Why Followership?

We are cogs.
We are grunts.
We are the slaves building the pyramids. We will not be buried beneath one.

So much these days is made of leadership.

Everyone is expected to be a leader. Everyone is expected to aspire to leadership. There are leadership books, tapes, training courses, seminars, magazines and blogs.

The problem is: most of us are not leaders; at least not in the sense that most of the leadership literature means.

We are not generals, CEOs or presidents.

The reality is that if we really wanted to get good at something that would make a measurable impact in the organizations in which we work, the art of service ought to be top of the list. Why focus leadership when followership is what we do most of every day?

This blog is about serving, obeying, satisfying and achieving.
This blog is not about whining, shirking, fantasizing or blaming.
This blog will not be popular.
This blog will be real.

This blog will hopefully assist those of us who want to take a step back and stop pretending to run the show, and take a step forward to make progress and actually help people.

If you're more accustomed to feeling the whip on your back than in your hand - you already know what I'm talking about.

Stay tuned.