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AreLeadersBorn 75Answers UncutBonusEdition PRESENTS or AreTheyMade LinkedIn isatrademarkofLinkedInCorporationMountainView CAUSA 2008 Linked2LeadershipisagrouponLinkedIn Nootheraffiliationexists Thesequotationsdonotnecessarilyreflecttheopinionofanyoneotherthanthepersonquoted Weaskedthequestion AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth Manythinkthat Leaders aresimplybornwiththeDNAtolead Manyothersthinkthat Leadership canbelearnedandgrownwithpropereducationandexperience Someothersthinkthatitisacombinationofthetwothatbreedsthegreatestleaders Whatisyourtake Quotationsmaybeattributedincorrectly Thisisanuneditededitionof LetthePeopleSpeak Allquotationshavebeenpreviouslymadeavailabletothegeneralpublic Thisfreeresourcemaybere quotedwiththefollowingattribution www Linked2L 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 www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth G Krstulovicwrote Theyareborntobemade Letmeclarifyitthisway Leadershipisasetofskillsthatcanbelearnedbypracticeovertime Thisistrueofliterallyanyskill However youneedsomein borntalentor pre determination tomastertheskill Thereisasignificantdifferencebetween learningtheskill andmasteringone Ilovebasketball butnomatterhowhardIpractice Iwon tbeabletoplayitlikeMichaelJordan IhopeyouseewhereIamcomingfrom www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth O Ballestawrote Leadershipisaqualitythatcanbeimprovedbytrainingandexperience Inshort passion communicationalabilities innovativemindset abilitiestonegotiate humility courage self determinationandempowermentareamixofpersonalitytraitswithlearnedskillsthatbeingmostoftheminnateandinherenttotheemotionalprofileandpersonalityofanindividualcanbeperfectlyenhanced expandedandimprovedbypropertraining successiveanddiverseexperienceintheworkplace mentoringandbehaviouralcoaching www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth S Chapplewrote Theold nature versus nurture question Iamanadvocatethatleadershipcanbedevelopedovertime Itisessentiallyaboutunderstandingotherpeopleand moreimportantly understandingyourself Ofcourse therewillalwaysbethoseindividualswhohaveanaturaltalentforleadershipfarabovethemajority www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth C Sorabwrote Ahhhh Theold Naturevs Nurture debate Ithinkthequestionhereiswhatmakesagoodleader Seeingasweareallindividualsweareallledbydifferentthingsorstylesofmanagement whatworkswellforonepersonmaynotworkwellforanother Someliketobeledbythenoseandotherspreferagentletapintherightdirection Agoodleadermaybebornwiththeabilitytoinspireothers butittakesarealleadertolearnfromothersandimprovehimself Theabilitytolearnandadaptisparamounttoeffectiveleadershipandtheonlypartthatnatureplaysinthisistogivetheindividualthecapacitytolearn Eventhedesiretobetteronesselfisprobablylearntthroughlife Ithinkthatasaleader thedayyoustoplearningisthedayyouceasetobeaneffectiveleader SoIvotethatitisthe right mixofnatureandnurturethatdevelopsagreatleader I msuretherearemanygreatpeopleborneverydaythathavethepotentialtobefantasticleadersbutwhowillnevergrowupinanenvironmentthatenablesthentorealisetheirpotential www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth D Prasadwrote Tomeit sneither theyareselfmadewithwillandvision S Hazrawrote EveryonecomesintothisworldbyvirtueofbirthandsodotheLeaders Leadershipisaskillandlikeanyotherskillcanbeacquiredoveraperiodoftimebypracticingit Somepeoplearetalentedandarebornwithgoodleadershipqualities Butlikeanyother skill onehastohoneitoveraperiodofperiodsandhastoremaindynamic Notalloftheleadersarebornwiththesame itisthroughyourupbringingandtrainingofyourmind perseverance ability aptitudetolearncanonlymakeagoodleader TherearecertaintraitsbutasaLeadershiphasApplicationdimension hence simplyknowingthetraitswillnotmakeagoodleader www Linked2L 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 www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth J M Koenigwrote Iwasborn J M Koeniglaterwrote I mcuriousaboutsomething Howdocoachesandtrainersactuallymakemoney I mmeaninreallife Moneytopaybillsetc Dopeopleactuallypayyoumoneytotellthemhowtoliveandisthatmoneyenoughtosurviveon Ijustfindthewholeprofessionpuzzlinganditseemsthatalmosteveryoneonthissiteiseitheracoachorarecruiter