Well I believe leadership skills can be taught and learned.Leaders are not a different breed of people.They are not born to lead but prepared to lead.These individuals are motivated to climb the ladder in their organizations and interested in learning emerging leadership skills to be successful leaders.Everyone possesses basic leadership skills but may not have specific skills needed to lead a particular group,department,division,organization,business or industry.World history shows many examples of leaders and leadership skills and styles in early civilizations and the success and failure of various leadership styles.The Seven Wonders of the World (for example Taj Mahal in India) are a good example of successful leadership in project management because these leaders were able to lead thousands of workers over decades to complete the projects that the world still admires.The history also shows that leadership skills can be taught and learn.Leadership skills and styles are learned under the umbrella of a culture and the learning process starts as the children are growing up.In a family the father and mother (parents) are leaders.The children learn the basic skills of leadership from their parents and build their leadership styles when they form their own family units.I like to learn through observing family friends and coworkers.I have observed my grandchildren growing up whenever the eldest grandchild was asked by her parents to watch her sibling she was ready to take the leadership role in the group.She often used her learned skills from her mother to protect her siblings and make them behave properly.This is an excellent example of how we learned leadership skills at an early age.The children learn the basic skills of leadership while they are growing up and the parents improve their skills while managing and leading the family.We also learn leadership skills and styles from social groups,public sector organizations,educational institutions and religious organizations.These learned skills become the foundation of an individual’s leadership style in the workplace.

Leadership can most definitely be learned but the vice versa seldom works. Leadership as much as it is an information- led science, is also an art which comes with practice, experiences and learnings or with the right set of behavioural traits. While talking about the right traits for leadership it is also pertinent to note that there is no one “right” set of traits that can be put together in the making of a leader and it is often a grey area with different things working and not working.

This can be very well explained by the idea of the Head and Heart of Leadership. The head of leadership constituting all the knowledge- level, information- led, analytical and decision making skills necessary to make great plans and lead change; the heart of leadership constituting the rather intangible and immeasurable aspects including empathy, relationship building, etc., There is no end to the number and amount of intangible things that can go into any leadership role and that makes all the difference with respect to learning leadership and teaching leadership, which essentially surfaces the idea of reflective practices and continuous learning that can go into any leadership role.

I would definitely say both. Inevitably, some people are born leaders. They have a level of confidence and expertise which makes them easy to follow as they inspire respect, loyalty and admiration. From an employee's perspective, working for a consummate leader, i.e., a good boss, is both inspiring and motivating.

However, certain individuals may surprise themselves and others by their innate ability to lead - perhaps a talent of which they were unaware. With the right coaching, encouragement and guidance, less obvious candidates can also become excellent leaders. On occasions, this gentler approach can engender even better results and greater levels of confidence in the work-force than when working under someone whose style is perhaps more authoritarian.

Leaders are not a different species from the rest of the people. They were prepared to lead, not born to lead. So yes, leadership can be taught and learned but the willingness to learn has to be there. Technically, everyone has some form of basic leadership skills but the skills may not suit a particular group. However, with the right teaching and coaching the leadership skills can be improved to suit that need. Existing leaders are also taught how to improve leadership skills, meaning these skills can be learned. People who find themselves in a position with a possibility of leading others can take a self-assessment test to check whether they have the capacity to influence a group of people towards a common goal. The first question to consider is the qualities which good leaders possess. Over the years great leaders have used history for inspiration. Secondly, do you have those skills that the great leaders possess? If not, are you willing and able to acquire or improve the leadership qualities that you lack? Leaders are made, not born.

I think it can. If someone has a will and desire to be a leader, there are numerous opportunities for education and acquiring needed skills: seminars, conferences, universities where business can be taught, workshops... Skills that leader needs are often from various fields: public relations, media, oratory, laws, communication, languages...

On some other question I've answered that leaders can't lead without charisma. It can also be learned. Of course, it is a plus if leader has unique talent and natural charisma. In that case, his/her talent can only be progressed thanks to the abovementioned education.

I believe leadership can be taught and learned. Leadership is based in a certain set of skills and traits that can be taught and learned. Not every leader needs to learn how to be a leader, some people have that set of skills and traits naturally, those people are natural leaders but the ones that don’t have them naturally, need to learnt them. But will they be as good leaders as natural leaders? Probably not, of course there are exceptions and each situation is unique, but when behavioral traits are learned and not natural they don’t have as much impact and forcing those traits can be quite tiresome. Leadership can be taught or learned but I don’t think that learning it makes someone automatically a leader, the person would also need a lot of practice and experience and most importantly, motivation to be a leader.

I believe that leadership can be taught and studied. Leaders are not a different sort of people, as Asif_Ikbal has already said, but in truth, it is very difficult to become a leader, and more, a good leader. The word „leader“ is often confused as the word „manager“, but that is not the same. A leader can be a manager, but a manager does not necessarily have to be a leader. As I have already written in another question, the leader is someone who has a natural charm, charisma, who can attract people and gain for his cause. This moment is very important - you can study management, but it is extremely useful to listen to people around you, put trust in them, and rely on more experienced councils. Surely you have to learn all your life and be humble. If these things handle and understand the essence, there is no problem becoming a leader and learning to be a good leader.