Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Why you must lead or follow (17 May 2005) People fear leadership roles because they require visibility and vulnerability. It is impossible to lead anyone or anything without putting some of yourself, and your point of view, out for everyone else to see. This is why many people don’t want to be leaders. Even people who have jobs that require leadership, executives, managers, technical leads, often hate the parts of the jobs that involve real leadership action. They’re afraid of revealing themselves to others and are not comfortable with the risks of being responsible or accountable for decisions that impact other people. Article URL: http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay42.htm Read 46 more articles from Scott Berkun sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: BBC announces iMP content trial     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy