This book is about Followership, one of the 10 Core Competency of Effective Leadership, and what it takes to become a more effective Leader and Follower tomorrow than you are today, thus becoming absolutely essential to any employer. In this book you'll find all the tactics, techniques, and tools employers expect you to know, but are not taught anywhere but here. This book will help enhance your basic understanding of Followership, thus increasing your value added to any employer. Here you'll learn the basic of Followership (includes the definition of Followership, the 25 most important Effective Follower Imperatives, and the 4 things you must have to best support your Leader); how to provide feedback to your Leader, why Follow up is so important, what are the 7 most important things you should do when attending your Leader's meetings, what is the real meaning of duty, responsibility, and accountability; what is personal responsibility (includes the 6 most common excuses people use, the 4 reasons people make excuses, and the difference between an excuse and a reason); how to avoid hidden surprises by knowing your REDCAPS (includes responsibilities, expectations, duties, constraints, authority, projects, and standards); how to conduct a Backbriefing (includes the definition, advantages, and the process of giving a Backbriefing); what are the 3 most important things to do when asked for your opinion, what are the 4 simple steps of providing a Status/Progress Report, what is the definition and value of a Dashboard, what are the 8 things you can do to better understand the real message by using active listening, what are the 5 options you have when given an assignment by your Leader, what are the 3 best questions to ask to determine the complexity and importance of any project, what are the 4 things you can do to better negotiate any assignment, what are the 10 reasons projects fail, what are the 12 most important Follower duties after accepting a project, what are the 6 steps to taking Immediate Action, and finally, what are the 5 things you can do to enhance your credibility with your Leader. If you're looking for a better way to enhance your professional career, this is the book for you. Stop wishing you had a better career and do something about it. Put an Executive Coach on your team today