It always offends me when the interesting discussions in any area are put under the heading: "leadership." When we talk about what's important, we are training leaders. I feel like introducing "Sheepership" conferences. One of the worst things that can happen to any organization is for all those involved to try to lead, on whatever model of leadership they have assimilated over the years.
The category I like is: auditor. I think the world divides interestingly into those who just participate in activities and people who ask: how is this going and how does it fit in with other things? That's a question one can ask as a participant, and the answer may change one's participation without making one a leader. I think we can easily have too many leaders, but I don't think we can ever have too many auditors.
Posted by shea0017 at August 9, 2004 10:08 PM