Are Leaders Made or Born?
Running Head: Are Leaders Made or Born?
Abstract
When organizations hire successful leaders, people often wonder how the leader became such a success. Many often ask how a person learned to be a leader. Some would assume that a good college education was the reason for such success. It is often said that leaders are born while others believe that leaders are made. There has been much debate on the subject for many years. The purpose research paper is to determine if leaders are born or if leaders are made. The research obtained for this paper is was retrieved from online periodicals and articles. The discovery made in this paper is that all leaders born and made have many of the same characteristics whether they are deemed born or made.
Introduction
Leadership in an organization is extremely important to the success of an organization.
The goal of leaders is to accomplish goals and tasks set force by an organization. A good leader has the ability to guide and influence those that they lead to help accomplish those goals. This paper will first define what leadership is. Second, this paper will explain what an effective leader is and what an ineffective leader. Next, the debate of whether leaders are born or made will be discussed. Finally, a look at our future leaders will be defined.
Leadership Defined
Leadership is the process of leading, influencing, guiding and motivating a group of individuals to accomplish certain goals. When we see a person in a leadership position we usually expect to see someone that is very knowledgeable, professional and makes good decisions. Leadership styles tend to be different depending on the size of the group that that leader is responsible for. A leader with a large group may tend to be more impersonal while a leader with a small group is able to have closer one on one relationship with their followers. Leading a large group can be a difficult task because larger groups tend to come with more problems than smaller
Abstract
When organizations hire successful leaders, people often wonder how the leader became such a success. Many often ask how a person learned to be a leader. Some would assume that a good college education was the reason for such success. It is often said that leaders are born while others believe that leaders are made. There has been much debate on the subject for many years. The purpose research paper is to determine if leaders are born or if leaders are made. The research obtained for this paper is was retrieved from online periodicals and articles. The discovery made in this paper is that all leaders born and made have many of the same characteristics whether they are deemed born or made.
Introduction
Leadership in an organization is extremely important to the success of an organization.
The goal of leaders is to accomplish goals and tasks set force by an organization. A good leader has the ability to guide and influence those that they lead to help accomplish those goals. This paper will first define what leadership is. Second, this paper will explain what an effective leader is and what an ineffective leader. Next, the debate of whether leaders are born or made will be discussed. Finally, a look at our future leaders will be defined.
Leadership Defined
Leadership is the process of leading, influencing, guiding and motivating a group of individuals to accomplish certain goals. When we see a person in a leadership position we usually expect to see someone that is very knowledgeable, professional and makes good decisions. Leadership styles tend to be different depending on the size of the group that that leader is responsible for. A leader with a large group may tend to be more impersonal while a leader with a small group is able to have closer one on one relationship with their followers. Leading a large group can be a difficult task because larger groups tend to come with more problems than smaller
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