At 05:00 PM 7/12/99 EDT, you wrote:
>Replying to Lon Badgetts's .02.
>
>Cent 1: Can there even be a leader without followers? It seems to me
>that some answers to leadership lie in the nature of followership.
You are right a key is who follows. A leader is anyone people follow. And
that is a restrictive or limited group. The key is in purpose. Leaders
give purpose and fill needs.
>Cent 2: I view leadership as what happens when a person or group of
>people encounter an obstacle which they cannot individually or
>collectively overcome. At that moment, the person (or persons - we
>haven't talked about leaders in any sense other than as individuals
>either) who can get everyone around, over, through, under, or past the
>obstacle should probably be the leader. Should this obstacle be
>insurmountable, the leader is the person or persons who steer the group
>toward another more attainable goal.
Yes, even a team can lead. It is easier for a team to lead if they know
the steps pof the leadership process and know some methods in common. But
often they get the job done in the dark
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