Are Leaders Born or Made a discussion of various leadership models and the factors that make a good leader.

Introdution There have been many great leaders throughout the ages Napoleon, Churchill, Mandela. However great leaders are often thought to be great militaristic leaders and not the skilled negotiators which we now consider crucial for the smooth running of business and politics. More often than not a great leader is considered to be male, this is also implicated in that fact that even if a leader is not male, they posses more often than not …

…fitting a leadership style that suits the organisation in which one works. However what we can say is that good leadership as a quality does not exist it is merely the fitting of the right personality within the right context which creates the natural leader. However for most of us the ability to learn skills can make us leaders although a few prerequisites are required; vision, consistency and self awareness and definition of personal boundaries.