Question

what is follow-ship?

what is leadership?

what is the difference and similarities?

Answer 1

Leadership:

Leadership may be defined as an act of leading or influencing others. A positive leadership has the traits of inspiring others and thereby building a good relationship between them.

Follow-ship:

Follow-ship may be defined as an act of following or getting influenced by a person who is considered to be the leader. A good follow-ship has an obedience and loyalty towards their leader.

Difference
Leadership	Follow-ship
1. An act of leading others	1. An act of following others.
2. Should focus on developing and coordinating the sub ordinates in order to achieve the goal of the organization.	2. Should focus on commitment and communication with the leader in order to achieve the task allocated by the leader.
3. Leadership involves a lot of planning and allocation of task to the subordinates and there by controlling the performance.	3. Follow-ship involves a lot of hard working and communication of the progress of the task set by the leader.
4. A leader either works with the subordinates or only directs the team to perform the task.	4. A follower works on the directions provided by the leader and has no authority over the others unless given by the leader.
5. For examples: A captain in a football who has the authority to direct and set the plan to win the game.	5. For example: The team mates in the football team apart from the captain who has to adhere to the action plans set by the captain.
Similarities
1. Leadership and Follow-ship works towards the same goal to be achieved.
2. Any deviances in the task result or any mishaps between the team affects both the leader and the follower.
3. If a leader finds a follower is not suitable for the team, the leader has the rights to remove or appeal to the top management to exclude the particular individual from the team and similarly if the followers determines the leader as incompetent, the followers has the right to appeal together for the change of leadership on reasonable conditions.