Is Leadership skills Born ? or Trained ?

Hello , I'm curious about what others are thinking about this question , Because i personally feel it's important to 'have' this skill in our life. please, I Appreciate your supporting viewpoints on what you've selected and I deeply respect it.


Thanks,

It depends on childhood and training I believe. There are no exact instructions how to make one to be a leader but if we refer to the life stories of people with a leadership skill, we'll see how did they achieve it.

I think recipe is quite simple: start making decisions, believe in them and follow them strictly. Soon you'll become a leader . But it's too hard to believe in what you think or feel, if everyone else doesn't agree with you.

I think there is a strong inate ability in good leaders. I think the inate ability displays itself in a gradient of many degrees in individuals across a population. Meaning, it's not just ON or OFF from person to person.

Training must go hand in hand with ability, however. You may have a person with strong leadership abilities, leading a web development team, for instance. But, if the person has no learned expertise in web development, their ability to be a leader is useless.

There's good news for those who don't have strong leadership abilities, though; There are always committees!

basically its born but one can develop it as well

Coming from a military background I believe both to be true.

I ran into Marines that were fresh out of boot camp that I would have followed into combat.

Then there were other Marines I worried about crossing the street but as they developed their career and took part in leadership training and were given leadership roles I would have followed them as well.

Then there were some that no matter how much training they received or how many opportunities to lead they just couldn't do it.

Leadership skills are trained/learned.
You're either born with a desire to lead or you aren't.

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This is interesting. You're saying that people are born with desires and not aptitudes?

There's a difference ?

I think that you learn leadership. I don't consider myself a leader but people follow me all the time.

Yes, I think there is a distinct difference. I think people a born with aptitudes which can be developed into skills through training and education. I don't think a person can develop a skill without an aptitude.

I'll give you two examples...

First, music. I know many many talented musicians and music teachers. One friend is an accomplished guitarist (7-string jazz guitar), owns a music store and gives lessons. The other day he told me about one of his students, the son of a mutual friend, and said, "He's got the ability, now he just needs to develop his 'chops'." Likewise, I know many people who are drowning in desire to be musicians, but lack the inate aptitude. No amount of training will ever turn them into musicians.

The second, and more relevant example to this forum, is technology. You, Joe, are a gifted technologist. You are able to learn, adapt to and exploit technology rapidly. Me, on the other hand, I don't have that inate aptitude. I could shuck away every other concern in my life and focus soley on learning and training, but in the end I would never be as adept as you. Why? Because my brain just doesn't work that way.

I think "aptitude", "skill", "desire" and "accomplishment" are all completely disparate things.

I don't think anyone can learn to be a leader. A leader has to have certain aptitudes that every person doesn't possess.

I guess what I'm saying is that I don't think it's purely one or the other. (I seem to have no aptitude for being succinct. )

i used to work with this man, who has no leadership skills, but is very knowledgable . Hm, i left him. We still meet once in a while cuz still has some unfinished biz.

I sold insurance for a largest ins corp here in malaysia, and i hate it. ( but i like ppl buying from me ) .

ATM, i'm undergraduate in Biz info system an affiliate with Uni of Lancaster.

reason i've chosen Biz info system is Information - related activity is very widely needed.

I'm more to a diagram type of guy- who learns best analyzing diagrams. Story ,and words are my strentghs too. I still have to work on my logical part, e.g, Networking, no matter how much effort i put , I get a B+ or an A-.


While Project mgt. , System analysis & design, I put little effort, I get a B+ and, A.

I think talented is of course essential to a person's success in a chosen field. " Kurt cobain " was a talented songwriter,

He was my fav.

William Hung is dead, in music. No matter how hard he tries...

I have friends who are very adaptable to Networking stuff, but are lost in P.M & Syst analysis,

I think knowing your innate abilities are important as we go further into our career/job / school,so we can improve on our weaknesses, and maximize the potential of being a genius with the strenghts.

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That's all for now, I sincerely thank all who've helped me in my short survey ,

best wishes,.

p.s. my IQ testscore was 93 ( and i'm not american-english ) so it was inaccurate i think, But i'm happy with it- it's average.

it goes with experience..
if you want to be leader..better start with yourself..

I think true leaders are born.

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