👥 Leadership · Organization

Followership

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⏱ Training hours2 hours
🏢 FormatOn-site delivery · Customized design
👤 InstructorJohn Kim
✅ Key outcomeBasic followership knowledge and leadership skills

A focused 2-hour followership course led by John Kim, CEO of Nanum Consulting. It builds the structured, creative thinking you need to be an effective follower in an organization. Two modules take you from the fundamentals of followership to workplace application, strengthening communication between leaders and followers and supporting team performance. Participants learn the core skills and mindset to move from passive followers to active, constructive ones, and to build the strategic followership that balances and strengthens collaboration up and down the organization. It is a practical program you can complete in just 2 hours. The curriculum is proven through our training for 50+ major corporations and institutions.

Who is this course for?

It is designed for everyone who plays a follower role in an organization, including mid-level managers, team members, and new hires. It is especially suited to professionals who want to support their leaders effectively and contribute to better team performance.

What will you learn?

  • Build structured, creative thinking to strengthen followership
  • Systematically acquire foundational knowledge of followership
  • Improve communication between leaders and followers

Curriculum

Module 1: Followership ①
  • What is followership?
  • The difference between being busy and being productive
  • Status and position vs. organizational role
  • Listening: the most effective way to communicate
  • How to build a relationship with your boss
Module 2: Followership ②
  • Typical leader and boss styles
  • Analyzing your followership type
  • Followership cases that sink a leader
  • Followership cases that lift a leader
  • Handling difficult boss types

Expected results / After the course

  • Basic followership knowledge and leadership skills
  • Learning communication methods
  • Building followership & leadership

On-site training references

Korea Terminal IndustrialDankook UniversityKorea Housing Finance Corporation.Ansan UniversityWoojin Industrial SystemsSeongnam City HallBorneo FurnitureYongin Urban CorporationChungnam Women’s Organizations CouncilKorean Standards AssociationCreduGuro Volunteer CorpsSeongnam CityHi Englishand more

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FAQ

It is designed for everyone who plays a follower role in an organization, including mid-level managers, team members, and new hires. It is especially suited to professionals who want to support their leaders effectively and contribute to better team performance.
It takes a distinctive approach, teaching followership concretely through the roles of a bobsled team’s pilot, middleman, and brakeman. Beyond simple teamwork, participants learn practical followership skills: defining each person’s role and responsibility while still collaborating seamlessly.
The program runs 2 hours in total, split into Module 1 and Module 2. Cost varies with group size, location, and schedule, so we provide a specific quote through an inquiry.
John Kim has extensive experience delivering teamwork and followership training at a wide range of large and mid-sized corporations. We will share specific on-site delivery references and client reviews in detail when you send an inquiry.
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Followership

A focused 2-hour followership course led by John Kim, CEO of Nanum Consulting. It builds the structured, creative thinking you need to be an effective follower in an organization. Two modules take you from the fundamentals of followership to workplace

Duration2 hours
FieldLeadership · Organization
InstructorJohn Kim
Training objectives
  • Build structured, creative thinking to strengthen followership
  • Systematically acquire foundational knowledge of followership
  • Improve communication between leaders and followers
Expected results
  • Basic followership knowledge and leadership skills
  • Learning communication methods
  • Building followership & leadership
Curriculum
Module 1Module 1: Followership ①
  • What is followership?
  • The difference between being busy and being productive
  • Status and position vs. organizational role
  • Listening: the most effective way to communicate
  • How to build a relationship with your boss
Module 2Module 2: Followership ②
  • Typical leader and boss styles
  • Analyzing your followership type
  • Followership cases that sink a leader
  • Followership cases that lift a leader
  • Handling difficult boss types
About the instructor
Instructor John Kim
John Kim, Lead Instructor
10 years in industry · 15 years teaching (3,000+ lectures)
Education
· MBA (advanced major: Marketing), Korea University Graduate School of Business (graduated)
· Sungkyunkwan University Consultant Program (completed)
· Sogang University Graduate School of Business, Short-Term MBA (completed)
· Seoul National University Lifelong Education Instructor Development Program (completed)
· Chung-Ang University, B.A. in English Language and Literature (graduated)
Experience
· Current: CEO, Nanum Consulting
· Formerly at Hyosung Corp., Daeduck Electronics and Shinhan Diamond: overseas assignments and strategic planning (10+ years)
· Current partner instructor, Expert Consulting
· Current: Partner instructor, PSI Consulting
· (Current) Partner instructor, Korea SMEs and Startups Agency and SME Training Institute
Credentials and publications
· Certified consultant
· Certified teacher
· Completed official IDEO Design Thinking training
· B2B Marketing Design (1 Apr 2025)
· The Chinese Diamond Tool Market: Present and Future (co-authored, Korea Tool Association)
· Battles That Changed History and Innovative Weapons (in progress)