The importance of Following.

Leadership is important.  However the ability to recognize when to be a Follower is arguably more important.  Have you heard the term, "Too many chiefs, not enough indians"?  Or perhaps, "Too many cooks in the kitchen"?  There should be one leader for an effort and to recognize who that is and what one needs to do to ensure the success of that leader and thus the larger team is important.  An important note here, that leader doesn't have to have the biggest title or get paid the most in the room, there should be times that the leader is that individual contributor or middle manager and at those times the executive in the room need to be the follower.  In the end the ability to identify when to be a Follower is perhaps one of the most important Leadership qualities. 

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