The five dimensions of courageous followership -- 1. The dynamics of the leader-follower relationship -- The common purpose and core values -- The paradox of followership -- Who does a follower serve? -- Self-interest and common purpose -- Loyalty of a follower -- Power in the leader-follower relationship -- Value of the follower -- Courage of the follower -- Balance through relationship -- Mature relationships -- Differences in elevation -- Finding equal footing with the leader -- When the leader isn't an equal -- Trust -- Followers as leaders -- Working with other followers -- 2. The courage to assume responsibility -- Self-assessment -- Followership style -- Eliciting feedback -- Personal growth -- Self-management -- Taking care of ourselves -- Passion -- Initiative -- Influencing the culture -- Breaking the rules -- Breaking the mind-set -- Improving processes -- Testing your ideas -- 3. The courage to serve -- Conserving a leader's energy -- Organizing communication processes -- Acquiring access -- The responsibilities of gatekeeping -- Buffering a leader -- Acting in the leader's name -- Defining a leader publicly -- Focusing the creative leader -- Presenting options -- Knowing when you don't know -- Avoiding insularity -- Encouraging peer relations -- Managing crises -- When the leader is ill -- Conflict between leaders -- Formal checkups -- Building relationships with leaders -- 4. The courage to challenge -- Effective leadership behavior -- Preparing a leader for feedback -- Giving a leader feedback -- Giving a leader input -- Challenging indirectly -- Avoiding knee-jerk rejection -- Overcoming Groupthink -- The duty to obey -- Challenging abuse early -- Challenging the use of language -- Arrogance -- Leaders who scream -- Personal issues -- Newly elected leaders -- Leaders who have other agendas -- Leaders who won't challenge their leaders -- Challenge yourself, too --

5. The courage to participate in transformation -- When is transformation possible? -- The process of personal transformation -- The follower's role -- The follower as catalyst -- Channeling the leader's frustration -- Denial and justification of behavior -- Dedication to cause as justification -- Reactions to confrontation -- Identifying transformation resources -- Using an outside facilitator -- Creating a supportive environment -- Modeling change for a leader -- Modeling empathy -- Containing abusive behavior -- Positive reinforcement -- Coping with recurring behavior -- Realistic expectations -- Persistence -- Validation -- 6. The courage to take moral action -- Leaving -- Difficulty of separation -- Financial contingencies -- Offering to resign -- Query and appeal -- The duty to disobey -- Threatening to resign -- The dilemma of the "unreasonable" leader -- Values review -- Follower self-examination -- The decision to withdraw support -- The responsibility to blow the whistle -- Protecting your self -- When leaders must be opposed -- Evil behavior -- If we decide to stay -- 7. The courage to speak to the hierarchy -- The challenge of many hands -- Doing the homework -- Framing the issue to command attention -- Educating the hierarchy -- Circumventing the hierarchy -- Speaking up in multilevel meetings -- Finding formal platforms of influence -- Using informal platforms of influence -- Influencing the metrics that influence thought -- Patience, performance, and persistence -- 8. The courage to listen to followers -- Do you really want courageous followers? -- What messages are number twos sending? -- Appreciating and accepting support -- Appreciating constructive challenge more -- Inviting creative challenge -- A culture of communication, not complaints -- Creating protected communication channels -- Discernment : what is the right action? -- The role of the board -- Responding to a moral stand -- Growth as both leader and follower -- Meditation on followership -- The courageous follower self-assessment.