Followership Training

Why is followership in high demand now?

The role of the management level has been changing recently. Apart from being just a “specialist” for management, they are expected to be “playing managers” who initiate both management and business in the field as a player. Also, "facilitating” business management skills are now more required instead of "top-down" management skills. Under these circumstances, even subordinates are expected to take initiatives in business management, and the mindset "to assist the management aggressively" is called "followership".

Followership arousing is effective for teamwork building.

There are always competent leaders in organizations that produce good results. However, in fact, it is the subordinates who are competent enough to understand the aims of the instructions that allow the leaders to perform to their fullest.
Thus development of “followers” is indispensable for an organization to enhance mutual understanding and improve performance.
For foreign affiliates and multi-national firms that need more efforts in facilitating communication and building teamwork, it is especially effective to develop “followership” in their organizations.

What is a “follower”?

A follower is “a person who follows” a leader “who leads” rest of them. A follower is expected not only just to follow instructions but also to be active and take initiatives in his/her own actions.

For example, it often happens that an assistant leader who follows the leader and leads subordinates has to make a judgment on the spot without the leader. He may have to interpret the leader’s rough instruction and understand his intention. Or in some cases, it might be necessary for him to express disagreement with the leader’s wrong decision. Of course, a follower is not allowed to act without any permission as far as he is working for an organization, even though he is expected to be active. It is important to fully understand the intention of the superior, the leader of an organization. The role of a follower is to act on his own initiative based on the leader’s intention, and convey it to other members so that the whole organization understands it.

Team management will be more effective by developing such active followers as mentioned above, because they understand the intention and vision their leaders aim for, and are able to clearly demonstrate those views as well as motivate and lead subordinates to the goal in the best condition.

Insource training focuses on practical issues.

You will learn how to communicate with the superior and subordinates in our followership training. You will be able to acquire not only the theory and mindset of followership but also practical skills of followership through case studies and role-play.

＜Process＞

• What kind of role is required of me?
• Assist your superior.
  Follow instructions and orders. Express understanding and approval.
  Play a part of the leader’s initiatives.
• Support juniors.
• Support the team.
  Gather the team force.