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Leader–Follower Synergies: Lessons From Nelson and His Captains
Author(s) -
Pascoe Bruce
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new directions for student leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.189
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2373-3357
pISSN - 2373-3349
DOI - 10.1002/yd.20402
Subject(s) - followership , battle , value (mathematics) , focus (optics) , management , psychology , sociology , public relations , engineering ethics , political science , engineering , computer science , history , physics , archaeology , machine learning , optics , economics
Lord Nelson was a master of leading fleets into battle. He was also a master of leading people, instinctively understanding the value of both leadership and followership. This chapter explores the leadership behaviors Nelson used to create a powerful leader/follower synergy between him and his captains, and introduces a model based on these behaviors. While the situations presented in this chapter are military, the focus is on behavioral lessons that can be taught to students and applied in a broad range of organizational settings.