Memories of a Traveler

Salaam and Greetings All,   Another interesting article. I read about followership some 20 plus years ago in a now defunct magazine “World Executive Digest”. Wished I had kept the magazine, but since I read it in the Army Camp library I was attached to, can’t possibly take it as mine.   What’s interesting is not just me having read it some 20 plus years ago, but I came from a school that puts emphasis on “Serve to Lead”.   Those words doesn’t really mean much except that when you were 16 & 17 years old, you tend to take it quite literally. You serve before you can lead. Not an entirely wrong concept.   However, past few years, have taught me that, leadership is also about serving. Serving your constituents, your followers, your people and also serving your bosses (in itself, means you are a follower). Of course it also begs the question, whether as a boss or a leader, you are worth being followed.   I too have made that error in jud...

Salaam and Greetings All,   Hope this messages gets to you in the best of health. Despite the heavy haze and the gloomy days.   I love this type of writing is that it puts things into perspectives. A simple unadulterated perspective. First thing he said is, “ A simple, non-bureaucratic system ”.   I can’t say I have seen it all. However, I have seen enough to know, a lot of organizations can’t seem to fathom the idea of simplicity. Somehow they believe, if it is complicated, it is sophisticated. If is sophisticated, then, the designer is intellectual. Somehow, I fail to see the logic.   When I was in the Army, I was trained, the more steps, more stages you have in your plans, the more chances it will fail. Keeping things simple and easy, less likely for the plan fail, easier for people to understand and implement.   I have also seen a lot of companies, who have succeeded very well in making it simple. They somehow focused not so much i...