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Countless books and articles have been written about leadership - on such topics as the differences between managing and leading, what makes a good leader, and how to become a better leader, among others. One frequent topic: Are leaders born or made?
The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) posed this question to C-level executives of companies in 53 countries (www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/research/ areleadersbomormade.pdf). Slightly more than half (53.4%) of the top executives think leaders are made, about a fifth (19.1%) think they are born, and a little more than a quarter (28.5%) think leaders are both born and made. To explore how these beliefs play out in the workplace, the CCL researchers asked those at both ends of the spectrum, the Boms and the Mades, about a variety of leadership topics.
Boms and Mades agree that leaders...