Followership-Centric Organizations - David Scott

David Scott is a PhD Researcher at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. He is exploring Followership Salience as a factor of Leadership in Organisations, and is also a Visiting Lecturer in Business at Leeds Trinity University. 

In this episode, he shares his concept of followership as informal leadership, and his view on how the universal practice of followership and followership-centric leadership within organizations can help diversify executive teams and boards to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals.
  
David is a highly experienced Company Director and Charity Trustee with particular interest in effecting positive environmental and social change through people. He is  Co-Chair of the 2024 Global Followership Conference hosted by the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

“We came up with the definition of followership as ‘purpose-focused informal leadership’” 

“It’s impossible to be a role model without being a leader.”

“By me thinking of myself first and foremost as a followership practitioner. It removes the fear when someone else wants to lead me, even as a chief executive of a large organization.”

“Taking this followership-centric approach enabled so many more team players to come into the mix…to ensure that we as an organization stayed true to our purpose.”

Episode References

Jimmy Collins, Creative Followership
https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Followership-Greatness-Jimmy-Collins/dp/1929619480

Philip Meilinger, “The 10 Rules of Good Followership”
https://engineeringmanagementinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/10_Followship_Rules_Meilinger.pdf

Ira Chaleff, The Courageous Follower: Standing up To and For our Leaders
https://www.amazon.com/Courageous-Follower-Standing-Our-Leaders/dp/1605092738

Edmonstone, J. (2003), "Learning and development in action learning: the energy investment model", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 35 No. 1, pp. 26-28.

Mango, E. (2018) 'Rethinking Leadership Theories'. Open Journal of Leadership, 7 (01), pp. 57-88.

Barbara Kellerman
https://barbarakellerman.com/

Julian B. Rotter, Locus of Control
https://www.simplypsychology.org/locus-of-control.html

Connect with David Scott
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhunterscott/