Noun. The act of sucking up to someone, brown-nosing. Usually used by public sector management to describe the characteristics required for elevation to a senior level.
He's crap at his job but he has excellent followship qualities - let's promote him again!
Verb; describes the act of blindly following instructions, usually given by those in charge, without thought or consideration. Brown-nosing, creep, sycophant
We must give that promotion to Paul, he can't do the job but he has excellent followship qualities.