Coursera - Register to the new online course "From Followership to Leadership"
Why and how is leadership and followership linked to the perceptions of authority and legitimacy, of oneself and of others? Find out in a new 3-hour course taught by Sylvie Deffayet, EDHEC Professor and director of the Leadership Development chair.
More than 215 000 individuals have already registered to one of the 14 online courses offered on Coursera (Plus) by EDHEC Business School. Various topics have been covered so far: Climate change and sustainability investing, strategic foresight, introduction to EdTech...
Since February 2024, a new original course has been proposed: "From Followership to Leadership" - subtitled "Give me the follower and I'll give you the leader!". Indeed, Leadership depends on our deep-rooted perceptions of authority/legitimacy, which surely rings a bell. But have you ever heard of "followership"? And of the links between these 2 concepts?
This 3-hour course is taught by Sylvie Deffayet, EDHEC Professor and director of the Leadership Development chair, and comprises short videos, reflective exercises and numerous practice Quiz.
It is organized as follow:
1. Beliefs at the heart of leadership development
What's it like to learn?
Did you say Leadership?
The mechanics of beliefs in Leadership
What do I believe about myself?
2. When the leader's belief meet those of the follower... and vice versa!
Leader-Follower: a multi-faceted relationship
From Leader(centric) to Follower(centric) perspective
Why do we follow a leader?
ILT & IFT: let's clarify
From followership to authority
3. Discovering the Internal Models of Authority - a 360-degree view of what's going on inside you
Attachment theory & Internal Models of Authority
The Dependent Model
The Counterdependent Model
The Interdependent Model
Learn more about this course :
Read some recent articles by Sylvie Deffayet Davrout:
- (March 2024) Beliefs at the heart of the leader-follower relationship - EDHEC Vox / HBR France
- (Feb. 2024) "Internal authority models": how do they influence our professional relationships? - EDHEC Vox / HBR France
- (Dec. 2023) What is followership, the hidden face of leadership? - EDHEC Vox / HBR France
