From the Harvard Education Letter:

Is the student who organizes tag during recess or chooses to help a classmate with math on track to be a senator, a CEO, or a community leader?

He—or she—may well be.

Behaviors like embracing novel experiences, supporting peers, even pestering parents for lessons can predict whether a child will emerge as a leader in adulthood, according to researchers who say they are the first to plot a pathway from childhood experiences to adult leadership. The research may also help educators encourage leadership—a commonly heralded "21st-century skill"—if teachers know what behaviors to look for and support, they say.

Read the full article in the Harvard Education Letter...