Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Discussion: Followship

Today's installment of "How to Herd Cats: Essays on Pagan Leadership" covers the opposite side of the coin: "Followship." Almost all the literature about power dynamics is focused on leadership. People often forget that good leaders need good followers. So let's explore that...

Do you think of yourself as a leader, a follower, or some of both? Why?

What do you consider the personal qualities of a good follower?

What are some of the skills of a good follower?

Can followship be taught or learned, or is it innate?

Do followers deserve respect? Why or why not?

How does the wider Pagan community view followers?

What does it mean for a follower to bestow their service on a leader?
Tags: daily spell, paganism
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ysabetwordsmith

ysabetwordsmith

May 7 2008, 02:02:16 UTC 13 years ago

That's an excellent description of technique. May I save it for possible book use?
wyld_dandelyon

wyld_dandelyon

May 14 2008, 15:59:37 UTC 13 years ago

Cleaning out my e-mail, I found this rather belatedly. Sure.

Depending on what I'm managing in the way of writing at the time, and assuming it's non-fiction, I might want some sort of attribution.
ysabetwordsmith

ysabetwordsmith

May 14 2008, 17:00:26 UTC 13 years ago

It's nonfiction; I'm hoping to collect the Pagan leadership column into a book. If you want attribution, please let me know now how to tag the quote. Unattributed stuff will probably get deleted.
wyld_dandelyon

wyld_dandelyon

May 14 2008, 17:06:05 UTC 13 years ago

Deirdre M. Murphy. I can understand not wanting to have to track things down later!
ysabetwordsmith

ysabetwordsmith

May 14 2008, 17:10:18 UTC 13 years ago

Yeah, a year from now it'd be a nuisance trying to find everyone. I'm careful with attributions, so anything I can't track has to get thrown out.

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