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Is Leadership a natural talent?

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Paolo Cornali Project Manager| HTA srl Brescia, Lombardia, Italy
Be a leader is a natural talent or can you become it?

What do you think?
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Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada
Leadership is something you grow into.

You are not born a leader. You are born in a world where you are surrounded by leaders - parents, teachers, coaches, ... You experience leadership through the example of others and through your own trials and tribulations.
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PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited Nainital, Uttrakhand, India
I agree with Stephane on this matter. It is an ability which you can develop. The early you develop, more you succeed. Your parents, teachers, coaches, books and your habits to grow make you a successful leader.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I personally believe that leadership is partially born with you and with the leaders around you like Stephane mentioned, you develop this skill, grow it and enhance it.
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Mohamed Sobair Principal Solution Architecture| Freelance Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Being a leader is a talent. this is some thing imposed to you as part of your character. However, as denoted by others, you need to develop it further as if its one of your skill set.
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Paolo Cornali Project Manager| HTA srl Brescia, Lombardia, Italy
Thanks for all your considerations.
My opinion is that leadership is learned (and trasferred) when you are a child mainly by your parents and then can grow up through your own trials and experiences as Stephane mentioned.
A person can develop leadership also when he is adult but if he wasn't used to be a leader when he was a child is more difficult to learn than other skills.
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saurabh mahajan PMP, ITIL, PRINCE2| vodafone Pune, Maharashtra, India
See-Learn-Adapt :

See leaders around you
Learn from them the trades of leadership
Adapt to your newly acquired skill.

No one is born manager, they become (adapt) one eventually from experience (see-learn). Same is the case with leadership.
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Aejaz Shaikh PM I| Alyx Technologies India Pvt Ltd Pune, Maharshatra, India
Leadership is not an inborn thing. You can be one, by leading with an example. Implement all what is imbibe in terms of Project management and People management. Also I agree with Surabh's mantra "SEE-LEARN-ADAPT" and I'll one more the mantra "SEE-LEARN-ADAPT-EVOLVE"

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