The working title of this post was “Followership - because sometimes leadership can go f*ck itself”.
This sentiment seemed to sum up where my head was at after a challenging role which left me taking stock of what I wanted from a career & my life / work balance. I retreated back to my comfort zone to let someone else do the leading.
You may be able to tell, in my funk I was seeing the term “followership” in a negative light. After studying the topic further I started uncovering the importance of followers & the related skills of following.
