We the Leader: Build a Team of Equals Who All Lead AND Follow to Drive Creativity and Innovation

CHAPTER 9

We the Leader: Separate and Equal

Leader and followers are both following the invisible leader—the common purpose.

—MARY PARKER FOLLETTmanagement consultant and author

I wrote this book hoping to contribute the We the Leader operating system as an equal, different, and vital piece of the evolving practice of leadership. In my view, Part III: The Equalizer is the most important part of We the Leader.

Let’s dive in by exploring these questions:

• What if instead of a hierarchical system with some leading many, organizations were actually communities of equals?

• Suppose this equality meant that everyone is an equal leader and equal follower at the same time, what would that be like?

• What if this seeming path to anarchy was actually ...