LEADERS ARE BORN or MADE
LEADERS ARE BORN or MADE This article argue an age old question of whether leaders are born or made. The article considers various leadership theories and discusses different viewpoints to consider this question. The argument began when Thomas Carlyle formulated the “great man theory” to describe leaders who radically shaped and impacted society. He argued that leaders with incredible leadership prowess and qualities rise to the top and impact others around them. The theory, developed in the 1840s, gave the sense that great leaders are born and society is formed around them. If you ascribe to the “great man theory,” then one is either born a great leader or not. Behavioral Theories believe that people can become leaders through the process of teaching, learning and observation . Leadership is a set of skills that can be learned by training, perception...