> From: Michael McMaster <Michael@kbddean.demon.co.uk>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 14:59:53 +0000
>
> Leadership can be learned, but can it be taught?
> Skills can be taught but leadership is a phenomenon.
>
> Leadership, I think, is an emergent phenomenon.
> The conditions for its arising may be the necessary and sufficient
> condition for its emergence.
I believe that there are at least two different areas of
leadership that we must differentiate. When we talk about learning to be
a leader, one first needs to learn some basic theories related to the area
of leadership, facilitating collective action, etc. Then one must "see"
those theories in action, and I think that the must effective way for this
to happen is to some kind of mentor that shows the way initially, and then
lets you fly solo! These two are could take place simultaneously too, or
in the reverse order.
Ivan,
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