Are Leaders Born Or Made

For many years, people asking a question which came first the chicken or the egg. This question is often asked on the same level as the question are leaders born or made. In the following paragraphs, it is going to be discussed about whether leaders naturally born or they gradually obtain directive skills during their life experience. According to Mishra & Karen (2008) although some people are born with leadership abilities, while other people get their leader skills during their life experience. Everyone can become a good leader if they wish to be a leader. Every individual has a different quality that makes them unique. Comparing a person with leadership skills and a person without leadership skills, a person with leadership qualities is
First, gender plays a very little role in explaining the difference in leadership potential. Characteristics is important thing to become a leader. Charisma is one of the important characteristics. Several researches has found that people who are well-regulated, communicative, ambitious, and curious are more likely to become leaders because of their characteristics (Ambler, 2017). Having a leadership capacity is very useful if individual collaborate with people leadership skills will be useful to guide people. Leadership behaviors like any other human practice is a combination of genetics and environmental factors, and whilst some people may be born with leadership qualities, research suggests anywhere between 30-40%, most developed overtime (Ambler, 2017). Furthermore, leadership abilities is not important in everyday life. As a result, having leadership skills does not mean that he is better than individual who does not have leadership
Leadership is a set of skills that can be learned by training, perception, practice and experience over time. “Leadership is not something you’re born with, it’s not inherited, and it’s not the result of your DNA. Leaders are made when they connect their purpose, unique strengths with a deep passion to make a difference in the world” (Ambler, 2017). Leadership learning is lifetime activity. Good leaders seek out development opportunities that will help them learn new skills” (Brigette, 2014). Leadership can be learned by every individual, but some people do not want to do their best to be taught leadership abilities (Brigette, 2014). According to Brigette (2014) special books, classes education and special trainings cannot turn an individual into a leader. Looking forward, every individual has set of skills, but they do not know about their own abilities. Leadership is an ability that comes during the life experience. Leaders are always looking for opportunities that will help them to improve their leadership qualities. “Leadership is an art rather than a science. It is a set of innate traits, refined and perfected over time with education, training and experience” (Brigette, 2014). According to Blank (2001), no one is genetically programmed to be a leader. As a result, people are not always born with leadership