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The ultimate follower

I was tempted to name this post "In praise of followers"* because this is exactly what I want to outline.
For too long companies made it appear that leadership was the ultimate goal for a successful career, ignoring to nurture followership skills.
Take a look at that article if you are interested to understand the "effective follower"...and take away the following advice: choose a great leader and follow him, sink him in, obey him and be proud of him.
Your life is gonna be easy...nanos gigantum humeris insidentes ("dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants")

*By Robert E. Kelley, Harvard business review, 66(6), 142 - 148

Comments

bacco1977 said…
Great Mike.

well, I'm a giant physically speaking...Might be a good starting point..

Need a few dwarfs.....
Michele Arpaia said…
Bernard de Chartres: "We are dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants. We see thus more and further than they do, not because our sight is more acute or our height taller, but because they lift us into the air and elevate us with all their gigantic height."

you giant? Let me climb on your shoulder :-)
bacco1977 said…
yes, i'll let you do it.
But please...
Tell me what you see.....
Michele Arpaia said…
You hit the mark man!
Giants need to talk with dwarfs to figure out where to go...