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Military Followership Principles

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The secret to military leadership is to deliberately develop followership which will result in the development of servant leadership. True success in the army is reliant on the principles of followership and servant leadership; the two ideas are intermingled and build upon one another. In order to have a better understanding of followership and servant leadership, and how they are relevant to the success of the army, it is important to define and compare these principles. The day we join the military we take an oath to “obey those appointed over me”; thus beginning the journey on the path of followership. Too often we view followership more along the lines of sheep blindly following the leader, this is not the case. An effective follower

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