
Can everyone lead?
It’s that classic question again – are leaders born or made? Some people
believe that the ability to lead is something you are born with, whilst
others think that everyone can develop their leadership potential. To give
an adequate response to this ques-
tion, we must think of leadership in
different contexts.
In a general context, there have been many great individuals throughout
history who seem to have been born solely for the purpose of leading. Yes,
they learned along the way, but it would seem that they were put on this
earth for a particular purpose. In this respect, we would have to say that
some extraordinary people were simply ...