>> Thank you. I have noticed that there's a lot of emphasis on leadership in just about every aspect of life. <<
Yes, there is. It has its uses, but ah ... who are all these leaders supposed to LEAD if nobody's taught how to be a good follower? It sucks if there are 20 people and none of them have any followship skills. They fight. The job doesn't get done, or not done very well.
>> While I can lead and even enjoy it in some settings, I enjoy making myself useful to whoever is leading more. <<
I enjoy leading. Following is tiffy for me, because I can only follow someone I respect who is competent at their job. But for the right person, I make a terrific second-banana. For a lot of things, my skills are best suited to doing work rather than running a whole organization -- there are different levels of leadership skills.
>> It's not a skill I've seen emphasized as something that should be learned. <<
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Re: From: The Tadpole
Date: 2014-07-07 07:06 am (UTC)Yes, there is. It has its uses, but ah ... who are all these leaders supposed to LEAD if nobody's taught how to be a good follower? It sucks if there are 20 people and none of them have any followship skills. They fight. The job doesn't get done, or not done very well.
>> While I can lead and even enjoy it in some settings, I enjoy making myself useful to whoever is leading more. <<
I enjoy leading. Following is tiffy for me, because I can only follow someone I respect who is competent at their job. But for the right person, I make a terrific second-banana. For a lot of things, my skills are best suited to doing work rather than running a whole organization -- there are different levels of leadership skills.
>> It's not a skill I've seen emphasized as something that should be learned. <<
Here, I wrote an article on this topic:
http://www.ic.org/balancing-powers/