Warriors at Work: CEO Perspective, Followership with Dave Falter

In the first episode of 4 part series on Followership, we kick off the month with a conversation with a six-time CEO and returning guest, Dave Falter.

In this episode, Dave shares his personal leadership philosophy and connects us to what he feels is a crucial skill that all leaders must

embody, followership. Dave breaks down what followership is and is not, how to identify it in others and what’s at stake for leaders who don’t encourage followership in their organizations.

Dave is a six-time CEO and Board Director who has successfully led companies ranging from $25 million to more than $1 billion across numerous industries – including electronic travel distribution, business services, systems integration and software development, and cloud-based storage. Dave sees himself as a coach and realizes he is reliant on his employees, as they are on him. Dave’s personal mission to inspire and guide teams to become high performing, loyal and dedicated.

Enjoy today’s episode!

Host: Jeanie Coomber

4:04 Jeanie welcomes Dave to the show.

4:28 Dave describes the best and worst leaders he’s seen and the characteristics each exudes.

8:09 The value of having bad leaders and what can be learned from them.

11:51 What is followership and why it’s important.

15:41 Why you need to identify successful leaders within your organization and empower them to lead.

16:32 The difference between the workplace and the navy.

19:47 Dave’s thoughts on why businesses aren’t investing in leadership training.

24:47 A reflection of Dave’s personal followership journey.

33:02 Examples of business with good followership within their organization.