Introduction

The Time for New Leadership in Hospitality

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born—that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born (3).—Warren Bennis

 

There are many who argue that leaders are born, that leaders will possess the natural attributes to be destined for the role. It is true that there are those who are very naturally suited to leadership, and in a simpler age, this ethos had more truth in it. It is an old-fashioned perspective and has less substance for today’s world. Everyone has a view upon leadership, but very few understand it.

Leadership today is not as simple as being solely about character. The world is evolving ...

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