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a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)
the televangelist has a substantial followership in the rural South
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Clearly Communicate Guidelines For Recognition Supervisors tend to highlight aspects of employee performance that are based on favorability or compliant followership.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
However, true leadership, as Lunt defines it, is about inspiring willing followership—where individuals are motivated to contribute their full potential to the organization’s vision.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
Some politicians may want to appeal to American leadership as a motivator for reengaging with the global economy, but what the U.S. economy needs now is a jolt of followership.
—Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Because bad leadership and followership tend to flourish when the contexts within which they are situated are perceived as unfair and unequal, as strongly favoring the richer and more powerful at the expense of the poorer and weaker.
—Barbara Kellerman, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
However, true leadership, as Lunt defines it, is about inspiring willing followership—where individuals are motivated to contribute their full potential to the organization’s vision.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
Some politicians may want to appeal to American leadership as a motivator for reengaging with the global economy, but what the U.S. economy needs now is a jolt of followership.
—Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Because bad leadership and followership tend to flourish when the contexts within which they are situated are perceived as unfair and unequal, as strongly favoring the richer and more powerful at the expense of the poorer and weaker.
—Barbara Kellerman, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for followership
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“Followership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/followership. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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