Are there benefits from you and your staff being able to both follow and lead?

Yes to both! When you are skillful at leading others, effective at managing the resources and "stuff" of your organization, and effective in following others, you will be seen as a flexible, peak performer and be in demand by top-class organizations.

Leadership is a people process. It calls for the application of knowledge, skills and attitudes that allow us to successfully influence and inspire others to do the right things. Leadership deals with effectiveness.

Management is a coordinating process carried out to make sure work functions and tasks get done well and in timely, cost-efficient ways. The function of management focuses on doing things right ... efficiency.

Everyone needs to excel as functional leaders, managers, and followers. However, too few people break down the door to learn how they can become excellent followers.

You will learn how to ...

• Assess in yourself the traits of effective followers and effective leaders.
• List supporting evidence for scores you assign to each trait.
• Validate the accuracy of your perceptions by sharing them with an accountability partner and getting feedback.
• Review your results and set personal growth goals for becoming a more effective follower and leader in specific dimensions of your life.
• Examine and assess the benefits of being a proactive, service-oriented leader and follower.
• Develop, share, and gain benefits from your own follower and leader credo.