From the course: Leadership: Practical Skills
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Are great leaders born or made?
From the course: Leadership: Practical Skills
Are great leaders born or made?
- Now probably the biggest name in leadership theory is a guy called John Adair. John Adair is still alive, he's quite old now. He was in the army and originally he was given the job by the army of trying to find out what characteristics the best leaders had, so that they could recruit more of those type of people. And what he found was that it wasn't actually personality at all. It wasn't what you are, it was what you do that made you a great leader. And he found that the best leaders did certain things. It was nothing to do with their personality at all. And you might think the good leaders are approachable, intelligent, charismatic, decisive, tough, et cetera, and they probably are. But we can all learn to do the right things. And actually, if you look at leaders that are both decisive and good listeners or whatever, you'll find a lot of the traits are almost contradictory. So you can be any different type of personality and still be a good leader. Perhaps to be a really great…
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