Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Followership

A friend said, "I've decided I have the gift of follwership." 

He gets along with nearly everyone and is quick to take someone else's lead. Then he makes more of it than the one he follows. He's a good man to follow.

I'm testing a theory: there is no such thing as leaders, only followers. We shouldn't teach how to lead; we should teach what, and whom, to follow.

Followers give credibility to those they follow. Only on the strength of the followers' vote does one become a leader. So it is followers who determine history. Let us hope they follow those who have followed well.

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Your thoughts are welcome! I'll try not to flinch if there are nasty ones, which I understand are fairly common nowadays.