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It seems to me that the whole idea of leadership needs to be addressed... And I want to go beyond the current fad of seeing leadership as being a good salesman. You know the idea that leadership is simple getting people to do what you want them to.
I want to focus on the cost of leading, the accepting of followers and the responsibility of allowing people to follow. The loyalty that develops in true leadership-- the loyalty that the followers have to the leader and the loyalty that the leader needs to have for the followers.
Having reread LotR I kept thinking about the Frodo/Sam relationship and how much it bothered me when I read it the first time. I mean, I didn't like Frodo at all -- the whole "master" thing drove me nuts. I'm still not really happy with it.
Part of it is the whole anti-establishment part of me, I suppose. The whole "I'm my own master, damn it", line of thinking. I'm not the type of person who allows others to make decisions for me. I'm not a follower. I'm not sure I would be able to do what someone else wanted me to do unless I felt that it was the best thing to to.
This, of course, gets me into trouble with the whole "master" idea.
Still there comes a point when you just have to trust in the person you're following. And you have to be loyal to their ideas even if they don't agree with yours. And you have to do it without losing yourself in the process.
Tricky, that.
I want to focus on the cost of leading, the accepting of followers and the responsibility of allowing people to follow. The loyalty that develops in true leadership-- the loyalty that the followers have to the leader and the loyalty that the leader needs to have for the followers.
Having reread LotR I kept thinking about the Frodo/Sam relationship and how much it bothered me when I read it the first time. I mean, I didn't like Frodo at all -- the whole "master" thing drove me nuts. I'm still not really happy with it.
Part of it is the whole anti-establishment part of me, I suppose. The whole "I'm my own master, damn it", line of thinking. I'm not the type of person who allows others to make decisions for me. I'm not a follower. I'm not sure I would be able to do what someone else wanted me to do unless I felt that it was the best thing to to.
This, of course, gets me into trouble with the whole "master" idea.
Still there comes a point when you just have to trust in the person you're following. And you have to be loyal to their ideas even if they don't agree with yours. And you have to do it without losing yourself in the process.
Tricky, that.
