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Leadership Overrated?

It's seems that socienty (in western cultures at least) tends to put the Idea of leadership as something that everyone should strive to be. Especially in the media. People say be a leader not a follower. (definitions of follower may very) What I'm asking is what about everybody else? Obviously not everyone can be a leader. 

So what do you think? 

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I think you get my general feelings from the description.

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying leadership is a bad thing. What I'm saying is that some people are natural leaders and some people are natural followers neither one better than the other. And that people usually give all the glamour and credit to leaders.

And when I say follower I'm not talking about people that can't think and make decisions for themselves, that give into peer pressure. I'm talking about in a work environment.

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And when I say follower I'm not talking about people that can't think and make decisions for themselves, that give into peer pressure. I'm talking about in a work environment.

The reason I believe that work environments promote the idea of striving for leadership, is because the sort of people that want to do it are generally the ones that will make sacrifices and buy into the company thing, even if they don't make it. I can think of many people I've worked with that are all about the company and less about themselves, they usually accept more shit and go the extra mile in the vain hope that they'll be noticed and eventually rewarded, the same people are usually in the same job for a long time and completely institutionalised.

it also encourages actual leaders to come to the fore, a good leader can mean the difference between success and failure for a company.

Now I understand your point, especially seen as there is a lot of people that don't want to strive for leadership and are more productive than those that do, they'll also be the ones unsold by the leadership ethos.

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