Nature or nurture? Turning to the military in the leadership debate

Strategic Direction - Tập 18 Số 8 - Trang 10-12 - 2002

Tóm tắt

Is leadership all about nature or nurture? The debate has been raging since the beginning of management thinking and is becoming something of an exhausted topic. Whilst there are those who strongly support each opposing view, the general consensus lies somewhere in the middle – leaders can be developed or nurtured, but must possess certain inherent traits to start with.

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