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WMBA6000 Dynamic Leadership

Week 6 Discussion

How Do You Follow an Unadmirable Leader?

In the workplace, we often are confronted with the reality that our leader possesses qualities or traits that we don’t admire. These can be simply annoying habits or quirks, or they may be styles, traits, or approaches that fundamentally deviate from our own. Although others may tell you that you could always quit or work for someone else, doing so is not always an easy or wise choice. The question then becomes: How can you follow someone you do not admire?

In last week’s Assignment, you incorporated ideas into your presentation for following unadmirable leaders, or leaders with different styles from those of their followers. For this Discussion, consider an actual situation from your own professional career in which you worked for a leader whose leadership style was inconsistent with what you desired, or for a leader whom you did not admire.

To prepare for this Discussion:

Identify someone from your academic or professional career (past or present) who was an unadmirable leader. This should be someone you have worked with to some degree (i.e., a supervisor or team leader, rather than the CEO of a large corporation with whom you may have never directly interacted).

By Day 3

Post your analysis of the influence of personal traits on leadership and followership by including the following:

Describe the leader in question and the situation in which you worked with them.

Note: Do not identify the individual or the organization where they worked. If necessary, use fictitious names in your description.

Identify specific traits that made the leader unadmirable or difficult to follow.

Identify the effects of this individual’s leadership.

Did the aspects that made them an unadmirable leader produce any negative consequences, whether for yourself, for another individual, or for the organization?

If you were able to follow this individual, explain how you were able to do so.

Refer to the Week 6 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.

Read some of your colleagues’ postings.

By Day 5

Respond to two or more of your colleagues’ posts in one or more of the following ways:

Ask a question about your colleague’s experience with the leader they described. Share how you might have reacted in those circumstances.

Offer an alternate perspective on the effects of the individual’s leadership. Or share what you feel might happen if that leader were to assume a position of leadership within your company.

Relate your own experience to that of your colleague’s, including any similar effects of the individual’s leadership on others or on the organization.

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.