I am not a leader. I am not a follower. I am the person who works the best and fastest on my own.
I have some leadership opportunities, chairing one committee in my department. I don’t feel I do a good job of it. People let me do it, but I feel like (American proverb here) a fish out of water when I do it.
As a follower, I am impatient. Mercifully, my chair and assistant chair believe in short faculty meetings, so following is not
so painful. I do what I’m told, so I’m not a bad follower, I guess, but it’s not my natural state of being.
I really want to be in my own office, completing tasks from my personal checklist. When I have scheduled time, I’m a rockstar, checking things off my list. I prefer brainstorming on my own to sitting in a meeting. And when I brainstorm with others, I prefer they be an equal to either a superior or a follower.
Left to my own, I’m a loner, I guess. If I have to choose between leader and follower, I would be a follower, but it’s not my natural state. I’d rather work on my own, thank you.
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