Are leaders born or made?

"People are fascinated with leadership, and rightly so. After all, most of the "big things" that happen in the world (both good and bad) can be directly traced to decisions, behaviors, or choices of those who are in charge: presidents, prime ministers, CEOs, executives, and anyone tasked with turning a group of people into a high-performing unit, coordinating human activity, and shaping the impact institutions have on society, all the way down to individuals."

"In line, scientific research shows that up to 40% of the variability in team and organizational performance can be accounted for by the leader-in other words, who we put in charge, or who emerges as leaders, drastically influences the fate of others. This begs the obvious question of how and why some people become leaders in the first place. Furthermore, few psychological questions have intrigued the general public more than the question of whether nature or nurture is responsible for shaping and creating leaders:"

Leadership profoundly influences societal and organizational outcomes, affecting governments, companies, and individual groups. Scientific evidence attributes up to 40% of variability in team and organizational performance to the leader. Leadership emergence and effectiveness reflect a combination of innate dispositions and developmental experiences. Early environments, especially in childhood, shape attitudes, motivations, and habits that underpin leadership. Supportive parents, quality schooling, early responsibility, stimulating communities, and chances to practice decision-making nurture proto-leadership skills such as conscientiousness and self-control. Both genetic tendencies and environmental contexts therefore interact to produce who becomes a leader and how they perform.

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