www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth K LaVinewrote Inordertoanswerthisquestionanevenmorebasiconemustbeaskedfirst Ibelieve WhatisaLeader BymydefinitionatrueleaderisonewhoencouragesandALLOWSthosetheyleadtobethebesttheycanbeandindoingsofacilitatesadvancementinapositivedirection Bythisdefinitionleadersmaybefoundinallareasofourlives notjustintheboardroomsofhighpoweredcompanies inthemilitary orinthepoliticalarena Weareallcapableofleading Born tothedegreethatwearewillingtolearn Made tobringpeopletogetherandalloweachindividualsstrengthstocontributetoacommongoal www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth J S Websterwrote Ithinkthatanyonecanlearnleadershipskills buttheabilitytoinspireiswhatseparatesapersonwith leadershiptraining andapersonwhoisa leader B Sanderswrote Therearethosewhoarebornandthosewhoaretakenoutbythereowntroops www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth G Bernierwrote Thatquestionisrightuptherewiththenatureornurturedebateoverpersonality Assometheanswersthathavepostedindicatetherehasbeenagreatdealofresearchonthesubject bookshavebeenwritten andmanypeoplemakealotofmoneyselling leadershiptraining Personally andI vebeenaroundquiteawhile Ibelieveleadershipislikeathleticability Nearlyanyonecanlearntheskillsnecessarytoplayasportreasonablywell Dependingonhowmucheffortandtimetheyarewillingtodevotetolearningthetoolsofthetradewilldirectlyaffecttheirlevelofexpertise However regardlessofefforttherewillalwaysbeveryfewMichaelJordan sorTigerWoods Themechanicsofleadershipcanbeeffectivelylearned Thevisionandpassionthatmakesreallygreatleaderscomesfromsomewhereelse Idon tbelievethesomewhereelseistotallygenetic ithastodowithpersonalityandthatisacomplexcombinationoffactors www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth R Bowkerwrote ManytendtoagreethattrueleadershipqualitiesarethreadedintoourDNAanditjusttakespropertraining eventsforthosequalitiestocomeout Afterspending11yearsintheNavy Ihaveseenmanygoodandmanybadleaders I myselfneverthoughtIcouldbealeaderearlyinmycareeruntilIwas thrown intoaleadershiprole Lookingbackonit IfeelthatIalwayshadthosequalitiesinme butneverknewtheywerethereuntilIhadnochoicebuttoeitherleadorgiveup Now IcanalsosaythatIhaveseenotherindividualsfacedwiththesamechallengefail I forone dobelievethatthereareleadersandthentherearefollowers Foranysociety military ororganizationtothrive itmusthaveboth Allthetraining education books andclassescannotturnafollowerintoaleader Youmaymakethefollowermoreeducatedinleadershipmethodologies butthatpersonwillneverbeabletoputuseittothefullpotential HenryKissingersaid Ifyoudonotknowwhereyouaregoing everyroadwillgetyounowhere Aleaderknowswheretheyaregoinganditishardwiredintotheirthinking Afolloweronlyknowshowtogetsomewherebyreadingamaporfollowingsomeoneelse www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth S M Diamondwrote Perhapsyoushouldspecifyifyouwantaseriousanswer orahumorousone bothcanapply equally I Babelliwrote Leadersaremade bysomeonewhogivesthemachance Almosteveryleaderhashadapersonwhoentrustedhim herwithanopportunitythatwasbiggerthanhis herability skillset knowledge etcatthetimeoftheopportunity sos hetookituponhim her selftolearnandadvanceandbecomealeader Icannot forthelifeofme comeupwithanexampletocountertheaboveargumentexceptinthejungle orsimilarsittings wherethedominantmalefightshiswayuptoleadership R Evanswrote Both Iabsolutelybelievethatleadershipcanbetaught learned Thiscasehasbeenmadeinmanyways includingvariousresearchovertheyears Thishasbeenaddressedbypeoplewhohaveansweredyourquestioninoneofthethreepostings Ialsoabsolutelybelievethatsomepeopleare bornleaders Myfather acareermilitaryman usedtosaythis Ifyouthinkthere snosuchthingasabornleader leaveagroupofkidsonaplaygroundandcomebackin20minutes Withoutfail whenyoucomeback therewillbeonekidleadingthatgroup Inmanycases itwon tbethemostpopularkidanditoftenwon tbethekidyouexpected Furthermore itfrequentlyisn tthekidthatwantedtoleadthegroup Itwillbethekidthathas thatsomething thatenableshim hertosay let sdo whatever andtheotherswillfollow Interestingly thatsamekidwillquitelikelybecomealeaderthroughouthis herlife Iamcertainthatsomepeople particularlythosewhocitetraditionalresearchwilldisagreewiththisscenario Themostlikelyargumentisthat leading