Dr. Chris Fuzie, owner of CMF Leadership Consulting, talks through the development and delivery of his Effective Followership training program and how it works in combination with leadership training. We also discuss how most employees in large complex organizations are actually leading and following at the same time, whether they realize it or not! And how focusing more on consistent, desired behaviors can often be more impactful than focusing solely on leadership vs followership role awareness. 

Chris is a Leaderologist II with the National Leaderology Association. He is a developer, trainer, and consultant for leadership of public, private, for-profit, and non-profit organizations. Chris is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and a former National Instructor for the International Association of Chiefs of Police. After 28 years of public service, he is an honorably retired Lieutenant/Commander from the Modesto Police Department where he led teams such as the Homicide Investigations Team, Hostage Negotiations Team, and Street-Level Drug Enforcement Team. He currently serves as the Business/HR Manager for the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office in California.

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“There’s no rank in the chopper.”

“You can’t just delegate tasks without delegating the authority for those tasks… but the positional person still takes responsibility for what happens.”

“A lot of this is raising awareness of what it is to be a good follower, and that it’s so synonymous with being a good leader.”

“When we focus on the behaviors, then it doesn’t matter whether you’re in a leadership role or a followership role. You’re still doing the same behavior.”

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