Understanding leader and follower identity processes has received considerable attention within the leadership field with a substantial body of work having been accumulated. This presenter symposium intends to showcase different perspectives, research methods and foci to further uncover how followers and leaders interact, influence, impact and develop on an intrapersonal, interpersonal and group level. Specifically, the first presentation aims to investigate how leaders assess the social capital of their groups by examining instrumental versus expressive connections with leaders of other groups. The second presentation aims to understand how employees' unethical pro-supervisor behaviors are influenced by factors like supervisor support and supervisor status loss. Investigating the import role of new leaders’ shared goals with their followers in leader development during the transition into new leadership roles is the focus of the third presentation. The aim of the fourth presentation it to understand the role of growth mindsets in processing negative feedback as part of the leader identity development process. Finally, an identity play and identity work measure is introduced in the fifth presentation. The purpose of this symposium is to bring together both leader- and follower-centric perspectives on different aspects of leader and follower identity processes. The presentations in this symposium provide valuable insights on how to and what to consider when developing leaders and the implications of follower-leader interactions and relationships in an organizational context. We hope this symposium sparks future research and highlights the different approaches and components of leader and follower identity processes