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Friday, February 18, 2011

Leaders; are they born or made?

Leaders, whether they are born or they are made, this topic has been on debate for years. If leaders are born leaders, then presumably that the way they are born are different from others. However, the behavior of people change over time, which certain set of behavior made them leaders. Due to this, studies have been made by learning the traits that made the person a great leader. After years of research, these leaders have several key behaviors that helps them becoming one fine leader.

All leaders have a behavior to adapt to setbacks or failures and learn from them. When confronting a certain difficulties, they survives it emotionally and physically as well as learning something new from it. They also have the ability to empower and develop others, which brings the best of others out while sharing clear visions with them. Leaders are also passionate about their work and have openness behavior towards new things.

Examples:
  1. Winston Churchill suffered speech impediment ever since he was young. Through perseverance, he finally manage to overcome it and became one of the most inspirational public speaker of his time, lifting hopes for millions during the World War II.
  2. Napoleon was known for his great leadership as well as his great imagination to think far ahead into the battlefield. As an emperor, he would win over his people by telling his clear visions of great victories ahead.
  3. Jamie Dimon, the CEO of one of the largest bank in United States believes that in order to keep in shape in the business field, he spends 50% of his time to study or talking to people or even travelling in order to keep on top of things.

These are key behaviors or the traits of the leaders. These skills are acquirable and any weakness are not something to be lived up forever. By changing oneself personal behavior to something better, he'd definitely change, and perhaps, become a leader one day.

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