On 8 Nov, 21:12, "John Ewing" none@needed wrote:
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message

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The reality is that top managers are born, not made, and they are in
limited
supply. No management school can change that. They're are many heavily
educated but talent-free managers in the business world, and that's the
real
problem.

I agree but would take a slightly less absolute view on "the born, not
made".

Certainly some people simply because of certain personality traits will
naturally evolve into excellent managers, even with little formal education
and zero management training - the "born" category.

There are no traits that separate out 'leaders' from the rest. Of
course those in high up positions and some recruitment people like to
think there are in order that they can select who they like best
(usually some who happens to be just like them..!)

It is mostly luck and who gets the breaks right place and time.
There's a large pool of unexceptional mediocrity to draw from. And
the higher upt you go, the more you end up like a symbolic figure-
head: mostly all you have to do is not say the wrong thing. Yet
people like George Bush somehow slip through the net..




John