The importance of key skills for leadership

The fundamental question of whether leaders are born or made plays a central role in the history of leadership research. Consequently, for decades, business literature and practice have been examining whether there are key qualifications and leadership competencies that managers must possess in order to lead successfully, how these can be further developed, and to what extent they influence future success. Over this long period, numerous empirical studies have been conducted to answer these questions. It has been almost universally agreed that the qualifications and competencies of leaders make a significant contribution to the success of organisations. However, the question of how to select and categorise the relevant qualifications and competencies that can ensure this success leads to very differing results. This illustrates that identifying such qualifications and competencies is by no means a trivial task, but rather represents a complex problem in business practice.

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