Follower-Centric Leadership

Catalog description

Leadership research and theory most often focuses on leaders and what it takes for them to achieve results through others. However, some leadership research and theory takes a different approach by focusing more on followers and how leaders can empower those followers to achieve their own results. The purpose of this course is to explore these more follower-centric approaches to leading others, including transformational leadership, servant leadership, and authentic leadership. The course will begin with an overview of follower-centric leadership in which the concept will be contrasted with more leader-centric theories such as trait theory, authoritarian leadership, transactional leadership, and charismatic leadership. The core of the course will be divided into three units, covering transformational leadership, servant leadership, and authentic leadership. The final unit of the course will provide an opportunity for students to compare and contrast the three different approaches or styles.