The best followers have confidence in their abilities and the own abilities as much they have on their leaders. They don't need to be told what to do, how to do it, and when to do it. They literally read the leader's mind and the job is done as the leader wants at times, even before the leader asks.To be a successful leader in the future, you will need competent and confident followers. Having been one, a leader will thus be able to identify who from amongst the many, are the right people he wants on his team. Leadership cascades likewise in perpetuity by continuing this process.
Leaders first prove themselves as effective followers and later develop into effective Leaders.
Parachuted leaders reflect their deficiencies and thus naturally fail