAP
From Few...
Speed RAP
...to Many
Your Challenge
Stop. Look. Reflect.
Book Rapper Says...
The Elephant in the room...
The Leadership Context
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Family Leadership reflects changes elsewhere
The Family
Based upon a hierarchy of command and control
Industrial Paradigm
Ordinary people making group decisions
Communities
Leaders less influential, Followers more so
The Levelling of Leadership
A History of Leadership
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A Visual Guide to the History of Leadership
Leadership over time
Removed from ordinary people
Gods and Goddess
Great men of virtue who can save us from ourselves
Down to Earth
Limits on rule and the right to life for followers
Individual Rights
If the leader does not serve us, we’ll recall them
Social Contract
The common man can overthrow the ruling class
Revolution
Commanders decide what shall be done and how
Industrial Leadership
Uniting ordinary people to create change
People Power
Falling repect and record low approval ratings
The Leader’s Demise
Everyone with a voice, instantly connected and united
Social Media & the Internet
The demise of the Leader, the rise of the Follower
Notice the Trend!
The Social Contract
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The basis of us and our collective society
The Double Helix
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DER LEADER FOLLOWER FOLLOW
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FOLLOWER FOLLOWER FOLLOWER FOLLOW
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Change leadership, change followership
Relationship
The only two reasons we would follow
Have To Want To
Wikileaks demands transparency
Information Rules
Exposed by information
ChurchPolitics Business
Technology Disrupts Control
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When leaders don’t deliver...
Revolution
We can see all the foibles of our leaders
Transparency
We’re not wearing any clothes either!
And You!
The young overtaking the old
The Arab Spring
The US Experience
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The struggle to make things happen
US Politics
Outsiders triumph over insiders
Social Media President
No clear leader
Tea Party
A specific attack on leadership
The inspiration for Occupy Wall Street
1% earn 25%
How will you respond to your leader?
The Follower’s Challenge
The World Experience
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Progress - no longer lead by the great man
Russia and China
The only remaining totalitarian regime?
North Korea
Normally stable becomes vulnerable
Japan
The rise of Facebook - expect further change!
Indonesia
People power and the courts overcome bureaucracy
India
Transition from military coup
Pakistan
Years of repression overturned in weeks by the young
Arab Spring
Protests in the streets
Europe
More than one super power
BRIC
More change to come?
Others
The Leadership Industry
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Courses continue to focus on creating the ‘great man’
Leader as Star
Leader at the centre of action
The Leadership Obsession
The leadership dollars are spent on learning how
Money How
Little research is validated in the workplace
Research?
A disconnect between what works and why
Self-satisfied?
The black sheep of the leadership family?
Bad Leadership
What are the current conditions we’re working in?
Context is weak
More...
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Buy the Book!
The End of Leadership
What is leadership for you?
Stop. Look. Reflect.
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