The evolutionary perspective given by Von Rueeden and Van Vugt\u00a0brought up many new ideas for me in terms of leadership and followership in the SSS and LSS scopes. Their ideas on how sometimes the evolutionary changes of leadership and followers are mismatched in modern contexts was a new concept for me. They touch on dominance and the impact the dominant trait has on today\u2019s decisions made my followers. There is a fine line between leadership and dominance, it is something many are wary of. The authors explain that there has been a sensitivity formed to exploitation throughout time and that followers are very wary of exploitation today by would-be dominant leaders. Hence, it is crucial to emphasize integrity and fairness as a leader, to avoid that sensitivity spike by followers.<\/p>\n
Many of the topics the paper discusses are pretty much unalterable, race, gender, height, etc. But this sensitivity and personality trait idea is malleable in the hands of leaders. People running for positions in the LSS context know what is important to followers. There are specialists made to design the disposition of leaders to the public, it is has become \u201cI appear to be sensitive,\u201d (switch out whatever personality trait you want in place of ‘sensitive’). This is through adds, donations, press releases, speeches, etc. My point is that in that LLS context, someone can easily appear a certain way. That is why women wear heels, to appear taller. This is one of the flaws in the LLS context, the leader is so far away, followers see what is made for them to see. While in the SSS context, leaders are in that collaborative state and must be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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