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Teaching Followership at CNU: podcast interview with Lori Throupe & Lacey Grey Hunter

  • 1.  Teaching Followership at CNU: podcast interview with Lori Throupe & Lacey Grey Hunter

    Posted 29 Nov, 2022 11:02
    The Lead & Follow podcast is back for Season 2! This season focuses on the learning of followership alongside leadership, how this changes the educational process, and the practical outcomes of the "dual lens" or "dual perspective."

    Kicking things off in Episode 1, faculty members Lori Throupe and Lacey Grey Hunter share how they are integrating followership into a pre-existing campus-wide leadership program at Christopher Newport University with a new co-created course.
    Lori is Leadership Studies faculty and Faculty Director of Academic Success. Lacey Grey is Director of the President's Leadership Program and Adjunct Professor of Leadership Studies.

    A few insights from this conversation:

    "We've always noticed that students get excited about thinking about things from the followership perspective. What are individuals doing when they are not in particular positions of power?"

    "Once our students are made aware of the fact that being a follower means that you possess power and influence, it changes how they see themselves in the relationship of leadership. I have seen it increase their ability to advocate for their point of view. I have seen students build closer relationships with a leader because they have taken the responsibility off the shoulders of only the leader."

    Available now wherever you listen to podcasts!

    https://www.buzzsprout.com/1735834/11724648

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    Sharna Fabiano
    Coach & Educator
    Author of Lead & Follow: The Dance of Inspired Teamwork
    Chair-Elect, Followership MC
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