A CEO's Perspective, Followership with Dr. Richard Dool
Our 2nd episode of our 4 part followership series continues with CEO Dr. Richard Dool. Dr. Richard Dool is a former executive leader of organizations such as AT&T and General Electric and has also served as CEO of both public and private companies. In this episode, Richard explains his perspective on leadership and shares personal stories running global organizations. Richard breaks down the importance of followership, how it’s shown up, what he’s done when he hasn’t had followership and how he now implements the idea of followership in the classroom with his graduate students at Rutgers University.
Dr. Richard is currently serving as teaching professor and director of the MCM and MHCI masters programs at Rutgers University and runs a management consulting company. Richard is also an author of multiple books on leadership.
Enjoy this conversation.
3:30 Jeanie introduces Richard.
3:56 Richard’s shares how he started in leadership and shares the top attributes that have helped him in his career.
5:45 What Richard thinks followership really means.
7:19 How Richard shares the concept of followership with his graduate students at Rutgers University.
9:03 Richard shares how he’s embraced change in his upbringing as he moved many times as a military child and how that experience has helped his career.
10:48 The relationship between followership and leadership.
12:41 Richard’s point of view on where followership is showing up and why.
14:01 The workplace mindset generational differences Richard has noticed.
16:13 A personal story of when Richard didn’t have followership in his career and how he handled it.
18:12 How to create workplace relationships with the new remote workplace.
20:09 How leaders are usually chosen vs how to develop effective leaders.
23:06 Discussions Richard has had with his students at Rutgers about the current cross-cultural workplace.
27:44 How followership plays a part from a peer perspective.
31:22 The top people Richard is currently following.
33:18 Richard’s final thoughts on creating a foundation for followership.
Resources Mentioned:
How Generation Z Wants to be Led: A Guide to the Minds of Tomorrow's Leaders by Dr. Richard Dool: https://www.amazon.com/How-Generation-Wants-Led-Tomorrows/dp/1089330545
Leading in Difficult Times & Circumstances by Dr. Richard Dool:
https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Difficult-Times-Circumstances-Richard/dp/B08XLGGBLN
Connect with Dr. Richard Dool:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-dool/
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