Are the Leaders are Born or Made?


The debate of whether leaders are born or made has been coming from the past. Many people have debate on this topic in such different ways. According to Gentry and Jennifer.et.al, (2012),  research done among the top of organizations, for example, CEOs, CFOs, or Presidents on whether leaders are made or born, 19.1% argued that leaders are born, 52.4% agued as leaders are made and 28.5% argued they are equally born and made as shown in below figure.
Figure 1- Debate on whether leaders are made or born (Gentry and Jennifer.et.al, 2012)
According to Giulio (2013),  myth of “leaders are born” is the most dangerous. It says that there is a genetic factor to leadership. Leaders are made rather  than  born.  According to Spencer (1896),  society in  which the  leader has  grown  up in,  prepares him  to  be  a leader,  and only then  he  can  take  all  his  experiences  and lead and reform society for the better.  And according to the study of Galton (2008), Trait theory which identify individual leaders’  attributes suggest that the leaders are born not made, as it  studies  individuals and  then  attempts  to  cluster a core of attributes. 
By considering all the above points it can be analyzed that,  according to the authors perspective, It cannot be argued 100% that leaders are born or leaders are made. Great leaders must have some basic attributes of a leader and what they have to do is just develop them via experience, trainings and etc. 
For example Lord Buddha, Jesus and etc. With the education and socializing people and the environment, those generically leadership skills has been enhanced and developed on those great leaders. 
Same theory apply on signers as there are people who have singing skills in there genetics from their relatives but must practice in order to be a good performer, but there are some people who use to learn music and develop their singing skills. 

References


Gentry.W, Jenifer. S. (2012). Are Leaders Born or Made? Perspectives from the Executive Suite , 49-56.

Spencer.H,  (1896). The Study of Sociology. Acceced from Appleton: Questia, http://www.questia.com/read/96277756/the-study-of-sociology. Retrieved April 3rd, 2018.

Giulio.J,  (2013). Are leaders born or made? Leadership and Business Acumen , 3-5.

Galton.Y, (2006). Leadership in organizations (6th ed.). NJ: Pearson-Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River.





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  1. nilukaApril 22, 2018 at 12:23 PM

    HI
    good. read more to understand this problem in number of angles.
    regards
    Niluka

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