Managers

ARE MANAGERS BORN OR MADE?? ..

There are many schools of thoughts on this subject.

The opinions are divided over whether managers are born or made.

As this is a relative question, there is no one single answer to it.

In my personal opinion, it is actually a combination of both.

You have to be born with a potential.

This trait or potential then needs to be nurtured and fine tuned which is the development part.

Mozart was not born a musician. But he had tremendous potential to be one of the greatest, and luckily for him, he had the surroundings to nurture this talent.

Strictly speaking, no one is born a leader, just as no one is born a talented artist.

But you can be born with the underlying traits that make you a potential artist given the right stimulus and environment.

Becoming a manager is a tough job and the toughest part is managing people.

You have your back against the wall and are always bombarded with pressures from three directions - management above you, people below you and from home.

How you manage and handle these pressures and become a successful manager can be learnt.

There are several training programs which talk about skills required to be a manager - communication skills, team building, change management, stress management, people management, etc.

These skills can be learnt.

But can you solve problems just by learning from books or from what is taught to you? No.

You need to have a trait which you are born with which will enhance your training.

You need to have that inborn talent.

By undergoing training, what you are doing is fine tuning that trait.

It is like two kids learning to ride a bicycle. One may learn within a couple of days while the other may take a few weeks.

Two students - one becomes a doctor but the other hates medicine but is excellent in technical stuff.

These are traits and potentials you are born with.

So if one can correctly analyse and zero...