Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way

I've spent a lot of time thinking about Followership and can't help but to dislike the term. Spell check even says it isn't a word. I'm not a fan of the Leading & Following dichotomy. To follow suggests passivity and an absence of responsibility. And if it doesn't suggest it, I can't help but to feel soft when I take on the receipt of "follower". I'm always leading. I'm not always 'in charge' or at the endstate of authority / responsibility, but I am always leading; actively engaged in supporting the cause. Following drifts into mindlessness and creates patterns of dependency.