Figure 1.
The connection between leadership, followership, and burnout. When effective followers partner with supportive and effective leaders, we see organizational wellness. When effective leaders work with ineffective followers, we see leader burnout. When effective followers want to partner with leaders but have leaders who do not give them the autonomy to do so, we see follower burnout. When neither the leaders or the followers are working in service to the other, we see the whole organization suffer.
