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Are leaders born or made?

Мы подготовили для вас интересный топик на тему лидерства, в котором вы узнаете ответ на вопрос, рождаются ли лидером или становятся, а также укрепите навык чтения и ознакомитесь с часто используемой лексикой.

The definition of leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal. Put in even simpler terms, the leader is the mastermind and director of the action.

There is no doubt that leaders develop their leadership skills through life learning experiences, training, coaching, mentoring and hardworking. Some people believe that leaders are born naturally intelligent, visionary, charismatic and able to articulate a plan and rally their teams around it. Yet there are others who say that leaders are both born and made naturally intelligent and extroverted people, enhanced with education, training, and experience.

We often hear the proverb “Born to lead”. But it does not mean that leaders are born only but not made because to be a leader you must first to be a follower, true leaders don’t walk in the front, being a follower before will make it easier for a leader to empathize with their followers.

Nature may have some influence on who a person becomes. It is the upbringing of a person which either makes him leader or follower. I think leaders are born as well as are made, because one may have the ability to lead but not experience and skills to be a leader and skills develop through the life learning experiences. We have many examples of born leaders as well as made.

Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Martin Luther King were a few of the leaders who make their way to be a leader through their dedication, hard work, experience, intelligence, qualities, and skills. Then, there are some born leaders like prophet Mohammad, Jesus, and Prophet Noah are a few chosen leaders who lead people of their generation as well as still leading the generations of today. I think it all depends how one perceives about a leader, for me it does not matter that leader are made or born, what matters the most is how leaders develop their skills through their experiences and leadership is a lifetime learning activity. You are never done because there is always more to learn. There are always skills you need to improve.

mastermind - вдохновитель
intelligent - умный
visionary - мечтательный
rally - сплачивать
enhanced - усиленный
empathize - сопереживать
dedication - преданность
perceive - воспринимать

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