Followership: The Four Secret Skills of Multi-Generational Leadership Success
The best leaders began their journeys by developing strong followership skills. International business icons like Malcolm Forbes, Wal-Mart's Sam Walton, Estee Lauder's Leonard Lauder, Proctor & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley, and the current CEOs of FedEx, Johnson & Johnson, Verizon, and Clorox all practiced followership relentlessly as they progressed in their careers. Why? Because all leaders are also followers: they are still accountable to someone else above them. Mastering the four roles and secret skills of followership will ensure your success, through better cross-generational communication and teamwork, in the paradoxically simultaneous roles of follower and leader.
Cory Bouck
Cory Bouck is the Director of Organizational Development & Learning at Johnsonville Sausage. He is also an author, keynote speaker, and an expert in building leaders - a reputation he has earned over twenty years of leading in the military, in business, and in politics. He is a graduate of and former leadership instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy and is a former Naval Flight Officer. Cory led brand and event marketing teams at General Mills, Newell-Rubbermaid, and Johnsonville Sausage. He is also the author of The Lens of Leadership: Being the Leader Others WANT to Follow (2013).