kidsonaplaygroundisnotreallyleadership Isubmitthatonekeyaspectofleadershipisevokinginothersthedesiretofollow Afterall withoutfollowers leadersarejustpeopleoutforawalk Ibelieveonereasonthatmanypeopleargueagainstbornleadersisthatitwouldseemtodoomotherstobeingpermanentfollowers Manypeopleinsistthatitmustbeoneortheother bornleadersvs developedleaders andsincethereareclearlymanydevelopedleaders thentherecanbenosuchthingasbornleaders Inmyopinion acceptingbothpathwaystoleadershipismorelogical andlessnarrowminded Itisalsoeasilyobservable Leadershipisoftenattributabletocharisma somethingthatcannotbetaught Yes thereareleaderswhoarenotcharismatic Butthereareleaders verysuccessfulleaders whoderivemuchoftheirleadershipsuccessfromcharismaalone Ibelievethemostdynamicandeffectiveleadersarethosewhopossesthenaturalinstinctsforleadershipandthenworktodevelopleadershipskillsthroughrefinementandtraining www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth R Iyerwrote Ipresumeyouareaskinginthecontextofabusinessorganisation Sometaketoleadershipnaturally bylearningandobserving Otherscanlearn orbetaughtthisskill iftheywishto Ineithercase thewilltoleadmustcomefromwithin www Linked2L R Bettswrote Theshortanswerisyes Therearecertaintraitsthathavetobeorganictoyounature Inotherwords somethingsyoujustcan tfake Softskills canbeexplained butnotengrained The Hardskills canbelearneduntilconsciouscompetenceisachieved Untilthebecomesecondnature ifyouwill Buttheabilitytoshareyourvisionforyourcompanyinawaythatisnotonlyunderstoodcompletely butgeneratesthesortofrabidsupportyoufindaEnglishfootballmatchesisn tlearnable IttakesmorethanapolishedPowerPointdeckandsomepithywordsonabunchof3x5cards Youmustbeableshowyourpassionwithoutlookinglikeyouareastraightjacketawayfromthefunnyfarm Youhavetobeabletogenerateararesortofcommitmentandloyalty Youremployeeshavetobereadytotakeittothewallforyou becausetheyknowthatyou lldothesameforthem Youhavetohurtwhentheyhurtandlaughwhentheylaugh Youhavetobereadytoadmityouarewrongandnotrubitinwhenyouareright Youhavetoknowhowtobuildandgrowmeaningfulrelationships Evenifyoudon thaveatitleorcorneroffice aleader atrulygreatleader willshinewiththeblindingintensityofasupernova It snotnaturevs nurture butnatureandnurture Combinethemandit smagic www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth O Lawrencewrote Thetrulygiftedleadersarebornwithcertainsupportingtraitslikepatience perseverance creativethoughtfulnessandabilitytochange Theyhavetherequiredtraitsmorethantheordinaryoraverage Theybecomehonedthroughadversitywhicheveryoneencountersandratherthansimplysurviving theyarethriving Mostleadersarebornwithoutthosequalitiesandaresimplytrainedtobehaveasleadersandreceiverespectfromtheleadershipappointedstatus Onecaneasilyspotthemsincetheyarethegatekeeperssurroundedbymediocritywhopreventthetalenttorise www Linked2L T Modestewrote Theproblemwithgreatleadersisthattheyaretoofewandfarbetween Sowaitingaroundorsearchingforagreatleadercansoonrunafoulofthelawofdiminishingreturns Because inthemeantime we vegotanorganizationtorunandsimplycannotaffordtowaitarounduntilthenextgreatleaderdeignstowalkthroughthedoor Besides weprobablycouldn taffordhim herandhe shewouldprobablyhavebetterthingsinmindthanfoolingaroundwithourorganization Luckilyforus inoureverydaywork wecangetalongverywellwithoutgreatleadership Andwe dbehighlyinefficientifwewaitedaroundforagreatleadereverytimeweneededtofillaleadershipslot Therefore whatwedoisthatwetakethepeoplewehaveandworkwiththemtomakethemintothekindofleadersweneedtogetthejobdone Experienceshowsthatasarule suchleadersdoagoodenoughjobatthelevelneeded Infact someofthemeventurnouttobesuperbleaders www Linked2L Bosewrote Leadersareborn NoteveryonecanbeaLeader IwouldrathersayLeadersaresynonymousto GreatCommunicatorswhohaveanaggressiveattitudetowin Whetheryoumotivatepeople leadateam orpossessgreatnegotiationskills youshouldbeagoodcommunicatorfirst Aleadershouldcommandandvisionfortheirteam ororganisation andmostimportantly thepeopleinhisteam Theygiveastrategicdirectiontothepeopleofhisteamandsetgoalswithanobjectivetoachievewithoptimumutilizationofresources Thebestpartabouttheleadersaretheyareabletomotivatetheirteamandtheytaketheteamalongwiththem Theyjustdon tleadateambutalsoteachthemhowtoleadandmakethemresponsible www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth