Leadership and Followership for Reserve Officer Training corps

This is effective for Military education in the Philippines

1. Leadership and Followership
The Twin Piers of Military
Doctrine

2. Followership
Followership is the foundation of
leadership, because every leader is
also a follower
Followership is more than just taking
orders
Instead, it is about doing the things
that need to be done

3. Followership
Respect for Authority
Positive Attitude
Integrity
Self-Discipline
Listening
Loyalty
Courtesy

4. Respect for Authority
Respect for authority includes
Respect for those appointed to positions
of authority
Respect for the orders given by those
appointed
Respect for those to whom Authority has
been delegated

5. Positive Attitude
Attitude is the state of mind that lies
behind your actions
Positive attitude
Negative attitude
You cannot hide your attitude
Understanding the roles of Civil Air Patrol
Understanding the parts of the Cadet
Program

6. Integrity
Integrity is both the AF and CAP’s first
core value
Integrity = your Honor
Without integrity your ability to lead fails
Integrity is earned and a lack of integrity
will cause a loss of respect
If your subordinates cannot trust you,
you will not get the job done

7. Self-Discipline
Self-discipline means that you do a task
because you see that it needs to be
done
The best discipline is self-discipline
Self-discipline is a building block to
group discipline
Drill, customs and courtesies are some
tools used to build discipline

8. Listening
Required for being both a leader and follower
Some DO’s for listening
DO keep an open mind
DO listen to understand
DO listen to what the speaker says not how well the
speaker says it
DO take notes with care
DO make and (usually) hold eye contact
DO keep your feelings positive
DO listen to new ideas and when you pass them on,
give credit to the source

9. Loyalty
A person should have unquestioned
loyalty for his or her leaders
Loyalty is earned by integrity, not
achievement
Loyalty does not mean that you never
question your leaders
Loyalty is a two way street

10. Courtesy
Courtesy is:
Showing politeness and personal
recognition to others
Vital in developing cooperation and
esprit de corps
Military Courtesy vs. Other Courtesy
Praise in Public, Correct in Private

11. Leader/Follower Relationship
A follower must
Ask questions
Take responsibility
Take control of personal growth

12. Ask Questions
A follower should ask questions when
He or she needs more information to
complete a task
There is a question about the morality of
the task

13. Take Responsibility
Dynamic followers do not wait
Take action when you see a task needs
to be done
Develop a sense of ownership, as if you
were ultimately responsible for your
actions

14. Take control of your
personal growth
Learn from the mistakes of yourself
and others
There is something to learn from every
situation and person. You can at least
learn what NOT to do.
Be Responsible for yourself

15. Review
Respect for Authority
Positive Attitude
Loyalty
Courtesy
Ask Questions
Take Responsibility
Take control of your personal growth

16. Leadership
5The art of influencing and directing
people to achieve a common
objective or goal

17. ABCDs of Leadership
1 Abilities
2 Behavior
3 Dynamics
4 Enthusiasm
5 Flexibility

18. Characteristics of a Leader
1 Mental Alertness
2 High Level of Abstract Thought
3 Pursue usable knowledge
4 Communicate with others
5 Work with subordinates, peers, and
supervisors

19. Do’s for a Leader
1 Do be sincere rather than affected
2 Do be approachable
3 Do be at the scene of the action rather
than away from it in your office
4 Do be in good physical shape and
adhere to professional appearance
standards

20. Tenets of Leadership
1 Respect for authority
2 Discipline
3 Integrity
4 Patriotism
5 Loyalty

21. Required Characteristics of
Followership and Leadership
Leadership

Respect for authority

Positive Attitude

Integrity

Discipline

Listening

Loyalty

Courtesy

Patriotism
Followership

Respect for
Authority

Positive Attitude

Integrity

Self-Discipline

Listening

Loyalty

Courtesy

22. Review
ABCDs of Leadership
Characteristics of a Leader
Do’s for a Leader
Tenets of Leadership