Global Followership Conference

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Global Followership Conference

For academics, practitioners, teachers, trainers, students, and HR, OD, and L&D professionals

8:00am EDT

Volunteer Meeting Madison Room (DSU)

8:30am EDT

Registration & Breakfast David Student Union Prefunction Area and Ballroom

9:15am EDT

Opening Welcome David Student Union BallroomLori Throupe • Lacey Grey Hunter

9:30am EDT

Interactive Plenary Part I: Followership And...Getting Started! David Student Union BallroomIra Chaleff • Marc Hurwitz • Samantha Hurwitz • Dan Jenkins

11:00am EDT

The Secret Sauce for Rapid Disruptive Change: A Case Study of Millennial Leadership and Multigenerational Followership in Dynamic Relationships Harrison Room (DSU)Danyale Hawkins Fee for Followership? The Age of Following an Influencer Washington Room (DSU)Caitlyn Fagan • Hannah Sims • Jennifer Strong Designing Followership Research Across Cultures and Societies: Commitment to Integrity Madison Room (DSU)Yulia Tolstikov-Mast How to Introduce Followership to a New Group of People: A Practicioner and Instructor Guide Boardroom (DSU)Marc Hurwitz • Samantha Hurwitz The Implications of Shifting to Leadership and Followership as Systems: Leader + Follower + Organizational Context + Common Purpose Jefferson Room (DSU)Michael Linville • Mark Rennaker

11:30am EDT

Putting Followers First: Courageous Followership and Empowering Leadership - Role of Power Distance Harrison Room (DSU)Wajeeha Ghias

11:50am EDT

Followership, Ethics, and Social Movements Washington Room (DSU)Donald Williams Jr.

12:00pm EDT

A Proposal for Compassionate Leadership Theory: Linking Followership and Leadership Harrison Room (DSU)Jim Payne

12:45pm EDT

Community Lunch David Student Union Ballroom

2:00pm EDT

Follower Behaviour: Research Constructs and Lived Experiences of Followers Juxtaposed Harrison Room (DSU)Maike Kugler Followership and…Critical Thinking Jefferson Room (DSU)Barry Boyd • Jennifer Strong Global Followership: What We Know and Where Should We Go? Washington Room (DSU)Marc Hurwitz • Abdurrahim Hocagil • Yulia Tolstikov-Mast Letters to Leaders: A Followership-Centric Diagnostic Process Boardroom (DSU)Sharna Fabiano • Brian Rook The Six "I" Model and Followership as Tools to Identify and Respond to Poor Leaders Madison Room (DSU)Michael Linville • Mark Rennaker

2:30pm EDT

Rethinking Organizational Followership Development as Part of Human Resources Strategies Harrison Room (DSU)Monica Turner

3:00pm EDT

Role-ing with the Process: Effects of Followership Education on Team Member Performance Harrison Room (DSU)Dan Jenkins • Lori Throupe

3:30pm EDT

Poster Presenters Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center Vendor Setup Window DSU coat Check

4:00pm EDT

Autonomous or Indentured Servant? A Descriptive Analysis of The Symbology of Student-Athlete Followership Among Student-Athletes In National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Institutions Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts CenterAllen-Christopher Hubbard Charles Sanders Peirce on the Study of Great Men: A Course in Logic Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts CenterCameron Gutierrez Enhancing the Culture of Followership Among Youths: The Case of Teens and Youths in Leadership (TYIL) in Nigeria Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts CenterOlamide Olowoyo • Eric Kaufman • Israel Oyedare Followership and Ethics Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts CenterDonald Williams Jr. Followership and Talent Management Using Information Technology Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts CenterDonald Williams Jr. Global Followers’ Identities and Their Influence on the Leadership Process: A Phenomenological Study Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts CenterTobey Zimber How to Avoid Doing Bad Things for Good Reasons: Ethical Followership as a Means to Overcome Unethical Pro-Organizational Behavior Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts CenterKyle Payne Poster Session Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts CenterLynda Byrd-Poller • Ira Chaleff • Wendy M. Edmonds • Sharna Fabiano • Jess Hench • Michael Linville • Anthony Middlebrooks • Ron Riggio • Angela Spranger Rethinking Organizational Followership Development as Part of Human Resources Strategies Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center The Secret Sauce for Rapid Disruptive Change: A Case Study of Millennial Leadership & Multigenerational Followership in Dynamic Relationships Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts CenterDanyale Hawkins Followership Farmers Market & Cocktail Reception Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts CenterLacey Grey Hunter

