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The above question has been around for the past century. People are always asking whether leadership is given since the person was born, or something that a person can learn and grow. With the hypothesis that leaders are born, there have been a number of researches, trying to crack what genetic factor that shapes a leader.
In my opinion, there is no absolute answer to the above question. In my professional lifetime, I have met many natural leaders, who are born with strong character of a leader, namely discipline, result oriented, problem solver and people person at the same time. However, I also noticed that some people are growing leadership along with their career progression. In many cases, this is observable when a person is assigned a role when leadership is required, such as a project manager or team manager.
So, as of today, my conclusion is leadership is a combination between a person's character with learn and grow experience. There are many sources for leadership development. You can easily find endless number of book titles talking about leadership. In addition tot that, real life experience is the best leadership teacher to each individual.
In my case, I feel that the development of my leadership style began when I joined a company that some of the senior team members did not really welcome a new joiner in their team. Faced with hardship and challenges to cope with their way of working, until I was finally acknowledged as a good contributor, I promised to myself that when I become a leader, I will treat each of my team member with a personal care to their career and personal development.
Coming back to the question which started this posting, I am a strong believer that leadership is a combination of both the character with learn and grow experience of an individual.
-Edwin-
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The above question has been around for the past century. People are always asking whether leadership is given since the person was born, or something that a person can learn and grow. With the hypothesis that leaders are born, there have been a number of researches, trying to crack what genetic factor that shapes a leader.
In my opinion, there is no absolute answer to the above question. In my professional lifetime, I have met many natural leaders, who are born with strong character of a leader, namely discipline, result oriented, problem solver and people person at the same time. However, I also noticed that some people are growing leadership along with their career progression. In many cases, this is observable when a person is assigned a role when leadership is required, such as a project manager or team manager.
So, as of today, my conclusion is leadership is a combination between a person's character with learn and grow experience. There are many sources for leadership development. You can easily find endless number of book titles talking about leadership. In addition tot that, real life experience is the best leadership teacher to each individual.
In my case, I feel that the development of my leadership style began when I joined a company that some of the senior team members did not really welcome a new joiner in their team. Faced with hardship and challenges to cope with their way of working, until I was finally acknowledged as a good contributor, I promised to myself that when I become a leader, I will treat each of my team member with a personal care to their career and personal development.
Coming back to the question which started this posting, I am a strong believer that leadership is a combination of both the character with learn and grow experience of an individual.
-Edwin-
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