There is a story about Mario a newly
hired clerk in advertising company. One of the many qualities that were very evident
about Mario was his competence, obedience and follower mindset. With these
positive attributes Mario rose from the ranks and eventually became a manager
and a leading voice in their organization.
Many organizational managers/leaders
rose from the ranks as such they are used at following orders. They don’t only
follow they also do with competence whatever task that they are assigned to do.
It may seem unthinkable for many but
the reality is managers/leaders are also followers not only in the sense that
they rose from the ranks. The truth of the matter is every leader has also that
somebody who leads him/her. Who would tell him/her what to do and who would
demand output as well.
Let us take for example a first
level manager or supervisor who leads his operating employees. He/she is also
accountable to his middle manager. As such he follows directives from his
middle manager.
The middle manager takes order from
the top management and he sees to it that he implements with competence the
task assigned by the top management. The top management is accountable to whom?
He’s accountable to the board of directors and he implements also the collegial
decisions of the board.
We see that every leader in an
organization takes direct or indirect orders from persons who occupy a higher
position than her/him. What is the relevance of a leader follower relationship?
A good follower sooner or later will
eventually become a manager/leader. It may take time but it will surely come. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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