Are leaders born or made?
In 2006, Warren Bennis said, "The most dangerous myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership, that people have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense. Leaders are made rather than born."
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Daniel Goleman introduced emotional intelligence (EI) as the new yardstick for leadership success, and there is an emerging consensus that EI competencies can be developed. Improving EI competencies has become a major topic