Good Followers and Bad Leaders

Alfona Kang
Sep 5, 2018 · 2 min read

It has been a long discussion in class, and I guess in the society, whether leaders are made or born. Most of the MBA students in my class agreed on the Great Man Theory that you can create leaders. That was probably the foundation why many business schools or courses offer leadership class.
I believe the opposite side of this argument. To me, leadership is a talent. Please note that being a leader is different than just being in a supervisory or managerial role. A leader is able to influence people with the same purpose towards a goal and making changes. This has something to do with charisma and…

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MBA candidate from Indonesia residing in California. I am going to use Medium as a platform to share my thoughts and midnight rants.

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