Is Leaders Born or are they made in Business Schools?

Leadership is a quality which is naturally present and to some extent gets inculcated in a person from the surroundings and the environment in which he or she lives. This is a qualitative aspect which can only be improved(not wholly inculcated) by studying in the B-schools. The eminent personalities like J.R.D Tata, Dhirubhai Ambani etc were great leaders as they had in-born talent to lead others.
Leaders are born not made.

Leaders are born, but they need to be made aware of their leadership quality. Exposure, which is quite in a business school, brings them out of their cocoon thereby giving the world a worthy leader. A well educated natural leader is always much better, preferred and respected than an uneducated leader.

I acknowledge the facts leaders are born. Leadership is an inborn quality and parents, society, culture as well as education helps to polish their skills. There are many persons who are born with leadership qualities to some extent but leadership skills needs to be polished and nurtured in order to bring leadership skills to a reasonable level of competency. Leaders are not made in management institution, indeed these institutes helps us to polish our skills and develope instincts to lead the people.

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According to me leaders are made and they born also . In India we have lots of good leaders who born as well as they change himself like Shri Narayan Murty , Dr APL ABDUL KALAM , Neta Ji Subhas chander bose and many more example are those who change them self and we have also many example like Mukesh Ambani , Ratan Tata , Naveen Jindal etc are those have family business so they born as a leader .

Every one in this world has an inherent quality of leadership.. but this can only be identified by interacting with society which includes our family, friends, etc.. and hence by identifying it someone opt for b-school's to upgrade this leadership quality.

also the leaders have some vision in mind with the cherry on the cake i.e. followers to lead and hence that leader would use its influential skills to convince its people to become follower.

also the leaders like civil activist Anna Hazare which is not a B-school pass out but than too he leaded a big number of people..

also adding to same point the worlds biggest innovator Late Mr. Steve Jobs, dropped out of college.... so he did not got to any B-school.... but than too proved to be one of the biggest leader in the world..

hence my stand would be that leaders are even born but are also made at B-school hence it is a biased stand from my side

Friend all have good point, My Point of view everyone on born has the same qualities and it depends on the environment and situation by one passing life and gained the quality to lead the people. Leader also have ideal and learn from their experience but difference is that they get click by the right thought and right time.

He brought up such environment to seek the possibility to all and give his better in the betterment of society.

Hi friends,

As per my knowledge leaders are not made or born. Because every person born on same qualities. And business schools are help to increase our inner qualities. They don't make the leaders. Who confidently handle the all situation in every moment they will be a leader.

Who see the possibility to every problem they will be a leader.

Thank you.

Leadership is about setting a new direction for a group; management is about directing and controlling according to established principles. However, someone can be a symbolic leader if they emerge as the spearhead of a direction the group sets for itself.

In my opinion leadership is an inborn ability. Leader evolve their ability by their surroundings, situations, parents, friends, society. It depends how they tackle with situations and how much effective they are. Business schools definately help a leader to polish his abilities.

To become a great Leader in present world one should have inborn ability as well as professional knowledge.

In my point of view,leaders are born cannot be made, its impossible to impart leadership skills to someone,the situation and the environment may help to develop leadership skill.Leadership qualities depends on how an individual see things.