Intorduction
Leader and leadership:
Leader : “The person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country”
Leadership: “The action of leading a group of people or an organization or country.”
BORN LEADERS
A born leader is: “A naturally born leader is a person that displays the characteristics and personality traits of a leader naturally throughout his life.”
Shakespeare once said,
“Some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
This is applicable to leaders as well. Some are born leaders, some achieve leadership positions by their hard work and some have leadership position thrust upon them.
A naturally born leader does not depend on your ability to copy the behaviors and attitudes of “great leaders”. Naturally born leaders begin by being themselves. The result is an extraordinary power to lead, achieve and develop. Naturally born effective leaders will not all engage in the same behaviors or share the same core competencies.
When we talk about talent we are referring to a person’s natural abilities. Some are naturally smart. Some are naturally athletic. And some people have a natural talent to lead. Natural born leaders do not try to be anyone else. They are comfortable being who they are.
They seek out people with different natural effectiveness traits. They value the complementary skills and traits of others. They surround themselves with people whose strengths complement their own.
Various traits and skills of so called leader: * People are born with inherited traits. * Some traits are particularly suited to leadership. * People who make good leaders have the right (or sufficient) combination of traits.
* Stogdill (1974) identified the following traits and skills to a leaders.
Traits | Skills | * Adaptable to situations * Alert to