Research Progress of Leadership from the Perspective of Partnership and Followership

In the process of the survival and development of the organization, the leader is always at the core. The leader is related to the survival and development of the organization, so the leadership ability determines the future of the enterprise. This article summarizes the current status of leadership research, traces the existing literature on the definition of leadership and related research on leadership development, and combines the rise of followership research in recent years to construct a cooperation model from the perspective of followership and leadership, proposed that in the process of cooperation, the leader and the follower are equal and have the same value, and leadership should dynamically exist between the leader and the follower. Finally, this article discusses and proposes five methods to improve leadership from the perspective of cooperation and followership, including improving the decision-making framework, conducting performance training, providing organizational guidance, flatting management model, and building a relationship framework. The analysis and exploration of this article aims to provide a reference for the development direction and research path of followership research in the future.