Are You a Leader or a Follower?

My teachers say I'm a leader, I agree because I am out spoken but now that I think about it I don't know? I think I am because I don't let others govern me :lol: but maybe it's just because I work well with others that I'm a good leader? I feel im only a good leader If I have a team of followers, because then it's not a constant battle for power. But yea I think I am a good leader?

 

More follower than leader but it depends on the situation.

 

I'm usually the leader, but if someone else is clearly running the show I'll take a back seat.

 

I'd be the one wearing the leash :icon_wink

 

In the bedroom this does tend to be the case here as well :icon_wink

But I'm very happy to see all the 'neither' responses, on a more general level.

 

I don't know. Being either a follower or a leader doesn't feel right for me.
I'm not very good at organizing other people and too undecisive to be a leader. I think too much to act quickly, I have almost no reflexes and, usually, while I have my views, I don't act on them with much dynamism. Like, I'm an anarchist, I read about politics, I go on protests, I write texts, but I'm not the type of person to curse on the police or deliver speeches. The way I speak is not assertive enough. I also feel overwhelmed by the responsibility.
Now, I don't like the follower's role, either, for obvious reasons. Being a follower makes me feel stupid. I want my voice to be heard and taken seriously into account.

I prefer working alone to being a leader or a follower, so I can make my own decisions, face the consequences and not be blamed for the action of a whole group of people. I also like group work with no leaders. Just decision-making as a team.

 

I can be both, it depends. I want to be the leader when i know i can it happen but when im in doubt, i always go to being a follower.

 

I voted "follower" because that's what I naturally do, but I also kind of have a feeling I'll end up being some sort of leader, as well.

 

I guess neither of the two, I'm just not good at team works. I'm not a leader at all but I don't like to follow orders that I consider stupid.

 

I have to be honest, I am more of a follower. I think I can do the work well when I am told what to do but the reason for this is that I am so anal when it comes to cooperation and team effort that I do what it takes to have the work done and even so if I have to take over the position as a leader when I know the one leading the work is doing a shitty job and I've actually been known to be like this back in college.

 

I am a leader by nature and feel comfortable with it, however sometimes it is comforting to let someone else lead.

 

I am a follower, with qualifications. Some things need to be disobeyed.

Adrienne

 

I'm a right hand or left hand man.... Neither Leader or Follower

 

So, here's my "qualifications."

Back when I was in university, I was involved in anarchist student groups. Now, they did stuff I didn't have any interest in or particularly have common cause with. (But ya know, I wanted to belong. So...) At one point, somebody asked me if I was going to do what a particular person in the group asked me to do. I responded, "I'm the following kind of anarchist." He laughed at me. Now, I shouldn't have said I was a "leader," because anarchists don't have leaders. I should have said something he could have coded as "rebel." There are no "leaders," but there seems to be a clear line between "rebels" and "followers."

In my response, I was directly challenging him and questioning the philosophical assumption he was making: that you're a rebel or a follower.

To me, rebels had better be followers. They need to follow one another, and they need to have thoughtful, compassionate cooperation. To me, following is cooperation. A person might have good coordination skills, but that doesn't necessarily make them leaders, nor does it mean they have to "show leadership." A lot of these "leadership" qualities really look like good research, diligence, and planning.

These in turn are the exact same qualities displayed by the very best followers.

I also think that followers are in the best position to know whether or not a process is working and provide feedback to the group to improve a process.

That's why I'm a follower, and I'm going to continue to be the best follower that I can be.

~ Adrienne

 

Neither. I don't follow others and they don't follow me.

Happy days

 

I prefer to be a team player, working with others to reach decisions my consensus.

 

I think I'm more of a follower than a leader... wouldn't really like the responsibility involved with leading anyone or having them depend on me.