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Leadership And Followership, Robert H. Jerry Ii
Leadership And Followership, Robert H. Jerry Ii
Robert H. Jerry II
“[B]etter followers beget better leaders.” Through the years, I have been fond of a set of expressions I sometimes use to underscore the importance of an idea or a cause I believe important and worthy of personal or institutional investment, or both. The expressions fit together like this: our society has a particular problem that needs attention; our colleges and universities, being institutions broadly representative of our society, also have this problem (as we should expect); we need to work on this problem in our colleges and universities; if we cannot solve this problem in our institutions of higher learning, …
Reflections On Leadership, Robert H. Jerry Ii
Reflections On Leadership, Robert H. Jerry Ii
Robert H. Jerry II
This essay discusses aspects and theories of leadership, focusing on the servant-leadership theory and the writings of Robert Greenleaf, among others. The author concludes that servant-leadership theory is particularly well-suited to academic leadership, which generally has a close nexus with public service.