Are Leaders Born or Made?
Hello everybody, what is your opinion: is leadership a god-given gift which comes naturally with birth, or can it be gathered and learned after some age?
In other words, is leadership development a matter of Nature or Nurture?
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Patrick Patrong, USA
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Leaders are NOT Born
To say that Leaders are born, would also say that criminals are also born. Leadership like most attributes are learned behavior. True, some have these learning experiences earlier in life and as a result have more practice. Yet, other have been practicing leadership skills, without a formal definition of leadership.
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Jay Watson, USA
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Leaders: born or made? The Confidence to Stand Up
A leader is born out of the circumstances surrounding the problem. You can train and groom anyone f... Sign up
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Sandeep Pathak, UAE
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Leadership is mostly born, but can be refined
I strongly believe that leadership is sure a born gift. One may attempt to develop it, but a natural... Sign up
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Daryl Cowie, Canada
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Anyone can Lead if they have the PASSION
Absolutely anyone can learn to lead... if they really want to. I think 2 things can make a leader ou... Sign up
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Paul Robbins, England
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Leadership: some are more talented than others...
Like physical skills cognitive skills can be developed to make individuals successful in life inclu... Sign up
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Sherry Lambrecht, USA
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Leaders are made and born
Good leaders normally have to have a leadership quality or instinct. The rest is old fashion hard k... Sign up
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Gerard Gielkens, Netherlands
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True leaders have the best of both worlds
True leadership is a golden combination of natural skills by birth and a life-long training of these... Sign up
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Lem Usita, United States
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Define Leadership
I guess it all depends on how you define leadership. I think it is possible for either. I would sa... Sign up
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Pam Boney, USA
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From Transformational Leadership to Transcendent Leadership
My current belief is that there are qualities of leadership that can be innate, such as natural char... Sign up
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Bomison Hamidu, Ghana
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Leaders, Born (20) and Made (80)
I believe there is no definite or pinpoint answer. It is true that Leadership is a learning process ... Sign up
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M.S.Randawa, Malaysia
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Leaders are Shaped by Persistence
Leaders are NOT BORN, its the persistence and perseverance over time that modulates and shapes them.... Sign up
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Daniel Mitchell, Singapore
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The Question - are Leaders Born or Made?
I think there are personality and even physical traits (eg. Height) that seem to bestow leader-like ... Sign up
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achintya sarkar, India
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Top Leadership is Inborn
If we talk about leadership quality, some part of it can be inculcated some are inborn. But one cann... Sign up
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Thabo Johnson, South Africa
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Leaders Formal and Informal Training
Learned friends, my view is based on traditional leadership where the baton is passed on from one to... Sign up
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Thabo Johnson, South Africa
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Hereditary Leadership
Reality in a South African context cannot overlook that the regional stock of great leaders can be t... Sign up
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