Restorative Followership

The framework I outlined in the previous chapter identifies three value states, one of which is restorative. In this chapter I elaborate on that value state. By state I mean the condition of negative inducements a follower encounters. It is possible that a follower could also induce others negatively. However, the main objective of this book is not to highlight the bad behaviors of followers.11 do not consider such behaviors as strategic in the sense of enhancing an organization’s strategic objectives. In a gang or criminal organization, the bad behaviors of followers might enhance constituents but this is not a book about criminal behavior. As a result, I only focus on the negative inducements from external sources: those inducements that have short- or long-term negative consequences (implicit and explicit) for either the follower or organization and for which the follower strives to improve. The condition, worldview, orientation, expectations, and responses (see figure 3.1) for this state are different from those of normalcy or positive deviance. Followers in this state seek to change the negative or bad influence situation to something better. Recall that value in this state is diminished and therefore must be improved or enhanced.