Followers plan to play an active role in the leadership process. Being a follower does not mean that you are inferior to a leader, but that you simply play a different role. Webster's dictionary defines follow-up as coming or occurring after, but this does not necessarily imply a causal relationship to what came before. A follower is part of the team. A quarterback cannot win the game without the effort of the entire team. He can throw or run the ball but without his team members blocking, he won't make the touchdown. Just like in a game, team players are essential to the success of the organization. There are five different types of followers, as stated by Frisina (2005) in the article Learning to Lead by Following. The types of followers Frisina identifies include “yes,” sheep, survivors, alienated followers, and effective followers. The “yes” are those followers who always agree with what the leader says. As Wojcicki (2001) writes in his article A Role for Followers in These Extraordinary Times, followers must give leaders the time and freedom to develop action plans. John Kennedy, however, said that our role as followers is sometimes limited to consenting. Once the plan is implemented or an order is given, the employee's role is to implement the plan, not to discuss the strategy. Being a “yes person” means that there is never disagreement between a leader and a follower. Sometimes a follower can have a better idea and think outside the box. A good leader should...