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The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
Warren Bennis
Warren Bennis
Born: Mar 8, 1925
Died: Jul 31, 2014

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Leadership, People, Dangerous, Made, Myth, Charismatic, Born, Rather, Fact, Factor, Simply, Leaders, True, Genetic, Most, Qualities, Nonsense, Opposite, Than, In Fact, Either, Certain

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