Nature versus nurture: are leaders born or made?

Allan Evans
Sep 6, 2018 · 4 min read

Is leadership learned or are you born with it?

Great leaders were followers once, and learned from being led

Great leaders stand apart. Their time in our lives are marked by periods where we achieve, develop and grow — perhaps beyond our own imagined limits. We find ourselves overcoming obstacles, perhaps failure, conflict — they lift us to heights we otherwise would not have reached. We yearn for their return…

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Allan Evans

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Founder & CEO at The Solution Engine, Co-Founder of The BNB Works, co-host of Brunswick Mews on Airbnb. Partner, Dad, cat herder, Crows fan.

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