Follow with Reason: Mastering the Five Degrees of Skilled Followship

You Are a Born Follower

We all have a primal instinct to follow-yet in a society that idolizes leadership, this instinct often goes unnoticed and, therefore, unchecked and untrained. Most of us follow without conscious thought in all aspects of our lives-personal, professional, and otherwise. We adhere to our instincts, social norms, hierarchies, and popular opinions simply because that is what we've been taught to do. But this blind, unreasoned following isn't just ineffective; it can be da...