Conversations About “Meditation on Followership”

January 30, 2010

Bret L. Simmons, a great advocate of courageous followership, has recently vidoed a series of conversations about the “Meditation on Followership” included in the book “The Courageous Follower“.

For me, becoming a courageous follower, like becoming a good human being, is both a daily and a life-long task. Visualizing a desired state helps to realize it. I share this mediation as one visualization of the state I aspire to. You may want to refer to it from time to time.
Ira Chaleff

1 – I Am A Steward of This Group and Share Responsibility For Its Success

2 – I Am Responsible For Adhering To Highgest Values That I Can Envision

3 – I Am Responsible For My Success and Failures And For Continuing To Learn From Them

4 – I Am Responsible For The Attractive And Unattractive Parts Of Who I Am

5 – I Can Empathize With Others That Are Also Imperfect

6 – As An Adult, I Can Relate On A Peer Basis To Other Adults Who Are The Group’s Formal Leaders

7 – I Can Support Leaders And Counsel Them, And Receive Support And Counsel From Them

8 – Our Common Purpose Is Our Best Guide

9 – I Have The Power To Help Leaders Use Power Wisely

10 – If Leaders Abuse Power, I Can Help Them Change Their Behavior

11 – If I Abuse Power, I Can Learn From Others And Change My Behavior

12 – If Abusive Leaders Do Not Change Their Behavior, I Can And Will Withdraw My Support

13 – By Staying True To My Values, I Can Serve Others Well And Fulfill My Potential

14 – Thousands of Courageous Acts by Followers Can, One by One, Improve the World

15 – Courage Always Exists In The Present. What Can I Do Today?

Bonus video – How You Follow is How You Will Lead

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