【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 in that some people, particularly those who cite traditional research will disagree with this scenario. The most likely argument is that leading kids on a playground is not really leadership. I submit that one key aspect of leadership is evoking in others the desire to follow. After all, without followers, leaders are just people out for a walk. I believe one reason that many people argue against born leaders is that it would seem to doom others to being permanent followers. Many people insist that it must be one or the other, born leaders vs. developed leaders, and since there are clearly many developed leaders, then there can be no such thing as born leaders. In my opinion, accepting both pathways to leadership is more logical, and less narrow minded. It is also easily observable. Leadership is often attributable to charisma, something that cannot be taught. Yes, there are leaders who are not charismatic. But there are leaders very successful leaders who derive much of their leadership success from charisma alone. I believe the most dynamic and effective leaders are those who posses the natural instincts for leadership and then work to develop leadership skills through refinement and training. “Are Leaders Born? Or Are They Made? Or Both?” R. Iyer wrote: I presume you are asking in the context of a business anisation. Some take to leadership naturally, by learning and observing. Others can learn / or be taught this skill, if they wish to! In either case, the will to lead must e from within. R. Betts wrote: The short answer is yes. There are certain traits that have to be anic to you nature. In other words, some things you just can39。t fake. Soft skills can be explained, but not engrained. The Hard skills can be learned until conscious petence is achieved. Until the bee second nature, if you will. But the ability to share your vision for your pany in a way that is not only understood pletely, but generates the sort of rabid support you find a English football matches isn39。t learnable. It takes more than a polished PowerPoint deck and some pithy words on a bunch of 3x5 cards. You must be able show your passion without looking like you are a straight jacket a way from the funny farm. You have to be able to generate a rare sort of mitment and loyalty. Your employees have to be ready to take it to the wall for you, because they know that you39。ll do the same for them. You have to hurt when they hurt and laugh when they laugh. You have to be ready to admit you are wrong and not rub it in when you are right. You have to know how to build and grow meaningful relationships. Even if you don39。t have a title or corner office, a leader, a truly great leader, will shine with the blinding intensity of a supernova. It39。s not nature vs. nurture, but nature and nurture. Combine them and it39。s magic. “Are Leaders Born? Or Are They Made? Or Both?” O. Lawrence wrote: The truly gifted leaders are born with certain supporting traits like patience, perseverance, creative thoughtfulness and ability to change. They have the required traits more than the ordinary or average. They bee honed through adversity which everyone encounters and rather than simply surviving, they are thriving. Most leaders are born without those qualities and are simply trained to behave as leaders and receive respect from the leadership appointed status. One can easily spot them since they are the gatekeepers surrounded by mediocrity who prevent the talent to rise. T. Modeste wrote: The problem with great leaders is that they are too few and far between. So waiting around or searching for a great leader can soon run afoul of the law of diminishing returns. Because, in the meantime, we’ve got an anization to run and simply cannot afford to wait around until the next great leader deigns to walk through the door. Besides, we probably couldn’t afford him/her and he/she would probably have better things in mind than fooling around with our anization. Luckily for us, in our everyday work, we can get along very well without great leadership. And we39。d be highly inefficient if we waited around for a great leader every time we needed to fill a leadership slot. Therefore, what we do is that we take the people we have and work with them to make them into the kind of leaders we need to get the job done. Experience shows that as a rule, such leaders do a good enough job at the level needed. In fact, some of them even turn out to be superb leaders. A. Bose wrote: Leaders are born. Not everyone can be a Leader. I would rather say Leaders are synonymous to Great Communicators who have an aggressive attitude to win. Whether you motivate people, lead a team, or possess great negotiation skills, you should be a good municator first. A leader should mand and vision for their team, or anisation, and most importantly, the people in his team. They give a strategic direction to the people of his team and set goals with an objective to achieve with optimum utilization of resources. The best part about the leaders are they are able to motivate their team and they take the team along with them. They just don39。t lead a team but also teach them how to lead and make them responsible. “Are Leaders Born? Or Are They Made? Or Both?” K. Rao wrote: I think i depends on your perspective Leadership as a science or as an art.. Leadership is like, say... Painting. You can go to a painting school and learn the techniques。 though one in a million is da Vinci or Michelangelo. One in a million is a Jack Welch or a Lee Iacocca! In my opinion, leadership is an inherent birth trait that, at most, can be influenced by training in situations faced, but not created by them. . Anderson wrote: This is a plex subject and there is no simp