{"id":5428,"date":"2011-05-16T20:20:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T01:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=5428"},"modified":"2012-03-28T13:21:50","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T18:21:50","slug":"michael-hyatt-great-leaders-are-great-followers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/michael-hyatt-great-leaders-are-great-followers\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Hyatt: Great Leaders are great Followers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5430\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5430\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Michael-Hyatt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5430\" title=\"Michael Hyatt\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Michael-Hyatt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former CEO, and now Chairman of the Board at Thomas Nelson Publishers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5429\" title=\"elijah_summons_elisha\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/elijah_summons_elisha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/elijah_summons_elisha.jpg 320w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/elijah_summons_elisha-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>I really enjoy reading <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\">Michael Hyatt&#8217;s<\/a> blog on topics related to writing and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be covering the topic of leadership somewhat this month, and having a few guest writers post here also. Michael&#8217;s recent article really packs a punch, and I think you will find it quite helpful.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here is an excerpt.<br \/>\n&#8220;&#8230;[N]early everyone sees him or herself as a leader.<\/p>\n<p>But where are the\u00a0<em>followers?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I contend that\u00a0<strong>if you want to be a great leader, you must first become a great follower.<\/strong> Although it is rarely discussed, this is where almost all of history\u2019s greatest leaders got their start.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joshua followed Moses for more than forty years before he led the children of Israel into the promised land.<\/li>\n<li>Elisha served Elijah for ten years before he took up his master\u2019s mantle and went on to perform\u00a0<em>even more<\/em> miracles.<\/li>\n<li>The Apostle Peter followed Jesus for three years\u2014and made a lot of mistakes\u2014before he and his fellow-disciples \u201cturned the world upside down\u201d (see Acts 17:6).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Though I don\u2019t have time to develop it here, I would likewise contend that history\u2019s worst leaders never learned to follow. As a result, they became tyrants, making the lives of their own followers miserable.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/why-the-best-leaders-are-great-followers.html\">Click here to read the Full Article<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> Do his words make sense? Have you watched this play out?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I really enjoy reading Michael Hyatt&#8217;s blog on topics related to writing and leadership. I&#8217;ll be covering the topic of leadership somewhat this month, and having a few guest writers post here also. Michael&#8217;s recent article really packs a punch, and I think you will find it quite helpful. Here is an excerpt. &#8220;&#8230;[N]early &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/michael-hyatt-great-leaders-are-great-followers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michael Hyatt: Great Leaders are great Followers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,76],"tags":[4681,4142,4784,4783,41,1877,4782,42,2194,4766,2261,3038,3478],"class_list":["post-5428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-spirituality","tag-disciples","tag-elijah","tag-elisha","tag-follower","tag-jesus","tag-joshua","tag-leader","tag-leadership","tag-mentor","tag-michael-hyatt","tag-moses","tag-service","tag-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5428"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5432,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428\/revisions\/5432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}