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Ira Chaleff is an author, speaker, and executive coach in the greater Washington, DC, area. His extensive experience with the US federal government includes directing and chairing the nonpartisan Congressional Management Foundation, where he is now Chair Emeritus.

Ira co-authored the original handbook for newly elected Members of Congress, now in its fifteenth edition, and has facilitated over a hundred retreats for congressional offices. He has led and participated in Democracy strengthening programs in Asia and West Africa and consulted for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Eastern Europe.

He has been an adjunct faculty member at the Federal Executive Institute and a visiting leadership scholar at Churchill College, Cambridge University in England. Ira served two terms on the Board of Directors of the International Leadership Association and is the founder of its Followership Community.

Ira speaks on courageous followership and intelligent disobedience at a wide variety of institutions, including the US Department of State, the US Naval Academy, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the European Commission of the EU, and many others.

Quotes From This Episode

• “Sometimes it’s courageous to conform. Discernment matters as much as courage.”
• “Followers are as responsible for bringing out the best in leaders as leaders are for bringing out the best in followers.”
• “If followership education only teaches compliance, should we be surprised when adults conform to poor leadership?”

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

• Book: The Courageous Follower by Chaleff
• Book: Intelligent Disobedience by Chaleff
• Book: To Stop a Tyrant: The Power of Political Followers by Chaleff

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