51% Of Leadership Ability is Learned

By Austin Tam on June 7, 2011 in Stats

Nature vs. Nurture

Here’s a surprise: your genes only account for 49% of your leadership qualities. At least that was the finding of the inspiringly named report, Genetic Underpinnings of Transformational Leadership: The Mediating Role of Dispositional Hope. Led by Sankalp Chaturvedi of Imperial College, London, researchers surveyed of hundreds of twins in order to find out the importance of providing training to develop managers’ abilities to practice transformational leadership.

The study proves that the effectiveness of any leader is something that can be changed. By following management best practises, like coaching teams through feedback and recognition, any manager can improve. To start, try asking your team for feedback.

How to Improve Your Management Skills

Kurtis McBride of Miovision asked his team, “what’s one thing I can do to improve as a manager?” To see what he learned from their responses, check out the video below.