Ok, after weeks of reading this discussion, I'd like to put in my two
cents worth:
Cent 1: Can there even be a leader without followers? It seems to me
that some answers to leadership lie in the nature of followership.
Cent 2: I view leadership as what happens when a person or group of
people encounter an obstacle which they cannot individually or
collectively overcome. At that moment, the person (or persons - we
haven't talked about leaders in any sense other than as individuals
either) who can get everyone around, over, through, under, or past the
obstacle should probably be the leader. Should this obstacle be
insurmountable, the leader is the person or persons who steer the group
toward another more attainable goal.
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