Not everyone agrees on what it means to be a leader. For example, a debate exists between trait leadership and process leadership. Sometimes, people think that a person is a born leader. This perspective argues that certain people are special and have innate qualities or natural characteristics which separate them from others (Northouse, 2015). From the trait perspective, leaders are in their positions by natural right, or because they are somehow better or more skilled than those they lead. On the other side of the debate is process leadership. Those who argue this side say that leadership is something which can be learned. Instead of being an inherent trait, “leadership is a phenomenon that resides in the context of the interactions between leaders and followers and makes leadership available to everyone” (Northouse, 2015). Common sense and experience with corporate organizations in the modern US suggest that those who argue for process leadership are closer to being
Not everyone agrees on what it means to be a leader. For example, a debate exists between trait leadership and process leadership. Sometimes, people think that a person is a born leader. This perspective argues that certain people are special and have innate qualities or natural characteristics which separate them from others (Northouse, 2015). From the trait perspective, leaders are in their positions by natural right, or because they are somehow better or more skilled than those they lead. On the other side of the debate is process leadership. Those who argue this side say that leadership is something which can be learned. Instead of being an inherent trait, “leadership is a phenomenon that resides in the context of the interactions between leaders and followers and makes leadership available to everyone” (Northouse, 2015). Common sense and experience with corporate organizations in the modern US suggest that those who argue for process leadership are closer to being