We need great “followers”, not just great leaders: a brief questionnaire for followership development

Abstract

Purpose

Business schools, executive training programs, and best-selling books all recognize the importance of leadership, while followership has received limited attention in management training. The purpose of this paper is to present a brief questionnaire, which might be particularly useful for followership development.

Design/methodology/approach

A brief questionnaire is presented.

Findings

Part of the answers will establish the view that many of us are followers. This will help recognize that both followership and leadership roles are important for organizational success

Originality/value

It is a major challenge to bring followership out of the closet and this tool may help to introduce practical followership development programs in organizations

Citation

Bufalino, G. (2018), "We need great “followers”, not just great leaders: a brief questionnaire for followership development", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 32 No. 1, pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-04-2017-0040