Followership Skills in Your First Job at Disneyland (CNU Part 2) - Lawson Herold

Lawson Herold is a recent alumni of Christopher Newport University’s unique President's Leadership program which now includes a whole course on Followership. He shares leadership and followership insights from his work as a crew member aboard the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser at the Disney World Resort in Orlando. This episode is Part 2 of a 3-part series, exploring the learning of followership as an integrated part of the CNU leadership program. If you haven't already, I encourage you to go back to listen to Part I: Developing a Followership Course.

“The power often relies with the followers” 

“Leadership can make change intentional, but followership can make change effective.” 

“What I loved about my time especially in my followership course was learning about the moments of empathy, of compassion, of moral courage, where the choices you make as a follower have impact. I see that aboard the Starcruiser.”   

“Storytelling is inherently a vulnerable act. As a leader it’s understanding the audience and as a follower it’s understanding who you are in that space.”  

 
References:

Leadership is Half the Story
Marc and Samantha Hurwitz

Lightness & Play - Tova Moreno 
(Season 1, Episode 18)

Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser