The topic of our research was “Leaders are born not made”. The objective of this research paper is to determine how leaders react to this line‚ & to determine how it affects their leadership. The paper also tries to find out the ultimate logics behind this comment. Our hypothesis in some cases was proved to be true and in other cases proved false. Upon conclusion of the surveys and the interviews‚ we came to the conclusion that leaders are not necessarily born instead they are made. We also
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LEADERS ARE BORN NOT MADE There have been an age long debate‚ and humans since beginning of time‚ have tried to come up with an answer to this question – Are Leaders born or are they made?. This question has generated an age long debate‚ which in turn has resulted in various school of thoughts‚ some believe that leaders are born‚ while others think otherwise. My contribution to this lifelong debate will serve as a pointer to my position on this issue. I strongly believe that leaders are born and
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Are Leaders born or made? The debate of whether leaders are born or made dates back many centuries. In today ’s modern society‚ we are seeing a rapid decline of heredity leadership and a significant rise in role models being business or political leaders. Daniel Goleman argued in Social Intelligence on the topic (chapter 10) and points out that the debate turns out to be pointless‚ as it assumes that our genes and our environment are independent of each other. For business leaders‚ it ’s a
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it is true there are born leaders and also attribute the qualities to be good communication‚ intelligence and winsomeness. But he also argues that there are men and women that became leaders not because they were born to be‚ but because they were called to lead. He says also that the vitality of an organization and community rest on the largely measured form of identifying and nurturing and even training for leadership. A mythology example of leadership in America who are born not made in life’s of
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Are leaders born or are they made ? There is evidence to prove that there is a Personality Profile that exists that is a Natural Born Leader. In Fact there are 5 specific Personality Traits that define a Natural Born Leader. A Natural Born Leader is someone who is willing to lead and has the social ability‚ self confidence‚ assertiveness and boldness to take on team responsibilities and Lead others. These profiles can be tested and proven. A Natural born leader will test extremely high in areas of
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Qn. Leaders are born not made. Discuss. Introduction Definition of leadership: Leadership is a process of social influence in which one person enlists the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task. Simply put leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal. Studies of leadership have produced theories involving traits‚ situational interaction‚ function‚ behavior‚ power‚ vision and value‚ charisma and intelligence among others
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Although some individuals are naturally more inclined to become leaders‚ it should be noted that their early life experience plays a fundamental role in their future life (Mishra & Karen‚ 2008). All people can become leaders only if they desire and take efforts to do so. In relation to this‚ it is clear that some people are more empathetic than others‚ others are more energetic and some are more engaging than others (Mishra & Karen‚ 2008). This implies that individuals have unique composition
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Leadership Leaders are born or made? Leaders are born or made? This statement is the basis of numerous researches made by management professors but there is no right answer. In this essay I will explain my thoughts about leaders‚ are they made or are they born. “Contrary to the opinion of many people‚ leaders are not born. Leaders are made‚ and they are made by effort and hard work.” By Vince T. Lombardi. I agree with this quote‚ I also believe that Leaders are nurtured‚ that the skills leaders need
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Reaction Paper on “Leaders are made‚ not born” Assignment in Management 30: Principles in Management “Leaders are made‚ not born.” Agree or disagree? Yes. “Leaders aren’t born‚ they are made. And they are made just like anything else‚ through hard work. Aren’t that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal‚ or any goal.” Vince Lombardi Like anything and everything in the world‚ leaders are also created by hard work‚ time‚ and a lot of creativity and talent. A leader is molded through
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“leaders are born‚ not made”. According to Stodgily (1950) leadership is the process of influencing the activities of an organized group in its efforts toward goal setting and goal achievement (Buchanan and Huczynski‚ 2010). In any organized field there is the necessity to recognize the distinguished figure of a leader‚ whether it is the animal kingdom or the human modern society. Businesses and firms (but even hospitals‚ politicians‚ schools‚ military‚ sports…) require a strong figure able to inspire
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