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Great Leaders: Are they made or born?

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Great Leaders : Are They Made or Born

Skills such as communications skills , strategic and leadership skills are often questioned whether they are learned or naturally born within a person . These debates are caused by the bipolar opposition of an individual 's growth as influenced by nurture and nature . Human behaviors are studied by psychologists and sociologists to explain the phenomena whether those behaviors are innate or learned and acquired . One of those phenomena is a person 's success in terms of leadership abilities Leadership

skills are enhanced and developed through performance actions and experiences thus , triumphant and great leaders are made not born

Leadership is defined as working with and through others to achieve objectives (qtd . Goldsmith . It means that any person who is in a position and whose success and achievement entails the support of others , can play the role of a leader (Goldsmith . Leaders make possibilities (Avolio 3 , so the belief of most psychologists then that leadership qualities are innate are now being debated because of several researches that show the other possibility : leadership skills can be mastered and developed (Avolio

It is not enough to believe in the Great Man ' theories , which assume that the ability for leadership is inherent and inborn--that great leaders are born , not made . The theories most of the time illustrate leaders as heroic , mythic and fated to ascend to leadership when needed (Wagner . However , it is important to note that it is misjudged and underestimated if people fail...

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