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Followers and Leadership Essay

   

Added on  2020-05-16

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Running head: LEADER AND FOLLOWERLEADER AND FOLLOWERName of the Student:Name of the University:Author Note:

LEADER AND FOLLOWER1This essay discusses my personal experience while I was working as a team leader inan organization. My team consisted of five members and we were responsible for managingthe product launching section of the company. In that case I was solely accountable to myhigher authority and played the role of leader to my followers simultaneously. However, thecompany needed fresh and new ideas to gain high competitive advantage therefore Imaintained an open communicative as well as amiable relationship with all the teammembers. I took care of my speech and action so that none of my followers think that Iplayed biased. However, I respected and admired my immediate boss and wanted to follow alhis traits so that I also could be as successful leader as he. As a follower I used to observe each and every decision of my leader which he madeaccording to the need of the situation. I believe a good follower can be a good leader as theyapply what their leaders think (Wambugu 2014). Moreover, recent change in the technologiesas well as culture, the dynamic followers have become powerful. The leader of my companywas aware of the social circles, families, religion or other setting of the employees so that hecould manage people according to their terms. It is important for a leader to have diplomatic decision making power while any kindof disagreeable situation emerge. I as a follower had learnt from my leaders how to get alongwith the differences without ignoring them. It is an important leadership trait because myleader could not afford to be oblivious to the different attitude in the organization. However,this needs enormous strength and courage to solve such problems and transform them intoenergy as well as activism. I as a leader never dominated my followers rather believed in heightening the qualityof relationship with the members. I felt myself as one of the members of my team. Thishelped greatly in contributing new ideas, recommendations and perspectives in functioning.

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