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Why Learning to Follow Well Builds Strong Leadership

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The article argues that effective leadership often starts with disciplined followership. It contrasts joining a values-driven group with conforming to peers just to feel accepted, which can lead to harmful choices. Acceptance and Commitment Training is presented as a way to make value-based decisions about when and whom to follow.

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The article links followership to an idea credited to Aristotle and says sports teams, militaries, and other effective organizations teach it. It separates principled belonging—such as joining a religious or value-driven group—from peer conformity driven by insecurity, which may include vaping, drinking, or drug use. Michael Tomasello’s Becoming Human (2019) is cited for humans’ capacity to imitate cultural norms.

Acceptance and Commitment Training appears as a contextual approach for choices based on values

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