And yet the gatherer or leader is incapable of doing as much as we claim they do. Frodo didn’t gather anyone. Samwise, Merry, and Pippin all forcefully followed Frodo. Aragorn led the army against Mordor but the Stewards had gathered the army, Gandalf pushed Aragorn into the position, Boromir and Theoden led them until Aragorn arrived and took his place.
Real life examples. Steve Jobs was hired by a board of directors. The majority of hiring (gathering) that happens at Apple goes through middle management. It’s the recruiters and the managers that do the real gathering.
A leader can do nothing without followers and most of the time it is the followers who make the leader and not the other way around. There is no power in a leader that exists apart from the followers. Heroes are most often myths and not actually real. Reality shows that most heroic efforts are done through a massive collaborative effort and the leader in such a situation is filling but a small role surrounded by many other small roles.
Or to put it another way, Steve Jobs convinced a board of directors to hire him. And the vision from which Apple’s new products come from happens in a room at the heart of Apple that only a small number of people ever see.
It’s the recruiters and the managers that do the real gathering.
Companies are really run by their HR department? I’ve heard that some HR people think so.
And yet the gatherer or leader is incapable of doing as much as we claim they do. Frodo didn’t gather anyone. Samwise, Merry, and Pippin all forcefully followed Frodo. Aragorn led the army against Mordor but the Stewards had gathered the army, Gandalf pushed Aragorn into the position, Boromir and Theoden led them until Aragorn arrived and took his place.
Real life examples. Steve Jobs was hired by a board of directors. The majority of hiring (gathering) that happens at Apple goes through middle management. It’s the recruiters and the managers that do the real gathering.
A leader can do nothing without followers and most of the time it is the followers who make the leader and not the other way around. There is no power in a leader that exists apart from the followers. Heroes are most often myths and not actually real. Reality shows that most heroic efforts are done through a massive collaborative effort and the leader in such a situation is filling but a small role surrounded by many other small roles.
Or to put it another way, Steve Jobs convinced a board of directors to hire him. And the vision from which Apple’s new products come from happens in a room at the heart of Apple that only a small number of people ever see.
Companies are really run by their HR department? I’ve heard that some HR people think so.