old question. Are leaders made or are they born? My belief on this – I believe that a leader is made‚ not born. Why do I say that? Before going further‚ lets be clear on one distinction – when we say a leader is made‚ it does not mean that someone can be taught to become a leader by attending leadership courses. While it helps‚ it is not enough. Warren Bennis (a leading leadership researcher) believes that one cannot be taught to become a leader but one can learn to become a leader over the years through
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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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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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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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use of influence over other people. A leader is a person who rules‚ guides or inspires others. There is a clear distinction between someone who possesses the ability to lead and someone who does not. However‚ what are the origins of leadership? Are some people just naturally born to be leaders? Or is leadership simply a full package with skills that can be learned by anyone‚ regardless the personality the individual is born with? There have been studies made by scientists on the issue of whether
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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 concluded that
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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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series of classes and make them leaders. Well‚ we are here today to alert everyone that ’Leaders are born‚ they are not made’! How often have you seen people promoted into a position of leadership‚ but they lack any of the qualities of a true leader? I am sure that this happens in our homes‚ churches and other areas of life‚ but today. WHO ARE LEADERS? Who is a leader? By definition‚ a leader is a person who rules or guides or inspires or influences others. A leader is someone others are willing
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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 churches
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depends ultimately on the qualities of its leaders. But are leaders born successful or can they be trained? Use theories and evidences to support your discussion. 1.0 INTRODUCTION Leadership is the competency and capability to influence and motivate people towards the fulfilment of goals .Thereby‚ leadership within any organization‚ is most definitely a critical factor of organizational efficacy. Leaders also embody a vision for future‚ and a good leader possesses the quality to cope and evolve
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