Followership is not cool

It’s not cool to talk about followership.

People would prefer to think of themselves as courageous, inspiring leaders, rather than faithful, diligent servants. So it’s easy to understand why leadership books outnumber books on service by about a hundred to one.

Being a good follower means firstly having the humility to admit that you are a follower.

In Western democracies, we are so focused on the power and independence of the individual that any suggestion that we should sacrifice our freedom for the notion of serving someone else seems ridiculous. And yet most of us are in jobs that require us to do exactly that.

So give in.
Admit it.

The first step in your followership journey is to admit that you are a follower and want to get better at the discipline of followership.