I'm pleased to announce the publication of my new book, "Leadership is Innate". Here's a quick description:
Top CEOs will tell you that leadership traits come as "part of the package" and "can't really be taught". Scientists have recently begun to discover how genetic differences contribute to key leadership skills.
Even Donald Trump says "I don’t think anybody changes, actually. They come out a certain way, and for the most part that’s what you get."
This stands in proud opposition to the feel-good-but-false assertions made by "experts" such as Warren Bennis (Leaders, 1986):
[M]ajor capacities and competencies of leadership can be learned, and we are all educable, at least if the basic desire to learn is there and we do not suffer from learning disorders. Furthermore, whatever natural endowments we bring to the role of leadership, they can be enhanced; nurture is far more important than nature in determining who becomes a successful leader.
The key word here is "desire". If you don't desire leadership, if you don't want it and crave it, if it doesn't motivate you, if it doesn't resonate with your feelings, then you can't be a leader. Desire and motivation are what's genetic!
