“ People do not FOLLOW People but FOLLOW the RESOURCES that are linked to them “
We talk about a lot in our daily lives about the words like leadership abilities, communication skills, positive attitudes etc. They say these are absolutely necessary in this absolutely competitive world which competes vigorously for all kinds of resources not only material. Hearing these people I began to think what makes some people different from others who exhibit so called extraordinary leadership abilities.Leadership is a relative term because it is used in a comparative sense and so not all can become leaders and atleast some have to be so called Followers. According to my thought framework Leadership is based on Resource Control Capability. For me, Money, Security, Love, Affection etc which ultimately SATISFIES an individual is a RESOURCE. When a person has a capability to SATISFY an individual i.e., by providing RESOURCES then he will be in a position to become a LEADER.
However not everyone who SATISFY other’s needs will become a LEADER. Here I propose a Concept of Dependancy. This concept in like the Demand and Supply phenomenon in the market. The more the Demand the more the price. So More the Dependancy, More will be the influence of the Leader on the Followers. Here Time plays a major role in the Concept of Dependancy. The More Time U Spend in the Dependancy the more the influence the Leader gains on the Follower. Dependancy will create a form of psychological bondage between the Leader and the Follower and the longer the bondage, the stronger it will become.
People though initially may follow people for their charisma, internally they’ll have resource motive for their following. Atleast in the longer run this resource motive will come out and they’ll make use of their followership to make their lives better resourcefully. In the case of traditional leadership like that of father, we follow him because of our dependancy for our survival. But we will be seeing many children not caring their parents after they get jobs, life partners etc. This is because of their feeling of independence and now they dont accept the leadership as their parents’ resources are burdensome than productive.
So I reject the idea that people follow people but they follow people who control resources or those who exhibit confidence that they will gain control over them in future.
* MIRRORBOY *
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