K Raowrote Ithinkidependsonyourperspective Leadershipasascienceorasanart Leadershipislike say Painting Youcangotoapaintingschoolandlearnthetechniques thoughoneinamillionisdaVinciorMichelangelo OneinamillionisaJackWelchoraLeeIacocca Inmyopinion leadershipisaninherentbirthtraitthat atmost canbeinfluencedbytraininginsituationsfaced butnotcreatedbythem www Linked2L L J Andersonwrote Thisisacomplexsubjectandthereisnosimpleanswer Differentculturalstylesdemanddifferentleadershipstylesandwhatgoesdownwellinoneculturefailsinanother Oneoftheproblemswithattemptingtoteachleadershipisthatitcanonlybereallylearntbydoingit partlybecausetherearenouniversallyapplicablerules soyouhavetogetoutthereandgetyourhandsdirtytodeveloptheinstinctsyouneedtodothejobproperly Thisalsomeansthatthereisnowaytodevelopleadersfast whichiswhyHRpeopleprefertorecruitexperiencedleadersratherthantraintheirown Inessencetheleadershipdebateisaspinofffromthe naturevs nurture debate Asfarasicansee totrainleaderseffectively youhavetoputtheminrealleadershipsituationsforyourorganisations letthemgetonwithitwhilewatchingthemlikeahawkandmakingsurethattheyarepointingintherightdirection Thistakesupthetimeoftheapprenticeleaderandthepersoncoachinghim her Mostbusinessdon thavethetimeandtheydon twanttotaketheriskofhavinghimruntheshowunsupervised sotheystickwithexperiencedhires Hopethisaddssomethingtothedebate www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth N Vassudhevwrote ThatleadersarebornisMayabelievedtobetruebyPoliticians It sthecircumstancesthataffecttheindividual upbringing educationandthedevelopedattitudethatmakesaLeader C Bravermanwrote Leadershavefoundtheirplace Whetheritisaphysicalplaceoranidea theybringtheirpassionandmotivationtothatplace Manyhavejustnotfoundtheirpassionyet www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth R Knillwrote Both Recollectifyouwillyourelementaryschoolyears Mostofuswillrecallgroupsofbothextrovertsandintroverts Whatdoesitlooklikeifleadershiptrainingwasappliedtobothextrovertandintrovertgroupsattheearlyageof7 Imaginethatsamegroupofyoungsterslearning contextuallistening neutrallanguage effectiveandtimelymessaging acknowledging askingvs telling discoveryquestioning balancedemotional socialintelligence effectivedelegation motivationtechniques accountabilitymetrics etc Morethanlikelytheextrovertgroupwouldexcelfasterandifsustainedmaybecomebetterleadersthantheintrovertgroup However 20to30yearslaterindividualsfrombothgroups ifleadershiptrainingwassustained mayrisetobecomeexcellentleaders So areleadersborn ormade Regardlessofgroup thebestleadersarethosethatallowthemselvestochange transform empower measure coachandgrow www Linked2L R T Greenewrote Leadershipisneitherlearnednotbornintous Itisentirelycontingent Thatis thepersonorgroupthatdoeswhatanothergroupneedsnowinordertothrive survive becomes leader regardlessofwhohaspositionalpower Thatiswhatmakesmonkeyhierarchiesinbusinesssofunny allthosepompouslittlemaleegoslookingmanagerialdailywhileanentirelydifferentsetofpeopleflickerinandoutasactualleadersdaily twoparalleluniverses andthepompouslittlemonkeyoneoftengetsuppityandsnuffsouttheflickeringcontingentleadershipwhenitgetsinthewayoftheirtinystruttinglittleegos Foolswho trytobeleader ly allthetimejustblindthemselvesfromspottingwhatleadingisactuallynowneededsomewherebytheirstrenuouseffortstoapplytofuturesituationsahandbagoftoolstheygotawaywithusinginsomepastcases AsortofHarvardBusinessSchoolchild splayatleading nottherealthing www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth D Burnswrote BornandMade butmostimportantly leadersneedtogivebirthtothemselvesatsomepointintheirjourney Parentsgiveyoulife butyouhavetomakeadecisiontogivemeaningandlifetoyourlife www Linked2L AreLeadersBorn OrAreTheyMade OrBoth R Hurstwrote Iwishwecouldonceandforallputthisquestiontobedandmoveontotherealworkofdevelopingleaders Ifleadersaresimplybornthatwaythenwhatisthepointofleadershipdevelopment Theanswerperhapscreatescontroversybecausetheanswerissimplyboth Clearlytherearethosewhohavecertainabilitiesthatallowthemtomoreeasilyassumeleadershiproleswhileothersofusworktodevelopthenecessaryskills Therealityisthateachpersonisuniqueintheirskillsandabilitiesasiseachleader Onemaybecharismaticwhileanotherisempathetic onemayhaveclearvisionanother