1 There are two kinds of people. There are leaders and there are followers. And I’m a follower. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mickey Mantle, Followership, Identity, Leadership, 0 Mickey Mantle Baseball player · USA Copy
2 Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Warren G. Bennis, Followership, Leadership, Trust, 0 Warren G. Bennis Professor of Business Administration · USA Copy
3 I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Warren G. Bennis, Followership, Heroism, Leadership, 0 Warren G. Bennis Professor of Business Administration · USA Copy
4 I believe that only a subset of us is meant to lead. The rest want to follow. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Lewis Schiff, Belief, Followership, Leadership, 0 Lewis Schiff Copy
5 You must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Haile Selassie, Followership, Leadership, Learning, 0 Haile Selassie Copy
6 Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James M. Kouzes, Followership, Leadership, Relationship, 0 James M. Kouzes Leadership expert and author Copy
7 We don’t have a crisis of leadership in Washington. We have a crisis of followership. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Jonathan Rauch, Crisis, Followership, Leadership, 0 Jonathan Rauch Journalist · USA Copy
8 You can only lead if the people that you’re leading want to be led. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Arthur Darvill, Followership, Leadership, Willingness, 0 Arthur Darvill Actor Copy
9 Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Seth Godin, Change, Followership, Leadership, 0 Seth Godin Entrepreneur Copy
10 He who thinks he leads, but has no followers, is only taking a walk. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John C. Maxwell, Action, Followership, Leadership, 0 John C. Maxwell Author Copy
11 People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John C. Maxwell, Confidence, Followership, Leadership, 0 John C. Maxwell Author Copy
12 The opposite of a leader isn’t a follower. The opposite of a leader is a pessimist. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Buckingham, Followership, Leadership, Pessimism, 0 Marcus Buckingham Author Copy
13 The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Peter Drucker, Authority, Followership, Influence, 0 Peter Drucker Management consultant and educator · Austria Copy
14 Humans are the only animals who will follow unstable pack leaders. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cesar Millan, Followership, Instability, Leadership, 0 Cesar Millan Dog trainer · Mexico Copy
15 Leadership is defined not by the position you hold but by the people who follow you. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charlene Li, Followership, Influence, Role, 0 Charlene Li Consultant Copy
16 The unexamined leader is not worth following. Author, September 13, 2023January 2, 2025, John C. Maxwell, Followership, Leadership, Self-awareness, 0 John C. Maxwell Author Copy
17 He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader. Read explanation Author, November 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Aristotle, Competence, Followership, Leadership, 0 Aristotle Philosopher · Greece Copy
18 A good leader makes a good follower. Author, October 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Wilfred Bion, Followership, Leadership, Relationship, 0 Wilfred Bion Psychoanalyst · India Copy
19 A good leader can’t get too far ahead of his followers. Author, September 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alignment, Followership, Leadership, 0 Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President · USA Copy
20 I must follow them. I am their leader. Author, August 8, 2023January 2, 2025, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Followership, Leadership, Responsibility, 0 Abbott Lawrence Lowell Educator · USA Copy
21 I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? Author, August 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Benjamin Disraeli, Followership, Influence, Leadership, 0 Benjamin Disraeli Former Leader of the House of Commons · England Copy
22 No leader can be too far ahead of his followers. Read explanation Author, July 21, 2023January 2, 2025, Eleanor Roosevelt, Alignment, Followership, Leadership, 0 Eleanor Roosevelt Former First Lady USA · USA Copy
23 I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? Author, May 19, 2023December 25, 2024, Benjamin Disraeli, Adaptation, Followership, Leadership, 0 Benjamin Disraeli Former Leader of the House of Commons · England Copy
The single word that matters most I think to keep the company productive as it grows is alignment. Sam Altman Entrepreneur
Never see the face of man till you have seen his face who is our life, our all. Robert E. Murray Coal mining executive · USA
