Integrating Followership into Leadership Education Programs (USM Part 1)- Dan Jenkins

I speak with Dan Jenkins, Professor of Leadership & Organizational Studies at the University of Southern Maine about his collaborative work integrating specific methods for training followership into leadership programs, and tracking the impressive results!

Dan received his doctorate in Curriculum & Instruction with an emphasis in Higher Education Administration from the University of South Florida. He is co-author of The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning and has published more than 40 articles and book chapters on leadership education.  As an award-winning international speaker and facilitator, Dan has engaged thousands of leadership educators, students, and professionals on topics such as leadership pedagogy, followership, and curriculum and course design. Additionally, Dan is a co-founder of the International Leadership Association’s Leadership Education Academy, Vice-Chair of the Collegiate Leadership Competition, Associate Editor of the Journal of Leadership Studies, and co-host of "The Leadership Educator Podcast".  

“All the research that we have that points to what makes an effective team comes back to trust and communication.”

“What we’ve learned is that students, since they’ve been in both the leader and the follower role, they have a totally different context for what their leader needs when they’re NOT in the leader role, and vice versa.”

“We’ve noticed that follower identification has increased their skill capacity as a team member.”

Episode References

Global Followership Conference
www.followershipconference.com 

The Leadership Educator Podcast
theleadershipeducator.podbean.com

Collegiate Leadership Competition
www.collegiateleader.org

 New Directions in Student Leadership, Volume 2020, Issue 167
Special Issue: Followership Education 

Leadership is Half the Story by Marc Hurwitz and Samantha Hurwitz

Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model

The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning

Leadership and Followership Tango Video 

The Courageous Follower by Ira Chaleff 

ILA Leadership Education Academy