Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government professor Kellerman (Bad Leadership) shifts the focus from leadership to followership, arguing that followers are every bit as important as leaders. Defining followers as subordinates who have less power, authority and influence than their superiors, and who usually, but not always, fall into line, she notes that we are all followers at different points in time. Followers, Kellerman argues, are getting bolder and more strategic, less likely to know their place and affecting work places, to mixed results. She identifies five types of followers based upon level of engagement: Isolate, Bystander, Participant, Activist and Diehard. She explores each type, with examples ranging from Nazi Germany to Merck to the U.S. military's Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan. She also explores the relationships between leaders and followers, who, Kellerman argues, should be thought of as inseparable. Followership is not about changing the rank of followers, Kellerman states, but instead about changing their response to their rank, their superiors and the situation at hand. Thorough and insightful, Kellerman provides a fascinating look at a little-explored topic, which will be of great interest to both leaders and followers. (Feb.)

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[美] 芭芭拉•凱萊曼

哈佛大學肯尼迪政府學院公共領導中心研究主任，獲耶魯大學政治科學博士學位。

主要研究領域為組織特徵、領導方式和追隨者風格的動態匹配機製等，撰寫瞭許多關於領導、統治和決策的著作和論文，對於現代企業領導理論與實踐具有重要的藉鑒價值。

著有《糟糕的領導力》（Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters）一書，並為《哈佛商業評論》、《紐約時報》、《華盛頓郵報》以及其他諸多著名刊物撰稿。