CHAPTER THREE

Breaking the Habit: It Takes More than You Think

MY WORK ON INTELLIGENT DISOBEDIENCE is a natural outgrowth of my earlier work on courageous followers. Courageous followers form relationships with their leaders in which they are both supportive of the leader and willing to give the leader candid feedback on the impact of the leader’s actions. For those interested, there is an overview of the topic in the appendix.

I was in Los Angeles giving a presentation on courageous followership at the International Leadership Association. ILA is an interesting group that was formed to bring together scholars, educators, and practitioners of leadership so they can enrich one another’s work in the field. I have since become a member of the ILA’s ...

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