Word for people who are led by a leader

Just like the pairs Interviewer & Interviewee or Employer & Employee, is there any word for leader?

Say the word is x. I'm trying to construct a statement where I have to say that, "A leader needs to be both gregarious and exemplary to inspire the x".

The sentence could possibly be rephrased to avoid the word that I'm looking for. But I want to know if such a word exists.

I think that the word you are looking for is 'the led'.

A leader needs to be both gregarious and exemplary to inspire the led.

See also :

Leaders and Led

Daily People

Relationships - The Leaders and the Led

YouTube

Why great leaders love to be led

The Riverstone Group

You have leaders and you have followers:

[Merriam-Webster]

1 a : one in the service of another : retainer
b : one that follows the opinions or teachings of another
c : one that imitates another

The party drew most of its followers from among young people.
The band has a large group of followers.
He had a reputation of being a follower, not a leader.

In your sentence, however, you would need to say "to inspire his followers."