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What makes a good follower? The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness to tell the truth. In a world of growing complexity leaders are increasingly dependent on their subordinates for good information, whether the leaders want to hear it or not. Followers who tell the truth and leaders who listen to it are an unbeatable combination.

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If I had to reduce the responsibilities of a good follower to a single rule, it would be to speak truth to power.

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Leaders encourage reflective backtalk. Norbert Wiener told me, I never know what I say until I hear the response. Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.

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The truth may be that history, in its kindness, gave this new generation a grand crucible challenge, as it did my own. The young of today have been summoned to receive that same kindness through the collective failures of their elders.

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Warren Bennis

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Born: March 8, 1925
Died: July 31, 2014 (aged 89)
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