EVERYTHING MAY BE A LEADER?

The existing experience of the society regarding the functioning of leaders in it is considered, where education plays not the least role. Certain ways and means of identifying people with leadership potential have been identified, but there is still a possibility of errors in their selection and further professional management training. The main question of the possibility for each person to be a leader, which is the basis of the methodology of their identification and training, is considered. The nature of the answer to this question affects the meaning of social life and joint activities of people, their socio -psychological well-being. It is determined that the oppor tunity for a person to become a leader is determined by a combination of both objective and subjective factors. They can both contribute to the successful realization of this opportunity, and complicate it, which requires a systematic analysis of these factors, among which the subjective factors are more important, because it depends on the person whether he wants and can be a leader.