Follower, leader, or both?

How good a follower are you?

The purpose of the 7 Daily Nuggets is to teach us what we need to know to live a prosperous life; the things that we may not have learned or are not currently learning in church, school, home or at work. Let’s apply what we learn here and share these nuggets with others. We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Be a giver in a world of takers.

If you are too big to follow you are too small to lead.

Followership is the only road to leadership.

Great leaders are precious, great followers priceless.

A followership culture is a loyal and winning culture.

Todays 7 nuggets come in a self-assessment format. Here is a quick self-assessment on followership principles. Take a minute to evaluate yourself and your team culture on these 7 principles.

Self and Team Assessment of the 7 Followership Principles

	Principle	Principle Description	Self	Team
1	Instant Response	Initiate action immediately
2	Initiative	Just do it!
3	Imagination	Have ideas and dreams and share with others
4	Integrity	Tell the truth without compromise
5	Inquire	Asking who, what, when, where and why questions
6	Inform	Tell like it is; no secrets allowed
7	Involve	Join, participate and contribute to team effort

What did you learn from the results?

What are you going to change as a result of this exercise?

Knowing and not doing is not knowing.

Be blessed and be a blessing to others.

Carlos Fontana, President of Phalanx

Co-author of the book Follow to Lead (The 7 Principles to Being a Great Follower)

Author of the book PRICELESS (Sixty-Six Simple Stories of Reflection, Love, and Legacy)