Leadership is Innate [Paperback]

Will Frehley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 26, 2009

Top CEOs will tell you that leadership traits come as "part of the package" and "can't really be taught". Scientists have recently begun to discover how genetic differences contribute to key leadership skills.

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• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (March 26, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0557054303
• ISBN-13: 978-0557054305
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,130,915 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Leading a Brave New World, March 1, 2010

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Frehley takes top CEOs at their word when they say key leadership skills "can't really be taught", and then proceeds to explore the implications. By deconstructing traits like charisma, self-confidence, energy-level and IQ, Frehley shows how desire is the key ingredient to becoming a leader, and desire itself is what's innate. Anyone born with drive and determination can develop leadership skills, but not everyone is born with such desires, and so literally can't become a leader. (Saying "I don't want to lead" is the same as saying "I can't lead"). What you want (or crave) from an early age determines what you'll practice enough to develop skills. Everyone is born with the same genes, but genes come in different flavors or variants, and depending on which gene variants you receive from your parents, you may desire to lead or you may desire to follow. If desire is innate (which is to say, differences in desire are caused by genetic differences) then the resulting skills (i.e. leadership skills) that result from pursuing our passions are also innate.