Born Salespeople Don’t = Born Leaders

Posted in June 8th, 2008
by Logan Cashwell in Sales Leadership, Sales Self Development, born vs. made

Sales=Leadership - My2Cents
The topic ‘Sales=Leadership’ is absolutely fascinating to me, both as a student of Leadership & Management, and someone who had never really stepped fully into a sales role - until one year ago last month, when that is exactly where I found myself.
Through the passage of a five-year accidental journey (isn’t most of […]

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Linked In Leadership: An exchange with Suresh Srinivasan

Posted in May 4th, 2008
by Ron Hurst in Leader Attributes, Leadership Training, Self Leadership Development, born vs. made

One of the cool parts of linked in is the ability to ask thought provoking questions of people all over the world. I am regularly impressed with the quality of responses I receive.So a week ago I launched a question in Linked In where I asked: how do you develop as a leader?
Over the next […]

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Born Versus Made Revisited

Posted in October 27th, 2007
by Ron Hurst in born vs. made

 
Last week I traveled to
San Diego CA to listen to a talk by Jim Kouzes. He and Barry Posner are the authors of the book The Leadership Challenge. This book is in my top five leadership books and will not soon be dislodged because it is the most comprehensive leadership development book available. All the […]

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Is a leader born or made?

Posted in September 10th, 2007
by Ron Hurst in born vs. made, leadership development

Here is a question that is bound to stir up debate. Well which is it?
Even the theorists cannot agree. Some say it can be taught and judging by the  1.8 MILLION hits leadership development gets on Google, many would agree.
My take may appear to be a cop out, you see I believe that leaders are […]

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