Leaders Are Made Not Born

Learn the three steps to becoming to be a leader

Wendy Scott
5 min readNov 9, 2023
Photo by airfocus on Unsplash

Are leaders born or made? Can anyone become a leader?

If they want to, anyone can learn leadership skills. So that’s a resounding ‘YES’ from me.

Not everyone wants to manage people or deal with leadership challenges, and that’s OK. It would be a dull world if we all wanted to learn to be leaders.

““Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work.” These immortal words come from Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi”— Are Leaders Born or Made, Colin Baker, Reviewed by Hannah L. Miller, https://leaders.com

I’ve known many talented, intelligent people who do not want to manage others and are not suited to it. They contribute far better when working alone.

But for those who aspire to be a leader, it’s an easy three-step process:

  • Discover what skills are required to become a leader
  • Learn step-by-step processes for each leadership skill
  • Practice until you are a competent leader

Here is your not-so-secret formula for learning to lead. Read on if you dare ;-)

Step One — Discover

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Wendy Scott

L&D professional writing practical, step-by-step leadership and training & development articles to help leaders, managers & trainers grow their careers.