Followership FOLLOWERSHIP...Followership Definition - “Followers of character and commitment...
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Followership
Follow to LeadLeadership Development 4-2c
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The first step in The Citadel Leadership Model
FOLLOWERSHIPLD 4-2C
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Each of you have experienced what it is like to follow
someone else.
Examples:– Being a member of a team– Serving on a project team for an academic class
– Holding a job – working for someone else
• Your new role as Freshman at The Citadel will bring this notion of being a follower to a whole new level!
Leader
SituationSubordinate
Followership- What is it?
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Followership Definition - “Followers of character and commitment acting to support the needs and goals of the team.”
Followership – A Definition
• To be a good follower:- Place the needs of others before your desires.
- Build a relationship of trust and loyalty between your leader and your team!
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Some Qualities of Followership
• Self-management/Discipline
• Commitment
• Competence and focus
• Courage
• Humility
• Understand and live by our Core Values
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Applying Followership
• Always strive to improve self
• Seeing good/bad examples of leaders and
adjusting oneself accordingly
• Reactions to stress, remaining calm
• Use constructive ways to fight stress/fatigue
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Followership and Leadership
All of the qualities of good followership and applications of followership are characteristics of effective servant leaders.
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Fourth Class System –What is it?
• It is a system of requirements, traditional behaviors, duties, and expectations designed to promote this concept of followership.
• Governed by Cadet Regulations, “The Blue Book,” the Fourth Class System is one of the foundational aspects of The Citadel Experience.
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Principles of the Fourth Class System
• All cadets will be treated with dignity and respect.
• All cadets, regardless of class, will accept personal responsibility for the fair, equitable, proper, and effective operation of the system.
• All cadets will implement the system in such a manner as to support each cadet's opportunity to achieve academic, military, physical, and moral-ethical excellence.
• No cadet will put another cadet in a position where he or she must compromise Citadel Core Values or disregard prescribed rules, regulations, or standards.
• Source: The Blue Book, Chapter 3
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To provide new cadets with an understanding of The Citadel’s core values of Honor, Duty, and Respect.
– The Honor Code
– The Blue Book
– Respect for military rank structure.
Key Objectives of the Fourth Class System
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• To teach new cadets the regulations, customs and traditions of The Citadel.
– The Blue Book
– The Guidon
Key Objectives of the Fourth Class System
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• To remove wealth and former station as factors in the development of new cadets.
–Same Hairstyles–No Car–Same Uniform
Key Objectives of the Fourth Class System
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• To instill in new cadets a sense of humility and selfless subordination.
• Servant Leadership
“A servant leader is one who puts the best interests and welfare of their subordinates above their own.”
Key Objectives of the Fourth Class System
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• To develop personal character and create a foundation for honorable and ethical decision-making.
BEWARE of moral temptations associated with cutting corners, being a Spotlight Ranger, and misaligned loyalties.
Key Objectives of the Fourth Class System
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• To instill new cadets with self-discipline.
• To physically challenge new cadets and establish a foundation of understanding the necessity of physical fitness for life.
• To instruct new cadets in time management.
• To prepare new cadets for academic achievement.
• To inculcate class cohesion in support of The Citadel Missionand the development of Principled Leaders.
Source: The Blue Book, Chapter 3
Key Objectives of the Fourth Class System
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What you can expect from your cadet leaders
• Demonstrate a sense of accountability for those in their care; (i.e. you)
• Treat each other with dignity and respect;
• Operate within the rules and regulations, particularly Chapter Three of the Blue Book;
• Never put you in a position where you must compromiseCitadel Core Values or disregard prescribed rules, regulations, or standards.
SOURCE: The Citadel Training Manual, p6
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Training Schedule
-Prepare to brief key highlights in training-Take ownership of the training and use this opportunity as a way to set your training expectations moving forward
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In Summary • BE EASY TO BE LED!• Your prior experiences have provided
you more preparation than you know• Commit yourself to work hard for the
coming year – it will be a challenging, exacting, and demanding.
• Understand our Core Values and be ready and willing to help your classmates
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QUESTIONS?