Followership and Strategic Process - David Leitner

Dr. David Leitner has spent the last 15 years as a followership, leadership, and strategy educator.  In this episode, he shares his passion and perspective on followership and leadership not only interpersonally but also as a way of analyzing relationships between states, communities, or companies.

Dr. D not only teaches these topics academically, he runs workshops, seminars, and lectures on for multinational companies, the Israeli Defense Forces, Military Preparation Academies, Israel Gap Year programs, Youth groups and more. As an IDF disabled veteran suffering from CRPS, David has been an advocate for accessibility and inclusion for over 20 years. He is married with 3 kids, and he is the only International Practical Shooting Confederation wheelchair competitor in Israel. 

“Followership is the decision to ascribe to a strategic process that supports and furthers the manifestation of a mutually defined purpose.”

“Followership in and of itself is a choice.”

“Emergent leadership is lost because people don’t want to be followers especially when they’re in a [formal] position of leadership.”


Episode References 

Robert Kelley, "In Praise of Followers," HBR 1998 

Barbara Kellerman, "What Every Leader Needs to Know about Followers," HBR 2007

S1 E20 - Listening as a Core Followership Skill - Eran Magen

Connect with Dr. David Leitner
Website: https://www.drdleitner.com/

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