PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Boerma, Marjan AU - Coyle, Elizabeth A. AU - Dietrich, Michael A. AU - Dintzner, Matthew R. AU - Drayton, Shannon J. AU - Early, Johnnie L. AU - Edginton, Andrea N. AU - Horlen, Cheryl K. AU - Kirkwood, Cynthia K. AU - Lin, Anne Y.F. AU - Rager, Michelle L. AU - Shah-Manek, Bijal AU - Welch, Adam C. AU - Williams, Nancy Toedter TI - Point/Counterpoint: Are Outstanding Leaders Born or Made? AID - 10.5688/ajpe81358 DP - 2017 Apr 01 TA - American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education PG - 58 VI - 81 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.ajpe.org/content/81/3/58.short 4100 - http://www.ajpe.org/content/81/3/58.full SO - Am J Pharm Educ2017 Apr 01; 81 AB - The question of whether outstanding leaders are born or made has been debated for years. There are numerous examples of historical figures that came naturally to leadership, while others developed their leadership skills through tenacity and experience. To understand leadership, both nature (the genetic component) and nurture (the environmental influences) must be considered. This article represents the work of two Academic Leadership Fellows Program groups who debated each position at the 2016 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Interim Meeting in Tampa, Fla., in February 2016.