What a Follower Thinks

People kept calling him a "leader." Whether they meant it or not, Chris Schallert had to figure out why everything he led ended up bombing. He realized that he was the issue. Though he had a lot of leader-like traits, he wasn't a leader. He wrote this to better summarize what he is- a Follower- and give fellow Followers something to say when they run into the same promotional problems. In this collection of short essays, he goes into four Follower types he has been, or has met. The Scout (in front, but not leading), the First Mate (giving orders, but not commanding), the Shadow Director (all the snark, none of the responsibility), and the Joe (clocks in, clocks out, doesn't want t-shirts). Hopefully his insights and examples will help employers, managers, supervisors, and leaders understand their highest-performing Followers. More hopefully, it will give the Followers things to say and understand about themselves.