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“AreLeadersBorn?75Answers!-UncutBonusEditionPRESENTSorAreTheyMade?”FoundatAnswersonLinkedIn®LinkedIn®isatrademarkofLinkedInCorporationMountainView,CAUSA©2008.Linked2LeadershipisagrouponLinkedIn.Nootheraffiliationexists.Thesequotationsdonotnecessarilyreflecttheopinionofanyoneotherthanthepersonquoted.Weaskedthequestion:“AreLeadersBorn?OrAreTheyMade?OrBoth”ManythinkthatLeadersaresimplybornwiththeDNAtolead.ManyothersthinkthatLeadershipcanbelearnedandgrownwithpropereducationandexperience.Someothersthinkthatitisacombinationofthetwothatbreedsthegreatestleaders...Whatisyourtake?Quotationsmaybeattributedincorrectly.Thisisanuneditededitionof“LetthePeopleSpeak.”™Allquotationshavebeenpreviouslymadeavailabletothegeneralpublic.Thisfreeresourcemaybere-quotedwiththefollowingattribution:“AreLeadersBorn?OrAreTheyMade?OrBoth?”G.Clarkewrote:Weare,forthemostpartbornthesame.Carbonbasedorganisms.Tenfingers.Tentoes.Excludingbirthdefectsandtrauma,wehavethesamefacultiestoexploit.So,Iamabelieverthatithastodoinlargepartwithenvironmentalfactorsthataffecttheindividual.M.Wierzgacwrote:Leadersaremade.Leadersbecomeleadersin1of3ways:1-acrisisoreventpushesthemintoleadership2-theirpersonalityleadsthemintoit3-theychoosetobealeader.Iftheychoosetobecomealeader,theyalsochoosethedepthoftheirtraining(somedeep,someshallow).“AreLeadersBorn?OrAreTheyMade?OrBoth?”G.Krstulovicwrote:Theyareborntobemade.Letmeclarifyitthisway–Leadershipisasetofskillsthatcanbelearnedbypracticeovertime.Thisistrueofliterallyanyskill.However,youneedsomein-borntalentor“pre-determination”tomastertheskill.Thereisasignificantdifferencebetween“learningtheskill”andmasteringone.Ilovebasketball,butnomatterhowhardIpractice,Iwon’tbeabletoplayitlikeMichaelJordan.IhopeyouseewhereIamcomingfrom.“AreLeadersBorn?OrAreTheyMade?OrBoth?”O.Ballestawrote:Leadershipisaqualitythatcanbeimprovedbytrainingandexperience.Inshort,passion,communicationalabilities,innovativemindset,abilitiestonegotiate,humility,courage,self-determinationandempowermentareamixofpersonalitytraitswithlearnedskillsthatbeingmostoftheminnateandinherenttotheemotionalprofileandpersonalityofanindividualcanbeperfectlyenhanced,expandedandimprovedbypropertraining,successiveanddiverseexperienceintheworkplace,mentoringandbehaviouralcoaching.“AreLeadersBorn?OrAreTheyMade?OrBoth?”S.Chapplewrote:Theold'nature'versus'nurture'question!Iamanadvocatethatleadershipcanbedevelopedovertime.Itisessentiallyaboutunderstandingotherpeopleand,moreimportantly,understandingyourself.Ofcourse,therewillalwaysbethoseindividualswhohaveanaturaltalentforleadershipfarabovethemajority!“AreLeadersBorn?OrAreTheyMade?OrBoth?”C.Sorabwrote:Ahhhh.TheoldNaturevs.Nurturedebate.Ithinkthequestionhereiswhatmakesagoodleader?Seeingasweareallindividualsweareallledbydifferentthingsorstylesofmanagement,whatworkswellforonepersonmaynotworkwellforanother.Someliketobeledbythenoseandotherspreferagentletapintherightdirection.Agoodleadermaybebornwiththeabilitytoinspireothers,butittakesarealleadertolearnfromothersandimprovehimself.Theabilitytolearnandadaptisparamounttoeffectiveleadershipandtheonlypartthatnatureplaysinthisistogivetheindividualthecapacitytolearn.Eventhedesiretobetteronesselfisprobablylearntthroughlife.Ithinkthatasaleader,thedayyoustoplearningisthedayyouceasetobeaneffectiveleader.SoIvotethatitistherightmixofnatureandnurturethatdevelopsagreatleader.I'msuretherearemanygreatpeopleborneverydaythathavethepotentialtobefantasticleadersbutwhowillnevergrowupinanenvironmentthatenablesthentorealisetheirpotential.“AreLeadersBorn?OrAreTheyMade?OrBoth?”D.Prasadwrote:Tomeit'sneither;theyareselfmadewithwillandvisionS.Hazrawrote:EveryonecomesintothisworldbyvirtueofbirthandsodotheLeaders!!Leadershipisaskillandlikeanyotherskillcanbeacquiredoveraperiodoftimebypracticingit.Somepeoplearetalentedandarebornwithgoodleadershipqualities.Butlikeanyother'skill,'onehastohoneitoveraperiodofperiodsandhastoremaindynamic.Notalloftheleadersarebornwiththesame,itisthroughyourupbringingandtrainingofyourmind,perseverance,ability&aptitudetolearncanonlymakeagoodleader.TherearecertaintraitsbutasaLeadershiphasApplicationdimension,hence,simplyknowingthetraitswillnotmakeagoodleader.“AreLeadersBorn?OrAreTheyMade?OrBoth?”A.Chaplinwrote:Leadershipislearned.AsacertifiedfacilitatorofTheLeadershipChallengebyJimKouzes&BarryPosner,Icitetheirfindingsbasedonmorethan25yearsofresearch:It'snonsensetoassumethatleadershipisgenetic.There'snohardevidencetosupportthatassumption...Thetruthisthatleadershipisanobservablesetofskillsandabilities...andanyskillcanbestrengthened,honed,andenhancedifwehavethemotivationanddesire,thepracticeandfeedback,therolemodelsandcoaching,andthesupportandrecognition.Formoreinformation,IhighlyrecommendaddingJim&Barry'sfourtheditionofTheLeadershipChallengetoyourleadershiplibrary.Live,learn,andlead!