http://blog.drjerm.com/2008/10/09/leadership/ Discover Your Destiny. Create Your Legacy Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:18:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.drjerm.com/2008/10/09/leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-2210 Taro Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:18:35 +0000 http://blog.drjerm.com/?p=147#comment-2210 Egads. Beg to disagree. A good follower is not necessarily someone not cut out to be a good leader. The fact is, someone who is not a good follower will probably not make a good leader, and everyone starts out as a follower. I say this from experience as a former U.S. Marine. The Marine Corps has perfected the art of leadership development. The first lesson for any Marine recruit (officer or enlisted) is in following your assigned leader. The past success of the Marine Corp in combat has been based on good followers rising up to take the mantle of leadership in moments of crisis. It is a model that continues to work. Egads. Beg to disagree. A good follower is not necessarily someone not cut out to be a good leader. The fact is, someone who is not a good follower will probably not make a good leader, and everyone starts out as a follower. I say this from experience as a former U.S. Marine. The Marine Corps has perfected the art of leadership development. The first lesson for any Marine recruit (officer or enlisted) is in following your assigned leader. The past success of the Marine Corp in combat has been based on good followers rising up to take the mantle of leadership in moments of crisis. It is a model that continues to work.

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