A leader alone cannot achieve a goal or vision alone. There is an ingrained assumption in our society that everyone should strive to be a leader. That's where the fame and fortune lies: with the leaders. “You can get a PhD in organizational leadership, but you can't even get a master's degree in followership.” (Mercer) Why should an organization focus on followership as much as leadership? Merriam Webster's dictionary defines followership as “the ability or willingness to follow a leader.” There has been tremendous interest in leadership in recent years. However, former HP Executive Vice President Vyomesh Joshi shared that the key to being a great leader is not leadership but the real attribute is followership and that potential leaders should always ask themselves “Why would anyone want to follow me?” (Peterson) There is a dynamic mutual benefit and support between the leader and the follower. Due to some changes in culture and technology, followership is becoming more and more important. They both need each other. Leadership and followership cannot work without each other. In the late 20th century, Robert Kelley, Ira Challef, and Rodger Adair reexamined leadership. Each of these scholars had focused their attention on the development and structure of followership in 3 different models. Robert Kelley estimates that leaders on average contribute no more than 20% to an organization's success, while so-called followers are responsible for the remaining 80%. (Bryne) His model of followership describes followers in five different categories: passive followers, conformist followers, alienated followers, pragmatist followers, and exemplary followers. These followers are required to see that...... half of the document ...... leadership and followership are definitely helpful, productive, and profitable in today's workplace. Works Cited Mercer, Don. “Followership: The Leadership Corollary.” toddnielsen.com. Np, March 20, 2012. Web. February 16, 2014. Spalding, Tim. “Followership is as important as leadership.” Consulting in Knockalla. Np, nd Web. February 17, 2014.Peterson, Gary. “Leadership 310: The Four Principles of ‘Followership’.” Forbes. Np, April 23, 2013. Web. February 17, 2014. Bryne, John. "The new management gurus." Bloomberg Business Week. Np, Aug. 30, 1992. Web. Feb. 17, 2014. Cooley, Michael . "Jimmy Collins." Creative follow-up. , May 7, 2013. Web. February 17, 2014. Burlingham, Bo. "The Reeducation of Jim Collins." Inc: the Playbook. Np, October 2013. Web. 17 February 2014. Jurack, James. "Followership: when leadership is not enough". Birchwood Consulting. Np, November 2006. Web. 17 February 2014.