This reading made me think a lot about what I\u2019ve learned in my leadership and Humanities course over the last semester. One of our units focused very specifically on defining leadership, and the role followers play in it. One of the things my professor touched on that spoke to me is the importance of followers in any leadership dynamic. In today\u2019s society, followers are often seen as a minor part in any group, organization, or movement. People prefer to focus on leaders as the key component to understanding a group. However, as the reading also says, this is a faulty view. The groups, and the followers in them, are critical. Even in very top down restrictive organizations such as the Military followers can and do have significant influence on the activities and strategies said group engages in.<\/p>\n
Another idea we looked at in my humanities course is different types of followers. One thing the reading mentions in that for leaders the group must come first and depending on the followers this is absolutely correct. Followers who involve themselves more and are devoted to the cause must see their leader as furthering the group towards said cause, or the leader will be at risk of losing their position. Due to this, the leader has to take great care to ensure that their decisions are supported by their followers and help the group at large.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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