Essential Leadership Discipline: Following Well

Following Well simply has to be an Essential Leadership Discipline, and what my reading so much has to do with both.

I read more than the average person and naturally run across very little about following. By little I mean almost never. In the last year, and I keep up with stuff like this, I've only ran across about following in LindedIn (one article) and the Bible. Nothing else, yet without followers, without following, without following done well we can't have good leadership.

The first time I remember reading anything of substance, written by man, about following was in a discussion on LinkedIn http://tiny.cc/gMgQM. This discussion, in May of this year, led me to the article mentioned in the discussion, that led me to the book http://tiny.cc/2YWMV.

Now, I've researched and found some other things written about following and Ira Chaleff, Courageous Follower, has written and lectured extensively about the subject. Yet, and I know I'm grinding an ax, what is up with leadership leaders not talking about and writing about it?

Having said all that, maybe this is just another blind spot I've got. But one thing I do know, following well is not something that comes easy and everyday I hear someone talk about being a good leader, or developing leadership, or some such very important discipline. Yet....

Ponder the thought of how well people follow you. Think about how important it is to follow well. You can find more on "following" by yping "follow" in the search for this blog.

Read Well, Follow Well, Lead Well