A Quote by Derek Sivers

The first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself. … The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.

Derek Sivers

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Derek Sivers
American - Businessman
Born: September 22, 1969

It was the first follower that transformed the lone nut into a leader.

Derek Sivers

My dad taught me to be a leader or a follower, and he said follower ain't fun. So I want to be the leader of Bubba Watson.

Bubba Watson

I’ve been involved in a number of cults both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower but you make more money as a leader.

Creed Bratton

No teacher ever skipped the student process... if you want to be a leader, you have to be a follower first.

Mike Will Made It

Moral authority is another way to define servant leadership because it represents a reciprocal choice between leader and follower. If the leader is principle centered, he or she will develop moral authority. If the follower is principle centered, he or she will follow the leader. In this sense, both leaders and followers are followers. Why? They follow truth. They follow natural law. They follow principles. They follow a common, agreed-upon vision. They share values. They grow to trust one another.

Robert K. Greenleaf

The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.

Oleg Cassini

If leadership is, fundamentally, about serving others, then any one person should be able to move between being a "leader" and a "follower."

James M Strock

When you deal with change, you have a couple choices: you can lead it and make the rules, or you can be a fast follower, or you can be a slow follower.

Charlie Ergen

The most dangerous follower is the one whose defection would destroy the whole party: hence, the best follower.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Often, in a given project team or network, one sees leadership roles shifting among various members at various times. Attempts to fit these into traditional views of "leader" and "follower" don't quite work. It's more like Twitter: the "leader" has "followers" - but the "followers" are empowered to alter the relationship unilaterally, and the "leader" must continually earn the consent of the "followers."

James M Strock

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.