6:30pm EDT

Community Dinner David Student Union Ballroom

7:30pm EDT

Virginia Symphony Orchestra Event Option Ferguson Center Concert Hall

9:00am EDT

Community Breakfast David Student Union Ballroom

9:30am EDT

Interactive Plenary Part II: Followership And...Thoughtful Action David Student Union BallroomTony Middlebrooks • Dan Jenkins • Ron Riggio

11:00am EDT

Followership And…Integrative Global Followership Harrison Room (DSU)Petros Malakyan Changing Leader Attitudes on Followership Jefferson Room (DSU)Edward Korbal • Gerogetta Parisi-Knup • Anton Shufutinsky • James Sibel Followership and Discourse(s) Over Time Boardroom (DSU)Eric Kaufman Followership in Non-Western Cultures Madison Room (DSU)Qingyan Tian • Jeff Bourgeois • Wanda Krause • Emmanuel Toye Sobande Increasing Our Capacity to Teach Followership Washington Room (DSU)Dan Jenkins • Lori Throupe

11:30am EDT

Obedience in Followership: Phenomenological Research to Increase the Understanding of Obedience in Followers Harrison Room (DSU)Jim Payne

12:00pm EDT

Mediating Emotions: Expanding the Followership Typology Harrison Room (DSU)Sabrina Little

12:45pm EDT

Community Lunch David Student Union Ballroom

2:00pm EDT

Servant Followership Harrison Room (DSU)Jeffrey Lamar McClellan Alternative Perspectives: Followership from Non-Western and Minority Perspectives Madison Room (DSU)Muhsin Budiono • Wajeeha Ghias • Petros Malakyan • David Ofumbi • Yulia Tolstikov-Mast Followership and…Design Boardroom (DSU)Tony Middlebrooks Followership Education: Main Event or Side Show in Leadership Education Jefferson Room (DSU)Kathleen Callahan • Benjamin Redekop • Molly Reed-Waters Improvisational Techniques for Leadership and Followership Learning Washington Room (DSU)Sharna Fabiano

2:45pm EDT

Followership and Servant-Leadership: Companions in an Endless Relationship Harrison Room (DSU)

3:30pm EDT

Snack Break David Student Union Prefunction Area

4:00pm EDT

Followership and the Art of Storytelling: The Alchemy of Transformation Jefferson Room (DSU)Martha Brumbaugh • Debby Flickinger A Qualitative Case Study of Followership and Volunteerism in Japan Harrison Room (DSU)Donald Williams Jr. Followership and Gender Washington Room (DSU)Tiffanie Dillard Let's Talk Followership: Stories of Black Women, Legacy, and Strength Boardroom (DSU)Wendy Edmonds • Angela Spranger Primacy: In Democracies and the Fight to Save Our One Shared Planet, Followers Must Take the Lead Madison Room (DSU)William Donaldson • Robert McManus • Benjamin Redekop • David Brown • Benjamin Lynerd

4:20pm EDT

Followership has Two Faces: Exploring the Lived Experience of Followers in Cross-Cultural Teams Harrison Room (DSU)Greg Malone

5:30pm EDT

Community Dinner David Student Union Ballroom

7:00pm EDT

Sharna Fabiano's Followership & Tango Experience Option 1 Ferguson Center for the Arts Dance Studio T-177Sharna Fabiano

8:30am EDT

Community Breakfast David Student Union Prefunction Area and Ballroom

9:30am EDT

At the Core of Followership is Personhood - We Start There Harrison Room (DSU)William Donaldson • Robin Murphey • Lemuel Watson • Zachary Wooten Followership, Leadership, and Collaboration: How Competent Followers Develop Effective Leaders in the Educational Setting Washington Room (DSU) The Followership Ally: How Allyship is Strengthened by Followership Theory Madison Room (DSU)Debra L. Finlayson

10:30am EDT

Break David Student Union Prefunction Area

11:00am EDT

Interactive Plenary Part III: Followership And...the Future David Student Union BallroomMarc Hurwitz • Ira Chaleff • Dan Jenkins • Lori Throupe

12:00pm EDT

Closing Session David Student Union BallroomSharna Fabiano