© The Author(s) 2017 A. Ardichvili, K. Dirani (eds.), Leadership Development in Emerging Market Economies, DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58003-0_12 211 INTRODUCTION We all might have been asked the question “are leaders born or made?” This question might have led to a healthy debate in a conversation or some academic discourse. However, to most traditional leadership systems where leadership is by kin selection, the forthright belief is leaders are born. Thus, an individual should share blood relations with a particular lineage to increase their chances of becoming a leader. It should, however, be noted that even in the most extreme cases where people are born to inherit from their predecessors, some form of development is required for them to be effective in their leadership roles. Leadership development is, therefore, germane to every kind of leadership. Leadership development in Ghana is a complex and important practice and can be discussed under many topical areas. However, in this chap- ter, we focus on popular models such as traditional leadership develop- ment and leadership development through education, among others, to Leadership Development in Ghana: A New Look at an Old Concept Emmanuel Osafo and Robert M. Yawson CHAPTER 12 E. Osafo (*) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA R.M. Yawson Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, USA